Backpacks & Boos

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Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Outside Maicol's Technology Services, 1622 N. Perry, Pontiac, MI 48340

How would you like to participate?

Choose everything that applies.

Decorated trunk / vehicleDecorate your trunk and hand out treats, backpacks or school supplies.Vendor / businessSet up a space and share what your local business offers families.Community organizationShare programs, resources and services with Pontiac families.Backpack donationDonate backpacks for Pontiac students.School-supply donationDonate notebooks, pencils, folders and other classroom supplies.Event volunteerHelp with setup, check-in, distribution, activities or cleanup.Family attendingLet us know how many adults and children are coming so we can plan enough backpacks and supplies.

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Registering does not confirm your placement. Our team reviews every request and sends your participation and setup information by email.

Help fill the backpacks

Every backpack and every notebook handed out on October 31 comes from a neighbor, a business or a church that decided to help. Here are the two ways to be one of them.

Donate backpacks or school supplies

Backpacks, notebooks, pencils, crayons, folders, glue sticks, headphones — new items in any quantity. Tell us what you can bring and we will confirm the drop-off time and place at 1622 N. Perry, Pontiac, MI 48340. Leftover supplies go to Pontiac students, never to a campaign.

Pledge supplies

Give with Cash App or another method

Money helps us buy the backpacks families still need. A monetary gift goes to the Committee to Elect Maicol Rivera Torres, which pays for the supplies — so it is a political contribution, reportable under Michigan campaign finance law, limited to $1,000 per person per election, and not tax-deductible. Corporate funds cannot be accepted.

Cash App: $electmaicolrivera — put BACKPACKS in the note so we can track it, and use your full name.

Give on Cash App Other ways to give and the required disclosures

Attendance, backpacks, school supplies and every giveaway at this event are free and open to all. No one is ever required to support, vote for, donate to or volunteer for a political candidate to attend or to receive anything at this event. Donating supplies is a community contribution and is kept separate from campaign contribution records. Details for partners are on the event page.