My School Bag provides necessities for the start of school for over 270 children each year. Identified as needing this help by social workers and public health nurses, these children are at risk of abuse and neglect, and in some cases are living with relatives with limited resources. The social workers provide sizes for each child and a monumental shopping frenzy begins. Through My School Bag, each child receives a new backpack filled with school supplies, new clothes and shoes for the first day of school. Each bag also contains a comforting quilt, a stuffed animal, and personal toiletries. These bags are delivered to the children in time for the first day of school.