Stuff the Bus

Stuff the Bus Gets Kids Ready to Learn

Monterey County's first Stuff the Bus  was a huge success. Thanks to our very generous community and wonderful partners, we were able to send more than 600 kids back to school fully equipped to learn. 500 children got fully loaded backpacks and when we ran out of backpacks, we put the supplies into bags for distribution to the children.

Thanks to our partnership with the Monterey County Office of Education, the school supplies were distributed immediately to the Homeless Liaisons so that they could get them to the children before school started.

"The children have been so happy to have the backpacks filled with brand new supplies. Their faces break out in smiles as they say thank you," said Carlos Diaz, the homeless liaison for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.

Special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the event a success. Check out our Flickr page. We're grateful to the many partners who helped deliver the barrrels we borrowed from Food Bank, to Monterey Bay Systems for providing the signage and to Cardinale Moving and Property Restoration Services for helping to pick up the stuffed barrels.

Thanks to these generous businesses that provided drop-off points.

Carmel

  • Coldwell Banker Realty, 3775 Via Nona Marie

Carmel Valley

  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 65 W. Carmel Valley Rd.

Castroville

  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 11160 Speegle St.
  • Rabobank, 10601 Merritt St.

Gonzales

  • Rabobank, 400 Alta St.

Greenfield

  • La Princesa Market, 239 Huerta Ave.
  • La Princesa Market, 401 El Camino Real
  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 315 El Camino Real

King City

  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 402 Broadway Ave.
  • Rabobank, 532 Broadway St.

Marina

  • Rabobank, 228 Reservation Rd.

Monterey

  • Monterey County Herald, 8 Upper Ragsdale Drive
  • Monterey City Library, 625 Pacific St
  • Rabobank, 439 Alvarado St.
  • Tarpy's Roadhouse, 2999 Salinas Monterey Highway
  • UWMC Office, 60 Garden Ct.

Pacific Grove

  • Rabobank, 561 Lighthouse Ave.

Pajaro

  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 29 Bishop St.

Prunedale

  • Monterey County Free Libraries,17822 Moro Rd.

Salinas

  • Cesar Chavez Library, 615 Williams Rd.
  • Fashion Bug, 1235 N. Davis Rd.
  • La Princesa Market, 516 East Alisal St.
  • Monterey County Free Libraries,18250 Tara Dr.
  • Monterey County Office of Education, 901 Blanco Cir.
  • Pacific Valley Bank, 422 Main St.
  • Rabobank, 301 Main St.
  • Rabobank, 1285 North Davis Rd.
  • Salinas City Hall, 200 Lincoln Ave.
  • Salinas Valley Comm. Church, 368 San Juan Grade Rd.
  • Santa Barbara Bank and Trust, Harden Ranch Plaza, North Main St.
  • UWMC Office, 376 Main St.
  • YMCA, 117 Clay St.

Seaside

  • CSUMB Library Cafe, CSUMB Campus
  • CSUMB Otter Express, CSUMB Campus, Bldg. 14
  • CSUMB Dining Commons, CSUMB Campus, Bldg. 16
  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 550 Harcourt Ave.
  • Monterey County Weekly, 668 Williams Ave.
  • Rabobank,1658 Fremont Blvd.
  • Seaside City Hall, 440 Harcourt Ave.
  • Seaside Fire Dept., 1635 Broadway

Soledad

  • Monterey County Free Libraries, 401 Gabilan Dr.
  • Rabobank, 2149 H Dela Rosa St.
  • Soledad City Hall, 248 Main St.
  • YMCA, 560 Walker Dr.

 

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