Student-led Fairfax County, Virginia

Every student deserves the right foundation.

Generation Supply is a student-led nonprofit based in Fairfax County. We collect school supplies from affluent schools, then deliver them to high-need schools throughout the county.

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Started by a freshman with a cardboard box. Now supplying three schools and counting.

A collection box at Greenbriar East Elementary filled with donated pencils, glue sticks, markers, and other school supplies.
Our collection box at Greenbriar East, filled by the school community.

Our mission

We make sure the basics never get in the way of learning.

A pencil seems like nothing until a student doesn't have one. Plenty of families in our county can't restock a backpack every few months, and teachers end up covering the difference out of pocket. We think neighbors can handle this one.

The everyday basics

Pencils, folders, glue sticks, crayons, markers. Nothing fancy, just the stuff a classroom actually burns through every week.

Powered by neighbors

Everything we hand out was donated by someone nearby. A teacher cleaning out a closet, a family grabbing extras at the store, a business that wanted in.

Steady, not one-time

Back-to-school drives are great, but supplies run out by October. Our boxes stay up all year, so classrooms aren't waiting on next August.

How it works

Three simple steps, repeated all year.

Nothing complicated. We collect what people give, count it carefully, and drive it to the schools that need it.

  1. 1

    Collect

    We set up a Generation Supply branded donation box at a partner donor school, then families, teachers, and students donate any surplus supplies they may have during the timeframe of the supply drive.

  2. 2

    Sort & count

    Once a week for every week during the timeframe of the supply drive, we do inventory on everything that was donated that week. That's how we know what we have and who to donate to.

  3. 3

    Donate

    Lastly, we donate raised supplies directly to high-need schools across Fairfax County to ensure maximum impact.

Our impact so far

Real supplies, in real classrooms.

We only started in April 2026. Everything below came from our neighbors in a few months.

0 Students from low-income families supported
0 Raised in supplies & funds

Stories from the community

Where it started: Greenbriar East Elementary.

Our first drive started at Greenbriar East in April 2026 with a box by the front office, a flyer in every teacher's mailbox, and a spot in the school newsletter. Five weeks later, the community had donated $808.88 worth of supplies.

The Generation Supply drop-off box at Greenbriar East, filled with donated supplies.
The drop-off box. A simple collection point by the front office made donating easy for everyone walking in.
Printed flyers prepared for distribution to teachers at Greenbriar East.
Flyers for teachers. We put a flyer in every teacher's mailbox so the whole school knew how to help.
Generation Supply featured in the Greenbriar East school newsletter.
In the newsletter. Greenbriar East featured the drive in their official newsletter, reaching every family.
Cesar Carlos standing in front of Brookfield Elementary holding a bin of donated school supplies.
First drop-off at Brookfield Elementary. June 11, 2026.

A big day for us

June 11, 2026: our first delivery.

Cesar loaded up the first batch of donated supplies from the Greenbriar East and Navy hubs and brought it to Brookfield Elementary himself. Months of collecting and counting, finally in the hands of the students it was meant for.

Brookfield is now our first verified distribution hub, and supplies from both collection boxes will keep flowing there all year.

“Former GBE student and current Fairfax High freshman Cesar Carlos has launched a wonderful new organization called Generation Supply to help provide students with school supplies. We are excited to support his mission by hosting a donation box right here in our school lobby.”

— Greenbriar East Elementary School newsletter

Programs & initiatives

Supplies were just the way in.

A stocked pencil box helps, but it doesn't close a learning gap on its own. Here's what we're building next.

Running now

School supply drives

The core of what we do: collection boxes at partner schools that keep classrooms stocked all year long.

Launching August 2026

Student club chapters

Our first student-run club is confirmed at Fairfax High School for the 2026–27 school year, and we're writing the playbook so other high schools can copy it.

In development

Free peer tutoring

Free, student-led tutoring for the kids we already supply, because a glue stick can't teach fractions.

In development

Family support

One-on-one help for families navigating the school system, from picking courses to speaking up for their kids, so every student has a champion in their corner.

Our growing network

School by school, the map fills in.

Every school we add means more supplies coming in, or more kids getting them. Here's the map so far.

  1. Completed collection hub

    Greenbriar East Elementary

    Our pilot donor school, and proof our whole system works. Our supply drive there raised over $800 worth of supplies in 5 weeks. The drive ran from April 15 – May 31.

    • $808.88Value of Supplies Raised
  2. Completed collection hub

    Navy Elementary School

    Our 2nd donor school, launched two months after the first. The drive ran from June 1–17 and raised over $900 worth of supplies in its 2 week-long timeframe.

    • $930Value of Supplies Raised
  3. Supported school supported

    Brookfield Elementary School

    A Title I school and our highest-need partner, and the first school we delivered to. Cesar drove the first batch over himself on June 11, 2026.

    Cesar Carlos outside Brookfield Elementary holding a bin of donated school supplies.
    • June 11, 2026supplies delivered
    • 82%low-income
  4. Supported school supported

    Providence Elementary School

    Our second delivery, and the first of two drops that carried the network past the summer and into the new school year.

    Cesar Carlos outside Providence Elementary School with two bins of donated school supplies.
    • July 31, 2026supplies delivered
  5. Supported school supported

    Graham Road Elementary School

    Delivered just before the new school year started, extending our reach to more classrooms in the Falls Church area.

    Cesar Carlos outside Graham Road Elementary School carrying a box of donated supplies.
    • Aug 17, 2026supplies delivered

Your school could be stop number six. Talk to us.

The team

Students behind Generation Supply.

No office, no staff. Just five students who kept seeing classmates go without and decided to do something about it.

Portrait of Cesar Carlos
Cesar Carlos Founder & Executive Director
Portrait of Isaac Roberts
Isaac Roberts Director of Operations
Portrait of Jacob Roberts
Jacob Roberts Head of Technology & Digital Strategy
Portrait of Charlie Canuel
Charlie Canuel Director of Community Outreach
Portrait of Benji Cho
Benji Cho Operations Support

With support from

Educate Fairfax Educate Fairfax — Fairfax County's leading education nonprofit, amplifying our regional reach.
Chick-fil-A Fair Lakes Chick-fil-A Fair Lakes — Spirit Night on September 17, 2026, directly funding our supply drives.
Housing Up Housing Up — A DC nonprofit housing and supporting families, connecting us to students who need supplies most.
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence — Helping us get supplies to children in families rebuilding after crisis.
Apple Federal Credit Union Apple Federal Credit Union — A local credit union backing our drives across Fairfax County.
Fairfax County Times Fairfax County Times — “Helping kids succeed” → their story on Generation Supply.

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Live from the field, on Instagram.

Drop days, partner shout-outs, and whatever else we're up to that week. It all goes on Instagram first.

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Get involved

There's a place for everyone here.

Got a drawer of extra supplies? A free Saturday? A business that wants to help? Any of those can put a kid at their desk ready to learn.

Donate supplies

Drop extras in one of our collection boxes, or run your own mini-drive at school or work. We'll help you set it up.

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Volunteer

Help us sort, count, and deliver. It's hands-on, it's local, and it works around your schedule.

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Partner with us

Schools and businesses can host a box, sponsor a drive, or throw a spirit night like Chick-fil-A did.

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Spread the word

Follow us, share a post, tell a teacher. Half our donations happen because somebody mentioned us.

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Contact & support

Questions? Ideas? Want to help?

Whether you're a parent, teacher, school admin, or business, we'd love to hear from you. We read everything.