Pray Jr., president and CEO of Operation Homefront. “Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Dollar Tree and tens of thousands of their amazing customers, we expect to deliver our 500,000 th backpack filled with essential school supplies this year through our highly valued Back-to-School Brigade® program,” said Brig. Operation Homefront is poised to reach a major milestone this year, distributing its 500,000 th backpack to military children since the program was launched in 2008, saving military families more than $55 million in back-to-school expenses. The program provides military children with backpacks and school supplies collected primarily through Dollar Tree customer donations.įrom mid-July through August, supplies donated by customers at more than 7,800 participating Dollar Tree stores nationwide will be collected by Operation Homefront volunteers and distributed to military families at more than 120 Back-to-School Brigade® events and with local community partners throughout the country. SAN ANTONIO-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Operation Homefront’s annual Back-to-School Brigade® returns to serve military families across the nation with the help of its longtime corporate partner, Dollar Tree.
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