(Indio, Calif. –August 5th, 2010) – Martha’s Village & Kitchen, the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission and the Indio Teen Center, have joined forces to collect and distribute backpacks and school supplies for local children in need of assistance with these items.
The backpacks and school supplies will be distributed on a first come - first served basis, on Saturday, August 28, between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm at: Van Buren Elementary School Auditorium, 47-733 Van Buren Street, Indio, CA 92201-7144. Backpack and supplies will be collected at 55 locations throughout the Coachella Valley (see list below).
To donate a backpack or school supplies, simply go to one of the 55 locations and look for specially marked cardboard boxes at the entrances. The boxes will be provided by Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services and will have fliers adhered to the sides of the boxes with the agencies’ logos. Needed supplies include:
Safety scissors, dictionary, pencils, colored pencils, pencil sharpener, erasers, zippered pencil pouch, glue stick, school glue, role of adhesive tape, crayons, box of paints, compass, protractor, legal pads, notebook filler paper, graph paper, spiral notebooks, 3-ring notebooks, 3-ring binders, hole reinforcers, composition books, K-3 writing tablet, construction paper, art pad, index cards, post-it notes, folders, planners, subject dividers, book covers, blue & black pens, felt-tip markers, highlighters, calculator, ruler, hole punch, plastic bags, paper towels, facial tissues, wet wipes, hand soap/hand sanitizer and 3.5” disks.
Starting immediately through Wednesday, August 25, items can be dropped off at:
Martha's Village & Kitchen
83-791 Date Ave.
Indio, CA 92201 |
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission
47-518 Van Buren
Indio, CA 92202 |
Indio Teen Center (Mon-Thurs, Noon – 5pm)
81-678 Avenue 46
Indio, CA 92201 |
Starting Monday, August 16 through Friday, August 20, items can also be dropped off at the following locations:
| • Wells Fargo Bank | All 19 Coachella Valley locations |
| • Walgreens | All 17 Coachella Valley locations |
| • El Paseo Bank | All 3 Coachella Valley locations |
| • Boys & Girls Club | 83-100 Date Avenue Indio | >
| • Indio City Yard | 83-101 Avenue 45 Indio |
| • Indio City Hall | 150 Civic Center Mall Indio |
| • Indio Senior Center | 45-700 Aladdin St. Indio |
| • Boys & Girls Club | 8350 Bagdad Avenue Coachella |
| • KDI Elements | 79-431 Country Club Drive Bermuda Dunes |
| • Image Marketing Concepts | 41-865 Boardwalk, Suite 202 Palm Desert |
| • Monarch Management | 39-755 Burkee Drive, Suite A Palm Desert |
| • Boys & Girls Club | 49-995 Park Avenue La Quinta |
| • Henry's Market Place | 79-050 Hwy 111 La Quinta |
| • Jonathan’s Cleaners | 46-480 Washington Street La Quinta |
| • Mayfield College | 35-325 Date Palm Drive Cathedral City |
| • Kaplan College | 2475 East Tahquitz Canyon Way Way Palm Springs |
| • Merrill Lynch | 71-703 Hwy 111 Rancho Mirage |
| • Merrill Lynch | 74-800 Hwy 111 Indian Wells |
| • Don Diego's of Indian Wells | 74-969 Hwy 111 (at Cook St.) Indian Wells |
Totally You (a local hair salon) will provide nine hairdressers to give free haircuts to children on the day of the event inside the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Chapel from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Additionally, KDI Kares and Payless Shoes are collecting new shoes for kindergarten through 12th-graders to be handed out on the event day. Please visit the KDI Kares website at www.kdikares.com for more shoe information and shoe drop-off locations.
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For more information about the backpack or school supplies collection, please contact Jimmica Guess at Martha’s Village & Kitchen, 760.347.4741 x 320, Sue Meyers at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, 760.347.3512 x 223 or Rosalva Campos at the Indio Teen Center, 760. 541.4414.
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