Let’s come together to make a difference! Join Shantideva Center and Yogis & Yoginis in supporting local children with essential school supplies for the fall school season. We are partnering once again with Camp Friendship, continuing our Compassion in Action partnership from last winter’s Food Drive. Donations will help provide school supplies to 500 local children. 

School supply insecurity affects millions of children across the United States each year. Many families struggle to afford basic classroom essentials such as notebooks, pencils, backpacks, and calculators, creating barriers to learning before the school year even begins. By donating school supplies, we can help ensure that children start the school year prepared, confident, and ready to learn.

Drop-off Schedule

A designated collection container will be located in the lobby.
Drop-off hours: Saturday–Sunday, 9am–4PM, and during scheduled classes or events. 

Most Needed Items

We kindly accept donations of new or unopened items only. Thank you for helping to ensure that every child receives supplies that are ready to use.

• Backpacks, pencils, pens, sharpeners, erasers, markers, crayons, folders, binders, notebooks, paper, rulers, scissors & glue sticks.

Offering Donations Online

Camp Friendship also accepts online donations. Click here to contribute.

Volunteer

If you’d like to lend a hand by helping transfer items from the center to Camp Friendship on Fridays, 6-7pm or Saturdays, 9am-12pm, or if you have any questions, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact Bonnie: communications@shantidevanyc.org

Compassion in Action

What does it mean to practice Compassion in Action as a society?

” I believe that at every level of society – familial, tribal, national and international – the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become religious, nor do we need to believe in an ideology. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities. I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness.  It is the practice of compassion.”- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama