The New York Genome Center (NYGC) has supplied 22 kindergarten children living in shelters with brand new backpacks filled with supplies for this up coming school year.
NYGC’s Social Action Committee recently partnered with Volunteers of America as part of their Operation Backpack initiative, which strives to put 20,000 backpacks in the hands of homeless children in New York City, serving over 170 shelters in need.
Donations were collected in order to purchase supplies to fill backpacks for children ranging in ages from Pre-K to 12th grade. The team plans to continue the school supply drive and make it an annual event.
About the New York Genome Center
The New York Genome Center (NYGC) is an independent, nonprofit at the forefront of transforming biomedical research and clinical care with the mission of saving lives. As a consortium of renowned academic, medical and industry leaders across the globe, NYGC focuses on translating genomic research into clinical solutions for serious disease. Our member organizations and partners are united in this unprecedented collaboration of technology, science, and medicine. We harness the power of innovation and discoveries to improve people’s lives — ethically, equitably, and urgently. Member institutions include: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Columbia University, Cornell University/Weill Cornell Medical College, Hospital for Special Surgery, The Jackson Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York- Presbyterian Hospital, The New York Stem Cell Foundation, New York University, North Shore-LIJ, The Rockefeller University, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Stony Brook University and IBM.
