Next Giveaway: Saturday, July 26 2025 at Festival of Hope
You must register for your backpacks in advance using the button below.
- Thanks to our generous sponsors and donors, registration is FREE!
- You must register for your backpack(s) in advance by clicking on the button and filling out the online form
- Each family may register for up to 3 backpacks her household
- Backpacks come with school supplies for children entering Kindergarten through 8th Grade
- Backpacks also come with resource folders with helpful information for local families
- Once you register, your backpack(s) will be held for you until the day of pickup
- Pickup is on Saturday, July 26th between 5:00pm and 9:00pm at Festival of Hope which takes place at 315 W. Washington St. Goshen, IN 46526. Just check in at the Center for Healing & Hope tent when you arrive and we will give you your items!
- If you can not pick up your backpack on Saturday, July 26th, please contact Center for Healing & Hope to make other arrangements. Please call 574-534-4744 or email info@chhclinics.org.
- If you do not pick up your backpack(s) and do not make other arrangements to do so, Center for Healing & Hope reserves the right to give the backpack(s) to other families in need.
Want to donate to this great cause that supports our community? Click the donate button below and select “Muchas Mochilas” under “My Donation is for.”
Muchas Mochilas, or Many Backpacks, is Center for Healing & Hope’s annual back-to-school event that places backpacks filled with school supplies in the hands of local students, ensuring they are able to start their school year with the basic supplies needed to be successful in the classroom.
The initiative began in 2020 when executive director Missy Schrock found a supply of donated backpacks in the clinic, then located at Plymouth United Church of Christ. Instead of allowing the backpacks to sit there and collect dust, she decided they should be given away to students who would put them to good use.
Center for Healing & Hope has continued the event, now in it’s fifth year, to support this need in our community. Thanks to generous sponsors and donors, we have given away more than 800 backpacks filled with school supplies to local students! Click the donate button below to join our efforts and support local students. Select “Muchas Mochilas” as your designation when making your gift. Your donation will help cover the cost of backpacks, supplies, and gift cards for local families.