'Fill the Bus' Drive for Charity in Palm Desert

The SunLine Transit Agency will hold its ninth annual “Fill the Bus” holiday food drive Wednesday at three locations in the Coachella Valley.

Donations of non-perishable and holiday food, frozen meats, packaged toiletries, diapers and other household items will be accepted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at SunLine buses parked at three grocery stores.

Donations will go to Martha’s Village and Kitchen in Indio, which provides homeless services, and the Well in the Desert in Palm Springs, which provides daily meals and emergency food assistance to needy clients.

The drop-off locations are:

• Walmart, 34-500 Monterey Ave., Palm Desert
• Stater Bros., 78-630 Highway 111, La Quinta
• Ralphs, 1733 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs

SunLine spokeswoman Norma Stevens said the agency hopes to collect more than 15 tons of donated food.

— City News Service. Image via Shutterstock.