Fleet Advantage’s Kids Around the Corner (KATC) Foundation will be hosting a back-to-school backpack drive on Wednesday, July 17 in partnership with Henderson Behavioral Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing behavioral health services to the South Florida community.
Fleet Advantage assembled 200 backpacks this year — the most since the start of this initiative in 2021. The backpacks are filled with essential school supplies aimed at high school-age children by Fleet Advantage associates who volunteered during their lunch hours. The backpacks will be delivered to Henderson Behavioral Health’s Youth & Family Program location (2900 West Prospect Rd., Tamarac, FL 33309) from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST.
In addition to the backpack drive, Fleet Advantage will also make a monetary donation to Henderson to help the organization with future initiatives. KATC will also provide a monetary donation to Kids In Distress, which the foundation has partnered with previously, to support its own back-to-school backpack drive.
“We are extremely grateful to Fleet Advantage for their incredible generosity and support of the kids and young people that Henderson Behavioral Health helps,” Steven Ronik, CEO of Henderson, said. “We appreciate Fleet Advantage and know that our kids will be ready to get back to school with these wonderful donations.”
“Our team is dedicated to giving back to the community, and we are proud to support the important work Henderson Behavioral Health does for these young people,” Elizabeth Gomez, marketing manager for Fleet Advantage and committee chair for KATC, said. “As our largest backpack drive to date, we could not be more excited to make a significant impact on these high schoolers’ educational journey and show them that their community cares about their success.”
