Every year since 2003, Bell Aliant employees and the Bell Aliant Pioneers fill backpacks that are distributed to thousands of elementary students in Atlantic Canada who would not otherwise have the funds to purchase the basic school supplies for their academic year.

This year, CTV is joining the campaign to ensure no child goes to school in our region without the supplies they need, and you can help!

You can “virtually” fill a backpack by visiting the Backpacks for Kids website and making an online donation of $27.

Quick facts

  • The Backpacks for Kids campaign has been distributing backpacks full of school supplies for elementary school-aged children since 2003.
  • Since the beginning of the program, the backpacks have reached more than 50,000 children in our region.
  • The goal this year is to deliver 10,000 backpacks to kids in Atlantic Canada before the first school bell rings in September.