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Help Homeless Students Get Ready for School

Donate School Supplies at DuPratt Ford and Travis Credit Union

 Over the last school year, Solano County schools have identified more than 1,400 homeless students, some in Dixon. These young people may be unaccompanied and couch surfing from home-to-home, living on the streets, in shelters, or staying temporarily with family or friends due to a loss of housing or financial problems.   To assist the homeless youth of Solano County, the Solano County Office of Education, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Educational Partnership Foundation of Solano, and Travis Credit Union are supporting the Regional Stuff the Bus campaign. 

 

Our youth can use: backpacks for all ages (please no solid blue or red colors), alarm clocks, lunch bags, binders, binder dividers, pencils, colored pencils, erasers, paper, highlighters, crayons, glue sticks, pencil sharpeners, flash cards, note pads, pencil pouches, rulers, and calculators. 

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  The following drop off locations will collect donations through Friday, August 6: 

Ron DuPratt Ford 
1320 North 1st Street, Dixon 


Straw Hat Pizza 
1295 Horizon Drive, Fairfield 


Cordelia Library 
5050 Business Center Drive, Fairfield 


Vallejo Community Center 
225 Amador Street, Vallejo 


Kmart 
2525 North Texas Street, Fairfield 


Norman C. King South Vallejo Community Center: 
545 Magazine Street, Vallejo 
                    

All Travis Credit Unions within Solano County 
1796 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo 
836-C Southampton Road, Benicia 
5075 Business Center Drive, Fairfield 
1340 Gateway Blvd, Fairfield 
131 Sunset Ave, Suite A-1, Suisun City 
2570 North Texas Street, Fairfield 
659 Skymaster Drive, Travis AFB 
2010 Peabody Road, Vacaville 
11 Cernon Street, Vacaville 
One Travis Way, Vacaville 
2020 Harbison Drive, Vacaville 
1450 Ary Lane, Suite C, Dixon 

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For more information, please contact the Solano County Office of Education’s Homeless Youth Services Program at 707-399-4863.

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