IMPORTANT ELIGIBILITY CHANGES to the BACKPACK4HOPE PROGRAM. 

ACCEPTANCE OF NEW REGISTRATIONS WILL BE PAUSED ON OCTOBER 31st. 

MPUE Backpack4Hope is a donation driven initiative, managed by volunteers.   We are fulfilling hundreds of backpacks at this time and we appreciate your patience during this time as you wait for your request to be fulfilled.   

We continue to gratefully accept donations  to help us meet the demand.

Manitoba Parents for Ukrainian Education (MPUE) welcomes new families from Ukraine at this difficult time.  Ukrainian children are arriving into Manitoba and attending English Ukrainian Bilingual Program (EUBP) schools across Manitoba.  MPUE, with support of many community organizations (UCC-Manitoba, UNF Club of Winnipeg, The Osvita Foundation) are excited to be part of an initiative called Backpack 4 Hope.

This initiative includes distributing backpacks filled with school supplies, a small toy, stuffies, books and hygiene items.

Backpack 4 Hope is an initiative for youth ages 5-13 that have arrived from Ukraine and entering school in Manitoba.  Register to receive a backpack for your newcomer Ukrainian student, by completing the registration form.

If you would like to donate to Backpack 4 Hope the following are core items that each backpack would contain:

• • New or near new backpacks
  • Glue (glue sticks or school glue)
  • Children’s scissors
  • Crayons, pencils/pens/markers
  • Notebooks/scribblers
  • Pencil sharpeners
  • Rulers/pencils/erasers
  • New small toys (eg: cars, UNO cards, Pretty Ponies, craft kits, playdoh, colouring books, stickers etc.)
  • New hygiene items (eg: shampoo, bar soap, deodorant for teens, hair brushes and accessories, toothbrush and toothpaste)

Drop off donated supplies labeled “Backpack 4 Hope” at UNF at 935 Main Street in Winnipeg.  Monetary donations are appreciated and can be sent by e-transfer to mpueinc@mpue.ca.  Please include a message of “Donation to Backpack 4 Hope” , your mailing address and your email. Any donations over $25 will receive a charitable tax receipt.

MPUE would like to sincerely acknowledge and express our gratitude to the following organizations and supporters who have provided donations of backpacks and contents and/or monetary contribution to this initiative to date:

All Manitoba English-Ukrainian Bilingual Schools; West St. Paul School – Seven Oaks School Division; École Christine L’esperance – DSFM; Oakbank Elementary School Staff; Cushman & Wakefield | Stevenson; Manitoba Islamic Association; MCM Architects; Interlake Thunder Football Club;  Scholastic Canada; Canadian Culinary Federation; Dairy Farmers of Canada; Selkirk – Aaron’s No Frills;  Star Building Materials; Staples Canada; Home Depot – McPhillips; Maryka Chabluk – Maryka’s Treasures; Rowandale Baptist Church, Selkirk United Church, Little Britain Church, Matlock Sew ‘n Sews; Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc., Kilcona Branch; Dillon Consulting Limited; Selkirk RCMP; Louise Hiebert; Demko Family; Harper Family; Hoover Family; Kawaler Family; Klimenko Family; Lovenjak Family; Procopchuk Family; Rogerson Family; C&B Zuk, M. Johnston, K.Rogalsky, D.Bouvier, G.Moffat, S.Falk, H.Talocka, C.Debolt, M.Quinn, L.Voth, J.Gustafson, N. McMillan, B. Omeniuk, C&B. Sochasky, R. Domaratzi, N&S Ritchot, P. Schilling, R. Boisvert, K. Chammartin, D. Prairie, J.Sadoway and numerous anonymous donors.  Thank you!