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As teenagers in foster care graduate high school, they often leave their foster residences with nothing in which to carry their belongings. ACC’s third annual luggage drive gives you an opportunity to assist local graduating seniors as they take their next step in life.
The ACC Foster Care Program is collecting new luggage (preferably carry-on, rolling duffels) and contributions toward the purchase of new luggage. You can drop off donations at any ACC campus, and the deadline has been extended to Friday, May 13. As of May 10, participants had donated about 30 pieces of luggage, and there are 80 graduating seniors.Â
“Last year we were able to assist all 40 graduating seniors in this area, and this year there are more to help,” said Loretta Edelen, director of community outreach. “Many times, these kids leave with their things in garbage bags, and we are trying to give them brand new pieces of luggage to make that transition to adulthood easier.”
Monetary donations can be made at any campus cashier’s office, and new luggage can be left with campus representatives or at campus police offices.
For more information, contact a campus representative.
- Eastview: Â Marshall at 223.5197
- Cypress: Sylvia at 223.2106
- Northridge: Lee at 223.4877
- Pinnacle: Guadalupe at 223.8110
- Rio Grande: Roz at 223.3150
- Riverside: Chris at 223.6203
- Round Rock: Kathy at 223.0040
- South Austin: Ruth at 223.9158
- Highland Business Center: Dahlia at 223.7595
- Service Center: Phyllis at 223.1098
By Helen Tippie May 7, 2011 - 10:46 am
What about at Round Rock? I’m not sure if anyone has noticed, but this is happening quite a bit. RRC is even left out of the phone list choices when you call the main number. Can someone PLEASE be considerate enough to add RRC to the phone choices, as well as other functions such as this. And since we are talking about being left out…WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A LUNCHROOM? CAFE? I do appreciate the effort to “service” the students and staff at RRC, but the tiny food cart that opens in the morning with 6 sandwiches, a few salads, and a handful of tacos really isn’t enough to “service” the whole campus. At least give us an update. The only answer we ever seem to get is, “I don’t know.”
By ACC Staff May 10, 2011 - 2:30 pm
Helen, the luggage drive representative for Round Rock Campus is Kathy at 223.0040.
By J May 13, 2011 - 12:16 pm
Hi Helen,
The last I heard on this was back in Feb. They are trying to find a vendor that will meet the needs of the Round Rock Campus. As it was explained at the Round Rock board of trustees forum, this is a long process. They have to have a period to accept bids for renting the space, then they have to evaluate all of the bids and see which ones fit, etc. As I understand it, they are having difficulties getting bids from potential vendors to set up at the Round Rock Campus.