STATE BAGS has your back. And part of that commitment is making a difference in local kids’ lives. STATE was created to address the immediate needs of American children living with challenging – and in some cases critical - circumstances. For every STATE bag purchased, STATE hand-delivers a backpack - packed with essential tools for success - to an American child in need; but our commitment goes beyond simply a material donation.
Our BAG DROPS are where the real work is done. Our team of “PackMen” and "PackWomen" lead motivational rallies that leave participating kids with a renewed spirit and belief in themselves (not to mention brand new STATE backpacks). We hope the results of our Bag Drop events will propel them to be agents of change in their communities and beyond.
Our PACKMEN and PACKWOMEN are experienced child development specialists. Having successfully risen from at-risk neighborhoods themselves, they serve as role models and mentors who deliver a profound message.
STATE Bags is proud to be a Benefit Corporation. Benefit Corporations are companies that create public significance by having a material, positive impact on society. More information about the purpose and history of benefit corporations is available here.
STATE is a partnership between husband and wife duo, Scot and Jacqueline Tatelman. Scot and Jacq created STATE as a for-profit company with a nonprofit pedigree.
These Brooklyn-based social entrepreneurs have eyes trained for style but their hearts have always been with kids growing up in America's most at-risk neighborhoods.
In 2009, they founded Country Roads Foundation - a nonprofit organization that has served thousands of kids from East New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Red Hook, Brooklyn.
After watching countless amounts of kids carrying their possessions in trash bags, Scot and Jacq formed STATE Bags, a company that promises to not only deliver a new backpack, but to also provide kids with the tools to reach their fullest potential and better their communities...and to always have their backs.
