Love Lodi Backpack Drive

2026 City-Wide Backpack Drive

We’re excited to launch our 3rd Annual Backpack Drive in partnership with the Lodi Unified School District and our Back to School Party on July 20th from 5-8pm at Hutchins Street Square. 

Our goal? To distribute 2000 backpacks to students across Lodi—and we need your help!

✅ We’re raising $18,000 to purchase 600 JanSport backpacks for middle and high school students.
✅ We’re collecting 1,400 new backpacks throughout May to July.
✅ We need partners—businesses, churches, non-profits, and community members—to serve as donation drop-off sites.

Here's How You Can Help:

📦 Be a Drop-Off Site – Host a bin at your location and help us collect quality new backpacks.
🎒 Donate Funds – Help us purchase durable JanSport backpacks for older students.
🤝 Join Us on July 20 – Serve as a vendor or volunteer at our Back to School Party.

Get Involved:

  • To donate or help with the Backpack Drive, email Timothy Stewart.

  • To participate as a vendor or volunteer on July 20th, email Tara Stewart.

Let’s come together to equip Lodi students for a strong start to the school year!

BACKPACK DROP-OFF LOCATIONS  
  • Inspire Coffee
  • Lodi Chamber of Commerce
  • Visit Lodi
  • First Baptist Church
  • Vintage Church
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Century & Ham Wards)
  • Doghouse Bakery
  • The Camp Lodi
  • English Oaks Seventh Day Adventist Church
  • Lodi Police Department
  • Lodi Fire Department, Station 1
  • Lodi Unified School District Office
  • Dr. Steven F. Brizendine Orthodontics
  • F&M Bank (Vineyard Office)
  • Oak Valley Community Bank