CHICAGO - Back-to-school signs are displayed in a Target store in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

NBC Chicago – Groupon and the Chicago Public School system’s Kits for Kidz campaign sold almost as many back to school kits in just two days as they did during the entire inaugural 2011 program, CPS officials announced Tuesday.

Generous supporters of the campaign that provides needy Chicago families with back to school kits have contributed to the sell of more than 1,000 kits since Monday for the 2012-2013 school year.

The program sold more than 1,200 back to school kits, with a total of $15,000 in donations, for the 2011-2012 school year.

CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard thanked the supporters for their generosity in a statement Tuesday, and urged people to continue to donate in the next seven days.