9th annual · Homeless Heroes Day 2026

Pack 1,500+ backpacks with us in one morning.

  • Friday, November 20, 2026
  • Westside Warehouse, 996 Huff Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30318

The 2026 flyer says teams pack backpacks for people experiencing homelessness in Atlanta, including many veterans. Teams that want to deliver go out with a community partner the same day.

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Download the 2026 flyer (PDF)

Hundreds of packed backpacks piled against the warehouse windows at Homeless Heroes Day 2025.

Schedule

How the day runs.

Agenda from the 2026 Welcome Packet. Final details at homelessheroesday.com.

Homeless Heroes Day 2026 schedule
TimeWhat happens
9:00 AMCheck-in, breakfast, and networking
9:30 AMOpening kickoff with CEO Megha Nair
9:45 AMEducational session: keynote on homelessness
10:15 AMPacking competition: 1,500+ backpacks
11:00 AMTeams leave for distribution sites with a community partner
~1:00 PMHead home

2025 recap

Homeless Heroes Day 2025, on video.

Recap of Homeless Heroes Day 2025.

Last year

1,520 backpacks at Homeless Heroes Day 2025.

Westside Warehouse, Atlanta. Company teams, chapter leaders, and volunteers packed side by side.

  • Volunteers in matching shirts pack backpacks at long tables.
  • A volunteer fills a backpack from a table of supplies.
  • Volunteers carry packed backpacks past the warehouse windows.
  • Volunteers load packed backpacks into a vehicle for delivery.
  • A volunteer carries backpacks out to the delivery cars.
  • A company volunteer team gathers under the welcome balloon arch.

Partner events

Atlanta Day of Service 2025.

A partner volunteer day at Truist Park. The Backpack Project was there. This is not Homeless Heroes Day.

  • Volunteers in Georgia Power shirts and Backpack Project polos pose with packed backpacks at a Braves Grill & Go stand.
  • A volunteer in a blue Day of Service shirt hands out shirts near Truist Park.
  • A large group in matching blue shirts follows Braves cheerleaders at a Day of Service gathering.
  • A Backpack Project polo wearer stands with partners on the Truist Park field during a recognition moment.
  • Volunteers pose in front of a partner step-and-repeat that includes The Backpack Project Inc. logo.

Archive

Past Homeless Heroes Days

Past Homeless Heroes Days
YearDateVenueBackpacks
2025Fri, Nov 21, 2025Westside Warehouse, Atlanta1,520
2024Fri, Nov 15, 2024Westside Warehouse, Atlanta1,360
2023Fri, Nov 17, 2023Westside Warehouse, Atlanta900
2022Fri, Nov 18, 2022Westside Cultural Arts Center, Atlanta1,500
2021Fri, Nov 19, 2021Westside Cultural Arts Center, Atlanta1,500
2019Not confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmed
2017Nov 10, 2017QTS, AtlantaNot confirmed

2019 was our third Homeless Heroes Day. See the 2019 Year in Review. Not confirmed means that detail is not in our records. Press: AJC on 2021, Atlanta Jewish Times on 2023, and UGA Honors on 2025.

If you cannot attend, $25 still packs one backpack.

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