Press Release
Lori Hoerl
Executive Director
Nassau Volunteer Center
[email protected]
July 1, 2016 1:00 p.m.
Want to help Nassau County students in need get ready for the school year? Make a difference in the life and learning of a child by contributing to the GOKIDS campaign.
The Nassau County Volunteer Center’s Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) through its 16th annual G.O.K.I.D.S. (Giving Our Kids Important Daily Supplies) project is collecting school supplies and donations for local students who need them the most. Monetary donations will be used to purchase supplies and will be distributed among all area public schools by principals. Over the last fifteen years, through the G.O K.I.D.S projects, over $160,000 worth of donations and supplies has reached Nassau County’s public schools and teachers.
The project will run from July 5-August 2, 2016. Distribution to the schools will take place on August 4, 2016. The most needed supplies include pencils, pens, pocket folders, wide-ruled notebook paper or spiral notebooks, crayons, glue sticks, clear or mesh backpacks (no wheels), dry-erase markers, and white or color copy paper, Kleenex, paper towels and wipe ups. Gift cards are also welcome.
Those who wish to donate school supplies may drop off donations at any of the following locations: Amelia Dental (Citrona Drive); Associate Services Office of Omni Amelia Island Plantation; Atlantic Avenue Recreation Center Office; CBC National Bank (14th Street); Century 21 (Centre Street); First Federal Bank of Florida (Fernandina and Yulee); Nassau County Volunteer Center (Jasmine Street); VyStar Credit Union (14th Street and Yulee), and First Coast Community Bank. Rayonier Inc., WestRock, and St. Francis of Assisi are also partnering in this drive.
For more information about how to help students right here in Nassau County, email the Volunteer Center at [email protected].