Our annual Back-to-School event provides over 300 students and their families with essential school supplies such as backpacks, notebooks, pencils, nutritious food and basic outfits to support them as they start the new school year. At the event, we offer culturally-specific food, resource tables, and cultural activities. Event participation is offered to El Programa participants currently under case management, but we accept external referrals from partner organizations who have families that could benefit from these services. Please email communications@elprograma.org if you would like to refer a family to attend this event.

Ways to Support

Donate to our Raffle

Are you a business owner interested in promoting your products or services to the Latine community?  We offer free raffle tickets at the event as a way to incentivize participants to visit resource tables and walk away with important resources and information.

Table at the Event

We’re always looking for community partners to join us and share resources to the community.  You can register your business or organization by filling out THIS FORM

Donate Supplies

The best way to support the event is to provide supplies that can be given directly to students and their families.  Here is a of items we’re looking for this year, please email us at communications@elprograma.org if you’d like to donate supplies, all in-kind donations are tax deductible: 2024 BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES LIST

Event Sponsorship

Sponsoring the event helps us cover the costs of supplies, food, and activities.  We have sponsorship opportunities for this and other future events!

For more information and questions, please contact our Development team at communications@elprograma.org or (503) 669-8350

Thanks to our Sponsors

Catholic Charities of Oregon