Tag: donations

Jan 25

#10For10 Challenge Donates to School on Wheels

School on Wheels | | In The News

Thank you to Colin Kaepernick and Jhene Aiko for recognizing School on Wheels and the work we do.

Day SEVEN of Ten:

Colin Kaepernick Donation: $10,000

Celebrity Match: Jhene Aiko $10,000

Organization: School on Wheels – Los Angeles Area

 

 

Colin Kaepernick and Jhene Aiko are donating $10,000 each to Schools on Wheels! Their donations will specifically pay for:

  • $15,000 for private tutor for 15 homeless students for 1 year
  • $5,000 for 10 students to attend summer camps
  • Art classes, music lessons, sports activities, etc

“I will donate one million dollars plus all the proceeds of my jersey sales from the 2016 season to organizations working in oppressed communities, 100k a month for 10 months.” – Colin Kaepernick

Aug 17

Assistance League Of Santa Monica Puts Together Backpacks For Students

Santa Monica Mirror | | In The News, Our Donors

From the Santa Monica Mirror:

Assistance League of Santa Monica member volunteers gathered on Wednesday at the Chapter House to fill 420 backpacks with age appropriate school supplies, which includes notebooks, writing utensils, and other materials, as well as a hygiene kit including deodorant and toothbrushes. These will be distributed to local students in the fall before classes resume.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the League has supplied non-profit organization Schools on Wheels with 935 backpacks!

Thank you so much!

Jul 23

Students Donate School Supplies with Lemonade Stand Profits

School on Wheels | | Our Donors

This summer, Kelly Washkewicz, Caprial Koe, and Alia Koe continued their tradition of donating school supplies to School on Wheels. These generous 11th graders have been using a creative method to support School on Wheels every year since they were in middle school – each summer they set up a lemonade stand and use the profits to buy backpacks and school supplies for our students!

The first donation was in 2011 and consisted of about $400 worth of backpacks and supplies. Their business took off in the following years, growing to a $2,000-value donation this year! The boxes of school supplies came just in time for the upcoming school year. They will be taken to local shelters and group homes where children need materials for school, as well as to students’ first one-on-one tutoring sessions. Thanks to Kelly, Caprial, and Alia’s creative thinking and dedication, hundreds of homeless students won’t have to go without the backpacks and school supplies they need during the next year.

To make your own donation of school supplies, visit our Student Wish List and buy a few extra items when you’re doing your back to school shopping. Or think outside the box like Kelly, Caprial, and Alia and start a fundraiser or school supply drive of your own!

backpack donations over the years

 

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