School Supplies & Snackpacks: Back to School with Goodr

By Twirling Umbrellas, On August 8, 2022, In Blog

Though temperatures don’t reflect it, summer 2023 is winding down which can only mean one thing – it’s back to school season! As we drift towards the end of summer, families begin preparing to send children back for another school year. However, with inflation still higher than normal (opens in a new tab), many families face challenges getting everything their kids need for the school year.

This year, we teamed up with some of Atlanta’s best and our long-time partners to help families secure everything they need for the school year, from groceries and meals to school supplies and some final summer fun. Keep reading to learn more about how we utilized our Hunger Relief Solutions (opens in a new tab) with Lil Baby, Kandi Burruss’ Kandi Cares Foundation, Mike WiLL Made-It’s Making Wishes Matter Foundation (opens in a new tab), and Quality Control Music to ease the burden on families and students ahead of the new school year.

Lil Baby’s Annual Back to School Fest

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Holding It Down for the Hometown! 🙌

We were proud to team up with @lilbaby, The Dominique Jones Foundation, @fanatics, @officialrapsnacks, @footlocker, and @americandeli for another year of Lil Baby’s Back to School Festival! 📚✏️

At the festival over 3,000 students received school supplies, grocery items, meals, a free pair of shoes of their choice courtesy of Lil Baby, hygiene items, Atlanta fan merch from @fanatics, haircuts, braids, and much more. The kids and their families also got to enjoy a fun day filled with games, rides, carnival food and getting ready for the new school year. Thank you #LilBaby for tapping us to help support the Atlanta community once again!

For the second year in a row, multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist Lil Baby (opens in a new tab) hosted his annual back-to-school festival at The Mall West End. To ensure 3,000 Atlanta students were ready for the new school year, he bought out Foot Locker and American Deli in the mall. Students received free clothes, meals, shoes, backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, and more. After collecting their back-to-school supplies, students and their families enjoyed food trucks, carnival rides, and games.

Lil Baby invited the Goodr team to the festival, and we brought out our new Mobile Grocery Store with us. Stocked with everyone’s favorite snacks, we made sure the kids had all the best goodies to enjoy after school or on weekends.

Kandi Cares Back to School Pop-Up

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Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, TV personality, and entrepreneur Kandi Burruss (opens in a new tab) and her foundation, Kandi Cares (opens in a new tab), tapped our team once again to give back to Atlanta area families ahead of our new school year. With the support of Nouveaux and Garner Trial Attorneys, this partnership came in the form of two back-to-school giveaways with the Goodr Mobile Grocery Store. We stocked our Mobile Grocery Store with snacks and easy-to-prepare grocery items, backpacks, and school supplies. Over the two stops, the kids and their families got to shop for whatever they wanted to prepare for the first day of school. The giveaways provided 500 children with backpacks full of school supplies and Goodr Student Snackpacks (opens in a new tab), which give children easy-to-prepare snacks for after school and on weekends.

Making Wishes Matter Back to School

While we’ve partnered with Mike WiLL Made-It’s Making Wishes Matter Foundation to support families during the holidays, we had the opportunity to work with them again and help 150 families get ready for the 2023 school year. Families were able to shop on the Goodr Mobile Grocery Store for free school supplies, groceries, and snacks. Once families stocked up on all their supplies, they were able to enjoy Italian ice, face painting, games, and activities. Thank you, Making Wishes Matter, for working with us to support over 150 Atlanta families.

Quality Control’s Back to School Old Navy Takeover

To kick off back to school season, we teamed up with our friends at Quality Control Music (opens in a new tab) again to provide some relief to metro Atlanta families in need. Quality Control Music chose to host its annual QC Back to School Bash in a big way. Once again, we took over Old Navy in a local Atlanta shopping center. During the takeover, 500 kids received new backpacks, school supplies, and much more! We were on-site with our Mobile Grocery Store so that the kids had their pick of snacks for after school and the weekends.

We recognize how important it is for students to start the school year off strong. Having the proper supplies and access to nutritious food helps students focus and bring their all to the classroom. Thanks to a few of our amazing long-term partners we were able to do Goodr for thousands of students and their families ahead of the new school year.