Operation Backpack 2011 Photo Gallery

VOA Board Vice-Chair Eric Gies, Barry Wood of TLC, Mike Woods of Fox 5, Mitchell Grant of RXR Realty, Sanford Crystal of Frank Crystal & Company, and Operation Backpack spokesperson Paige Davis with youth volunteers at Media Day
Jonathan and Sanford Crsytal of Frank Crystal & Company joined other major Operation Backpack partners and backpack recipients to ring the NYSE closing bell on July 5
Volunteers drop off backpacks at the sort space in midtown
Volunteers from Taylor and Francis
Volunteers from the Marriottt Marquis, Times Square
Weil's wonderful interns
TLC star Barry Wood, Fox 5 weatherman Mike Woods, Mitchell Grant of RXR Realty (which generously donated the sort space), Sanford Crystal of Frank Crystal & Company, and Operation Backpack Spokesperson (and TV and Broadway star) Paige Davis at Media Day
Volunteers hard at work filling backpacks at Sort Week
Volunteers and VOA staff take a well-earned break
Beth from News Corporation, which is always there to help Operation Backpack
Volunteers of America-Greater New York Board Vice-Chair Eric Gies with NYC Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond at Operation Backpack Media Day
A Sort Week volunteer from Credit Suisse
Dedicated volunteers from American Express
At 4,000 (this year's half-way point) volunteer Jacqueline was still smiling
Backpack recipient Toni with a pack she prepared for another child
Sanford Crystal, Executive Vice President of Frank Crystal & Company, a major drive sponsor, pitched in and filled backpacks at Sort Week
Ritz Carlton Volunteers
Girl Scouts troops from New Jersey joined the effort in 2011 as they've done for many years
Time Warner Cable's Karen LaCava
Volunteers from Time Warner Cable, a major in-kind donor to Operation Backpack
VOA staffer Paul gives Toni a lift at sort week
Rob and Dylan, volunteers from Select Equity
Operation Backpack spokesperson Paige Davis with volunteers from Meredith Corporation
Danni, Kristin and Dora
FedEx volunteers glow with pride for a job well done
Alexander Velaj at Operation Backpack Sort Week
Volunteers from major Operation Backpack sponsor Amherst brought along their families to help out at Sort Week
Volunteers from stalwart Operation Backpack and Volunteers of America supporter Warnaco
A Girl Scout volunteer proudly displaying a backpack she packed
Reliable returning volunteers like Marilyn and Ray Tipper are a mainstay of Operation Backpack
The Credit Suisse volunteer team
Cheetahmail's Kristen and Dana with Paige Davis
Weil's Ann Hogan and Yanique Anderson
NYC Dept. of Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond, who was welcomed to Sort Week by Volunteers of America Vice President and Chief Development and Communications Officer Rachel Weinstein and backpack recipient Toni
Volunteers of America Board Vice-Chair Eric Gies and his family, who came to volunteer at Sort Week
A team of volunteers from United Healthcare
Accor's Arielle Desoucey and Marc Sternagel put their backs into it