Minneapolis, MN & Philadelphia, PA - Scrimmage, a state-of-the-art mobile learning technology firm, and its philanthropic arm, Scrimmage Gives Back, launched its 1st Annual Backpack Challenge in support of the Cradles to Crayons program.  Cradles to Crayons is a nonprofit organization that provides children from birth to age 12 living in homeless, or low-income situations, with the essential items from clothing to school supplies.

Through Scrimmage Gives Back, Scrimmage teamed up with its clients across the U.S. to assemble new backpacks filled with assorted school supplies, as well as art materials. 

  

“Cradles to Crayons is at the core of Scrimmage Gives Back,” notes Derek Lundsten, Chief Executive Officer of Scrimmage. “As we strive to encourage learning in the workplace, we are proud to support this exceptional organization that provides the tools that children need to flourish in their learning and, further, to inspire them to learn.  Likewise, I am grateful to our clients for their generous giving during our Backpack Challenge.” 

All backpacks and supplies were donated just ahead of the new school year to the local Cradles to Crayons program in Philadelphia, home to one of four Scrimmage offices.  The items have been distributed throughout Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 

The need for backpacks, school supplies and related items is year-round.  In recognition of this demand, Scrimmage Gives Back is set to continue its support of Cradles to Crayons and launch its 2nd Annual Backpack Challenge in Spring 2018. 

For more information on the Cradles To Crayons program, please visit, www.cradlestocrayons.org.

About Cradles To Crayons: 

Cradles to Crayons launched in 2002 and has operations in Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. The nonprofit provides children from birth through age 12 living in homeless, or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need. Cradles to Crayons mobilizes communities of plenty on behalf of communities of need, recycling and reusing high-quality children’s goods and engaging thousands of youth and adults in tangible service activities each year that benefit local children. 

About Scrimmage Gives Back:

Scrimmage Gives Back is a Corporate Commitment to support our employees’ philanthropic endeavors and interests, as well as to expand our core values of learning, education, technology and innovation for the greater good – embracing every generation within our local neighborhoods to our global communities.  

About Scrimmage:

SCRIMMAGE is a modern technology firm featuring the latest mobile learning, engagement and collaboration tools serving global businesses from Fortune 100 companies to SMBs. The company works closely with its clients to build a customized, highly responsive, scalable and secure platform for all content, along with a full suite of learning solutions, including gamification, social collaboration and robust data reporting - on One Platform, Any Device, Anytime, Everywhere. Founded in 2010, Scrimmage has enjoyed over 525M platform interactions on a global basis to more than 50 enterprise clients across a spectrum of industries.