Help Solano’s Homeless Youth Get a Good Start to the School Year

FAIRFIELD – In the last three years, Solano County schools have identified over 2,000 homeless students in our community. Due to the loss of housing and financial problems, these young people may be living on the streets, in shelters, or staying temporarily with family or friends.

To assist the homeless youth of our county, the Solano County Office of Education (SCOE) has partnered with radio station KUIC-FM, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, and Travis Credit Union in support of the regional Stuff the Bus Campaign. Your donation will help stuff the bus with school supplies to benefit Solano County’s homeless children as they prepare for the coming school year.  Our youth can use the following items:

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

You can drop off your donated items through Wednesday, August 3, at all Travis Credit Union branches within Solano County:

Benicia

●     836-C Southampton Road, Benicia

Dixon

●     1450 Ary Lane, Suite C

Fairfield

●     5075 Business Center Drive

●     1340 Gateway Boulevard

●     2570 North Texas Street

Suisun City

●     131 Sunset Ave, Suite A-1

Travis Air Force Base

●     659 Skymaster Drive

Vacaville

●     2010 Peabody Road

●     11 Cernon Street

●     One Travis Way

●     2020 Harbison Drive

Vallejo

●     1796 Tuolumne Street

The following drop off locations will collect donations through Friday, August 12:

●     Benicia Unified School District                350 East L Street, Benicia

●     Bethany Lutheran Ministries                   621 South Orchard Lane, Vacaville

●     Cordelia Library                                             5050 Business Center Drive, Fairfield

●     Golden Hills Education Center                2460 Clay Bank Road, Fairfield

●     Partnership for Health                               360 Campus Lane, Suite 110, Fairfield

●     Raley's Supermarket – Vallejo                4300 Sonoma Boulevard #550, Vallejo

●     SCOE Main Office                                         5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield

●     Vallejo City Unified School District        665 Walnut Avenue, Vallejo

For more information, please contact Becky Cruz, Program Manager, Educational Liaison, Solano County Office of Education’s Homeless Youth Services Program, at (707) 399-4855.