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Heart of America delivers over 40 tons of backpacks, books, school supplies and toiletries!

September 11
  • Operation BuddyPack delivered 5,000 BuddyPacks to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
  • HOA Ambassadors, volunteers and staff traveled to Houston area schools, the Reliant Center and the Houston Astrodome to share 5,000 backpacks and 7,200 books with the children there.
September 19
  • 4,500 backpacks delivered by HOA Ambassadors, volunteers and staff to students evacuated to the Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana school districts.
  • 3,500 books donated to elementary schools in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas.
October 13
  • 5,000 BuddyPacks delivered to Gulf Coast Mississippi schools.
  • 15,000 books donated to students and schools in six Mississippi counties.
November 8
  • 5,300 books delivered to students in Long Beach, Mississippi.
November 16
  • HOA delivers thousands of badly-needed backpacks, school supplies and books to students still in need in Picayune, Mississippi and Dallas, Texas.

With each BuddyPack, students received school supplies, as well as much-needed toiletries, toys and books of their own.
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Nearly 700,000 families had their homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. More than 2 million people were displaced by these storms.


Hundreds of school libraries and classrooms were damaged or destroyed leaving students without the basic tools they need to learn and grow. Help put books back into the school, classroom and home libraries of these students.


If we act together, there is nothing we can not accomplish. This is the heart of America: Everyone matters. Everyone can contribute. Everyone can do something to make things better for those in need. Join us in our continuing effort to give children in these affected areas the tools they need to read, succeed and make a difference!



Note: * indicates a required field.


I want to help my neighbors!  Please contact me when these volunteer opportunities become available:


Read to children and distribute books (if you live in or will be traveling to the hurricane affected area)

Provide warehouse space and/or shipping service in the affected area

Sort books and prepare for distributions

Other activities I'm interested in helping with:
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I'm ready to volunteer now! I will complete the online Volunteer Application.



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