{"id":45390,"date":"2018-03-26T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45390"},"modified":"2018-03-26T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:55:49","slug":"donate-to-luggage-drive-for-foster-care-alumni-by-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/26\/donate-to-luggage-drive-for-foster-care-alumni-by-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate to luggage drive for foster care alumni by May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donate to Austin Community College\u2019s annual luggage drive benefiting students transitioning from foster care. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Faculty, staff, and students are invited to donate pieces of luggage for teens who are graduating from high school and leaving foster residences. Monetary donations also are accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Many foster care youth have no choice but to pack their items in bags when moving because luggage can be unaffordable. Your donation or contribution will directly help graduating foster care youth as they start a new chapter,&#8221; says Steven Christopher, executive director of special populations..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACC has collected <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">316 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pieces of luggage and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$3,945<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for foster care alumni students since its first luggage drive in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Donations are requested by May 9. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are three ways to donate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drop off new luggage (carry-on, rolling duffels are preferred) with a campus representative listed below or with the ACC Police Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donate funds online (credit\/debit card) through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C20395_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACC Marketplace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donate by cash, check, or credit card at any ACC <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/campus-contacts?field_contact_campus_value=All&amp;field_contact_office_or_dept_value=Cashier%27s+Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cashier Office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Foster Care luggage drive campus representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Campus<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Phone<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Email<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cypress<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Lauren Gage<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 512-223-2205<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lgage@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eastview<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jennifer Vasquez<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-5214<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">jennifer.vasquez@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elgin<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teri Villegas-Shipman<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-9482<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">teriv@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hays<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alegra Harris<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-262-6530<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">alegra.harris@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highland<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roseana Lahti<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-7344<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rlahti@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northridge<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lauren Gage<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-4845<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lgage@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pinnacle<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joyce Pope-Cain<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-8111<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">jpcain@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riverside<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eriko Tyner<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-6026<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eriko.tyner@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Rock<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephanie Horgan<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-0032<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shorgan@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Austin<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michael Gibbs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">512-223-9161<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">michael.gibbs@austincc.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/support-and-services\/services-for-students\/student-support-programs\/foster-care-alumni-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn about ACC\u2019s Foster Care Student Program.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donate to Austin Community College\u2019s annual luggage drive benefiting students transitioning from foster care. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to donate pieces of luggage for teens who are graduating from high school and leaving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/26\/donate-to-luggage-drive-for-foster-care-alumni-by-may-9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4107,"featured_media":45393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[915,910],"class_list":["post-45390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facstaff-news","category-updates","tag-foster-care-alumni-program","tag-foster-care-luggage-drive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}