Police & Community of Character to the Rescue

During registration at the Pleasanton Unified School District, it was found that there were many students in need of a backpack and supplies. A last-minute call was made to the Community of Character. Ninety backpacks were needed for Pleasanton school children with supplies like pens, paper, crayons, colored pencils, glue sticks and even graphic calculators for high school kids. When did they need them? The answer “school starts in 10 days”.

An emergency email was sent to board members of the Community of Character, everyone approved using budget funds to help. The Pleasanton Police Officers Association also donated. Pricing of each item was checked at online and retail stores and everything was ordered the next day.

It took a week for everything to arrive, then a Backpack Assembly “party” was arranged and members of the Community of Character board, Pleasanton Police, PUSD parent liaisons, some high school students, and JustServe leaders and their kids from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered to assemble the backpacks in time for the first day of school.

Many thanks to the Community of Character and the Pleasanton Police Officers Association for providing funding to make this happen.

If you are interested in community service, check out www.JustServe.org

AVHS & FHS students interested in community service can join the newly formed JustServe clubs at their high school.