ACC Luggage Drive to Benefit Foster Teens

Friday, July 10th, 2009

The Austin Community College District (ACC) is holding a luggage drive to benefit teenagers leaving the foster care system. In their transitions to new living situations, these teens often carry their belongings in plastic bags. ACC hopes to provide suitcases for 22 Austin-area teenagers exiting the foster care system this summer.

The ACC Foster Care Program is accepting donations of new luggage (preferably carry-on rolling duffels) or monetary contributions toward the purchase of new luggage. The drive runs through August 1. For more information, contact the Foster Care Program staff representative at your campus:

· Eastview: Loretta Edelen – 223-5106 or edelen@austincc.edu

or Marshall Levett – 223-5197 or mlevett@austincc.edu

· Cypress: Sylvia Galvan Gonzalez – 223-2106 or sgalvang@austincc.edu

· Northridge: Lee Reichardt – 223-4877 or mreichar@austincc.edu

· Pinnacle: Angela Cole – 223-8094 or acole@austincc.edu

· Rio Grande: Kathy James – 223-3141 or kjames@austincc.edu

· Riverside: Chris Owens – 223-6203 or owensc@austincc.edu

· South Austin: Ruth Reinhart – 223-9158 or rreinhar@austincc.edu

· Highland Business Center: Dahlia Anzaldua – 223-7595 or anzaldua@austincc.edu

· Service Center: Phyllis Kalz – 223-1098 or pkalz@austincc.edu

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