LOCAL NON PROFITS AND BUSINESSES WORK TOGETHER TO HELP HOMELESS STUDENTS (Photo from left to right - Susie, Natalie, Katie and Teresita enjoying Snack Attack juice, nuts and pretzels).
FOOD SHARE AND SCHOOL ON WHEELS, INC. ARE PARTNERING TO DISTRIBUTE HEALTHY SNACKS TO LOCAL HOMELESS STUDENTS
MEDIA ALERT - For Immediate Release
WHAT: School on Wheels and FoodShare have been working together to provide healthy snacks to homeless students throughout Ventura County. Every year, School on Wheels distributes backpacks filled with school supplies and now they contain a juicebox and snacks too!
The snacks are provided by FoodShare's Snack Attack program and every week nearly 100 students benefit from having a healthy snack before their tutoring session with a School on Wheels tutor. Even though schools are on summer break, School on Wheels tutors' work every week with their students to help them fill in the gaps that often occur from frequent school moves as a result of being homeless.
WHO: School on Wheels tutors are volunteers who are trained and matched with a homeless student (a student living in a shelter, motel, car, or the street or in a group foster home). They meet every week in a public place and spend an hour or so focusing on learning and education.
FOOD Share supplies healthy after-school and summer program snacks to an
average of 2,200 children a day at 18 Snack Attack sites countywide.
SAGE Publications has provided a $5,000 grant to School on Wheels so that they can continue to provide outreach and assistance to homeless students in Ventura County.
About School on Wheels
A 501(c)(3) non profit organization that provides educational assistance and support to homeless students K-12th grades. School on Wheels works with students throughout Southern California and they have two learning centers: one in Skid Row and one in South Los Angeles. For more information please visit www.schoolonwheels.org.About FOOD Share A major food bank distributing
millions of pounds of food each year to those in need throughout Ventura
County, FOOD Share collects and receives food year-round, distributing to more
than 150 partner agencies throughout Ventura County, including Camarillo,
Fillmore, Moorpark, Oak View, Ojai, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Somis,
Thousand Oaks and Ventura. FOOD Share provides food to more than 54,700
people each month countywide through its partner agencies and multiple
programs. Programs include the Senior Brown Bag, which provides supplemental
nutrition to nearly 2,000 low income seniors and Snack Attack programs that
offer healthy nutritious after-school snacks to approximately 2,400 children.
Information: (805) 983-7100 or www.foodshare.com |
For more information please contact Sinead Chilton (213) 905-2777 or email 