Back-to-school shopping can take a serious toll on family budgets. Win , the largest provider of shelter and supportive housing for homeless families in New York City, teamed up with Airbnb to launch a back-to-school giveaway of backpacks and books at the Rosa Parks family shelter in Park Slope on Aug. 18.

With a donation from Airbnb, Win will distribute 3,000 backpacks filled with supplies to school-age children living in the nonprofit’s 16 shelters and supportive housing units across the city before the first day of school.

Christine Quinn, CEO and president of Win, told Brooklyn Paper that new supplies not only set children up for success but also shield them from bullying.

“We know children, they bully, and when they see somebody with a used backpack or an old pen or crumpled up p

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