How It All Started...Under the direction of their teacher, Beth Davis, the Kids 4 Kids Fill-A-Backpack Campaign was a project that was taken on by the students of the Jack D. Gordon Elementary Community School in Miami, Florida in 1996. The goal of the campaign was to fill new backpacks with school supplies for 500 homeless children living in shelters and attending public schools in Miami-Dade County and Broward County Florida, thus making the life of a child in need a little brighter. Students in the club, as well as other students in the school and community, became so inspired in making a difference for other kids that, at the end of this first annual campaign, 1000 backpacks were collected, filled with school supplies, and delivered to homeless, abused, migrant, and foster children. The second year, 1500 backpacks were collected; the third year, 3000 backpacks were collected.  Over the next 3 years, 4000 backpacks were delivered each year.  August 2002, and 2003 they  deliver 6,000 backpacks to homeless, abused, migrant, and kids, and hospital homebound kids.  They will also delivered backpacks to the 1,000 students in Miami-Dade County's two double "F" schools so that on the first day of school, they will start out with the tools and self-esteem to begin their school year.  In August 2004, Kids 4 Kids will delivered a whopping 8,000 backpacks and 16,000 new books!  August 2005, Kids 4 Kids  delivered  7,000 backpacks and 12,000 new books!  Our plans for 2006 are for 6,000 backpacks and 12,000 books.