Penny Lane partnered with the City of Lancaster to host a drive-thru backpack giveaway event at the AV Family Center. The event occurred Saturday, July 29th from 11am-2pm. Penny Lane gave away more than 600 backpacks and school supplies to Antelope Valley residents. There was a lot of collaboration with community partners in order to purchase backpacks, plan the event and traffic control. All to implement a fun and safe event for our families. The Prevention & Aftercare program purchased 300 backpacks for middle and high school students and the City of Lancaster provided additional backpacks for elementary school children. Prevention & Aftercare partnered with the AV Clinic Case Managers to provide volunteers, organize and distribute backpacks and snacks. We are grateful for the Penny Lane volunteers that worked tirelessly in 105 degree heat to ensure the event ran smoothly: Anthony Melgar, Dulce Lopez, Debbie Mendez, Veronica Martinez, Jeovana Galindo, Jennifer Gorman, Jessica Rojas, Maritza Flores-Parra, Stephanie Cruz, Madeline Sacba, Araceli Cardoza.
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Since 2016, the Kaiser team has been donating back packs for our kids in foster care out of our AV office and this year, they did it again. Not only did they donate the back packs, but they also donated all the school supplies that go inside. In addition, they gave us such a generous donation that we were able to also provide back packs to some of the birth children of our resource families. We truly couldn’t help our kids get ready for the start of a new year without the great support of Kaiser! We hope to continue teaming with them for years to come.
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Our Relative Support Services and Relative Home Assessment Services Back to School In and Out Event! We hosted this event on Saturday morning, 08/05/2023. Our RSS and RHAS programs work to support caregivers involved in kinship care with DCFS in LA County. We gave out more than 150 back packs and 300 burgers to our children and families involved in this program. We have 5 case managers who work closely to meet the needs of the families whether it’s with rent assistance or food emergencies, our staff are there to help. If you know of anyone who is a kinship caregiver and they need support? Please don’t hesitate to contact us! We take referrals direct from DCFS or self referrals.
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