The ODP Corporation Celebrates Sixth Year of its Start Proud! Program, Donates $2.5 Million in Back-to-School Essentials for Title I Schools Nationwide
July 24 2023 - 9:00AM
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The Company’s Start Proud!® Community
Investment Program Empowers Students and Teachers to Start the New
School Year Feeling Confident, Prepared and Proud
The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of products
and services through an integrated business-to-business (B2B)
distribution platform and omnichannel presence, today announced
that over $2.5 million worth of educational supplies and equipment
will be provided to students and teachers of Title I elementary
schools across the country as a result of The ODP Corporation’s
philanthropic program Start Proud!® and the generosity of our many
vendor partners, including Boise Paper, Domtar and Crayola®.
Celebrating the sixth anniversary of the program, associate
volunteers from The ODP Corporation—including Office Depot, ODP
Business Solutions and VEYER—assembled 18,000 premium backpacks
filled with over $2 million worth of school supplies—like
notebooks, composition books, pencils, highlighters and more—to
provide to students at nearly 30 Title I schools nationwide. Each
backpack includes a box of Crayola® crayons as part of a donation
valued at $50,000 from Crayola® to the Start Proud!® program.
The second portion of Start Proud!® kicks off in late September
through October with a series of Title I teacher shopping sprees.
With support from Domtar and Boise Paper, each school will also
receive $20,000 in-store credit at Office Depot OfficeMax to
benefit teachers by helping them with critical classroom
essentials. This benefit helps alleviate the out-of-pocket
purchases made by teachers, averaging $750–$1,000 each school
year.1,2
“Caring for the communities in which we live and work is a huge
component of our culture, which we’re demonstrating by supporting
students, families and teachers each year,” said Gerry Smith, chief
executive officer for The ODP Corporation. “As high inflation
continues to impact families and teachers across the nation, our
steadfast commitment to Start Proud!® enables students to start
this school year confident, prepared and proud.”
The backpacks will be distributed at Start Proud!® signature
on-campus school pep rallies throughout August and September, where
school administrators, teachers and The ODP Corporation associates
are teaming up to host the celebratory events, unveil the donations
and welcome students back to school during their first week.
Eighteen exemplary teachers will also be selected by their
principals and surprised with an All-Star Teacher award in
recognition of their dedication to education and extraordinary
contributions to the students beyond the classroom. Each All-Star
Teacher will be surprised with products including new technology,
furniture and teaching supplies valued at over $2,000.
The continued commitment to leading philanthropic initiatives
like Start Proud!® demonstrates The ODP Corporation’s dedication to
supporting families and teachers nationwide.
1 Source: AdoptAClassroom.org, Teachers Spend $745 a Year on
Supplies: The Cost of Distance Learning, June 15, 2020. 2 Source:
NewsDirect, Teachers Spending More Out of Pocket on School Supplies
Than Ever Before, August 18, 2021.
About The ODP Corporation The ODP Corporation
(NASDAQ:ODP) is a leading provider of products and services through
an integrated business-to-business (B2B) distribution platform and
omnichannel presence, which includes world-class supply chain and
distribution operations, dedicated sales professionals, a B2B
digital procurement solution, online presence and a network of
Office Depot and OfficeMax retail stores. Through its operating
companies Office Depot, LLC; ODP Business Solutions, LLC; Veyer,
LLC; and Varis, Inc., The ODP Corporation empowers every business,
professional, and consumer to achieve more every day. For more
information, visit theodpcorp.com.
ODP and ODP Business Solutions are trademarks of ODP Business
Solutions, LLC. Office Depot is a trademark of The Office Club,
LLC. OfficeMax is a trademark of OMX, Inc. Veyer is a trademark of
Veyer, LLC. Varis is a trademark of Varis, Inc. Any other product
or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
respective owners.
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