Ventura residents are invited to celebrate the spirit of America’s favorite holiday by donating non-perishable food items or cash to buy food by November 19 to fill Thanksgiving Baskets to provide a complete holiday meal for 100 hungry families in our city.
The public is welcome to drop off non-perishable goods—packaged, boxed or canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, stuffing, gravy and mashed potatoes and bottled juice—to five participating high schools (see below) and City Hall (Room 226).
Teen Voice—a high school leadership program operating on five local Ventura campuses —is coordinating this project and collecting food items between Oct. 17 and Nov. 19 to provide a full Thanksgiving dinner to needy low-income families. City staff and all high schools are donating the perishable items.
“Since 2001 we have fed over 1,000 families who would be without a Thanksgiving meal,” said Mario Robinson, PAL Executive Director and Youth Programs Supervisor for the City of Ventura Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Partnerships, which sponsors both the Teen Voice and Thanksgiving Baskets programs as part of its Community Partnerships outreach. “2011 marks the tenth year of this program, started by the Ventura Police Activities League (PAL) joined by the Teen Voice High School Leadership Program.”
All donated items should be dropped off at school locations by Wednesday, November 19, at noon, or at Ventura City Hall Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Partnerships at 501 Poli Street, Room 226. Baskets will be assembled at Westpark Community Center, 450 W. Harrison Ave., where families will pick them up.
For more information on donating cash contact City of Ventura Youth Programs Supervisor Mario Robinson at 805.654.7807.
The public is welcome to drop off non-perishable goods—packaged, boxed or canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, stuffing, gravy and mashed potatoes and bottled juice—to five participating high schools (see below) and City Hall (Room 226).
Teen Voice—a high school leadership program operating on five local Ventura campuses —is coordinating this project and collecting food items between Oct. 17 and Nov. 19 to provide a full Thanksgiving dinner to needy low-income families. City staff and all high schools are donating the perishable items.
“Since 2001 we have fed over 1,000 families who would be without a Thanksgiving meal,” said Mario Robinson, PAL Executive Director and Youth Programs Supervisor for the City of Ventura Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Partnerships, which sponsors both the Teen Voice and Thanksgiving Baskets programs as part of its Community Partnerships outreach. “2011 marks the tenth year of this program, started by the Ventura Police Activities League (PAL) joined by the Teen Voice High School Leadership Program.”
All donated items should be dropped off at school locations by Wednesday, November 19, at noon, or at Ventura City Hall Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Partnerships at 501 Poli Street, Room 226. Baskets will be assembled at Westpark Community Center, 450 W. Harrison Ave., where families will pick them up.
For more information on donating cash contact City of Ventura Youth Programs Supervisor Mario Robinson at 805.654.7807.
Visit www.cityofventura.net for more information on Teen Voice and their Thanksgiving Basket Program.
