Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Donations Make the Season Bright for Homeless Students

homeless Thanks to the generosity of community members, businesses, schools and district employees, our students who are experiencing homelessness had a brighter holiday season. The Children and Youth in Transition Department received donations of food, clothing, shoes, and recreational items, including:
  •  600 food bags
  •  Holiday Adoption of 26 families (includes 80 children)
  •  More than 1,000 toys and recreational items     
  •  Hundreds of blankets, hats, gloves, coats, sweaters, scarves, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, shoes and hygiene kits
 
These items not only provided homeless children with the essential items they need but also with the joy that other children experience when they receive a new piece of clothing or an unused toy. We are extremely grateful to these individuals and groups for their support and donations:

• Joseph A. Banks
• A local church group
• Clerkin and Sinclair, LLP
• Continental Data Graphics
• Dept. of the Navy, Southwest Regional Maintenance
• Feeding America
• Girl Scouts
• Promises2Kids
• SKF, Inc
• Starbucks
• Trader Joe’s
• Andrea Agrilla
• Maricela Campbell
• Dottie Engel
• The Erickson family
• Mark and Denise Hays
• Jan Hudson
• Mohammed & Virginia Kasbati
• Tiffany Kavanaugh & neighbors
• Colleen and Dan Lingman
• Annex 13 and 14
• dePortola Middle School JS2S
• Legal Department
• The Medi-Cal Collaborative
• Lindbergh-Schweitzer Elementary School
• Muirlands Middle School
• Office of Language Acquisition
• Cathy Burge
• Naomi Diem
• Catherine Galvan
• Oscar Grajeda
• Rosemary Kerkau
• Richard and Sonia Mahfouz
• Kristin Makena
• Vanessa and Freddy Moreno
• Diana Peterson
• Maureen Rogow
• Marie Stimpson and friends
 
For more information, contact Pam Hosmer, program manager, at 619-725-7652 or phosmer@sandi.net