Monday, March 26, 2012

New school program for San Fransico Bay Area

Campus California is pleased to announce a start of a new program for public schools in San Fransico Bay Area, California.

The students will have a chance to learn about textile reuse and earn community service hours, and in the same time we are offering different fundraising opportunities for the schools as well. 

These fundraising opportunities could involve a clothing drive where the whole school would bring as much clothes as possible and earn money depending on the poundage or simply just host a donation box at the school. In the second case, the school will also earn money depending on the donated amount.
Campus California believes that this is a great way for students and schools to participate in an environmental program in the community and raise funds for the schools.
We all can make a diffrence! Don`t forget to reduce/reuse/recycle!


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The BBQ Spot and a donation box?

Every week Campus California gets all different kinds of phone calls - some of them are exciting and some can be less exciting such as a request for removal of one of our donation boxes. But even such requests can have a happy ending and an interesting story behind it.
Visiting The BBQ Spot in Santa Rosa and meeting Rob was definitely one of these good stories.

Rob has a cozy Restaurant and is hosting one of our donation boxes; Unfortunately, Rob didn`t like the exact spot where our box had been placed, so he called us and requested it to be removed.

Coming to Santa Rosa, visiting Rob and his business and having a business discussion turned out to be very interesting for both sides. Rob was very curious about the non-profit world and the volunteers who do important sustainable development in Africa; He was also very eager to tell his story on how “building” the BBQ Spot has been a dream coming true for him. He liked the idea of how Campus California financially supports the fight against poverty and ended up understanding how important it is to keep the collection box at his restaurant.
We have, however, decided to relocate the box to the side of his business, where it would work best for Rob.

Been able to meet Rob, hear his story and also to keep our donation box at his place made this visit definitely worth it.

Thank you Rob for your great support!