OP Uusimaa Backpack for every back campaign

A backpack for every back – OP’s and HOPE ry’s backpack collection ensures a happy start to the school year for thousands of children and young people

The collection supports the children of low-income families at the start of the school year. The idea is to ensure an equal start of school: the goal is to ensure that as many children as possible have a backpack right from the first day of school. Backpacks are also needed for older children and young people.

How backpack collection works

  • Anyone can donate to the campaign.
  • Donated items can be delivered to any OP Uusimaa branch taking part in the campaign.
  • We hope that the donated backpack is new and well packaged. At the donation points, donors may also write a personal message for the recipient on a card placed inside the backpack.
  • OP cooperative banks deliver the backpacks to Hope ry volunteers, who will distribute the donations to schoolchildren before the school year starts.

In the summer of 2024, OP Uusimaa's branches collected more than 400 backpacks in donations. The next backpack campaign will be held in the summer of 2025.