Our services
Packing backpacks is the heart of it. Around that we build partnerships, train volunteers, raise money and help people understand youth homelessness here at home.
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Our main work. We pack bags by age, size and season and get them to youth through school staff and youth service providers in Bozeman and Belgrade.
Packed for the season, with extra warm gear from October on
Sized for teens and younger children
Handed off privately by adults the youth already trust
Around the backpack
Packing is the heart of it. This is the work around it that gets every bag filled and into the right hands.
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Local businesses, schools and churches host drives and packing nights. Partners spread the load so no one group carries it all.
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Sort donations, fill packs, write notes, run a drive or make deliveries. We match the job to the time you have.
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Most people don't know youth in our valley are homeless. We share what it looks like here, without telling anyone's story for them.
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A few times a year we gather friends to give together. Funds raised buy what item drives can't cover.
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Simple guides for teachers, coaches and parents on spotting a young person without stable housing and knowing who to call.
Before the first snow
Every service on this page runs on donations and volunteer time. A gift today goes straight into the next set of packs.
Donations received by December 9 go into this winter's packs.
Montana Backpack Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 33-1427122. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Many employers match their employees' gifts. Ask your HR team, or search for Montana Backpack Project or EIN 33-1427122 in your company's giving portal.
Venmo
Quick gifts from your phone. Add "backpacks" in the note.
Directly @ Stockman Bank
Financial donations for the Montana Backpack Project can be made directly through Stockman Bank by contributing to The Montana Backpack Project account.
Check by mail
Payable to Montana Backpack Project
PO Box 11086
Bozeman, MT 59719
For schools and youth workers
If you are a counselor, teacher, coach or youth worker in Bozeman or Belgrade and you know a young person who could use a pack, reach out. Tell us an age range and a size. You don't need to share a name.
