WestCAT's 3rd Annual Back to School Supply Drive to Success

The Western Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) and WestCAT’s contractor MV Transportation are currently accepting donations for our 3rd annual Back to School Supply Drive to Success. Last year was our 2nd year of this drive and it was a great success. The employees all agree that this is becoming one of our favorite charitable events!

Through the overwhelming response from the local community (individuals and organizations), along with WestCAT and MV employees, and WestCAT’s vendors, we were able to deliver lots and lots of much needed school supplies to needy kids throughout the community. We are very optimistic that this year will be our best year yet! Flyers announcing the drive and providing a list of requested items have been placed inside WestCAT buses, posted online at www.westcat.org, and throughout the community . The school year starts at the end of August, so we hope that our supporters will take advantage of all of the great back to school sales taking place now, and make a donation to this worthy cause.

All donations go to support the West Contra Costa Unified School District’s Families in Transition/Foster Youth program. The program supports homeless school-age children and youth who attend WCCUSD schools.

WestCAT will be accepting donations of new school supplies beginning Monday, July 9 through Friday, August 10, 2018 from 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at the WestCAT office located at 601 Walter Ave., Pinole.

Requested items are new backpacks (or gently used), spiral notebooks, boxes of #2 pencils, mechanical pencils, binder paper, markers, crayons, highlighters, colored pencils, black composition books, erasers, glue sticks, 2-inch binders, and antibacterial gel /wipes.

If you are unable to drop-off your donation, please contact WestCAT at (510) 724-3331 or email us at info@westcat.org and we will arrange to pick-up your donation. No donation is too small!