WestCAT Launches 17th Annual Stuff A Bus Donation Drive

WestCAT, the California Highway Patrol, and MV Transportation are joining together again this year for our 17th Annual Stuff-A-Bus holiday donation drive events to be held in the Cities of Pinole and Hercules. “It’s been a very successful and rewarding 17 years, and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to join forces again with members of the CHP and MV Transit on our favorite community event” said Yvonne Morrow, WestCAT Marketing Manager. This year a very special (surprise) guest will make their debut at Santa’s workshop, and families are invited to have their photos taken with this V.I.P. Last year’s drive yielded an exciting 1,024 pounds of non-perishable food donations, and lots and lots of toys (cash donations are also accepted, and are used to purchase both toys and food).

Representatives from the California Highway Patrol join in on the fun, gathering up all of the toys that have been collected during both events and distributing them at various events throughout the Bay Area. The toys support the California Highway Patrol’s “CHiPs 4 Kids Toy Drive” that allows law enforcement to bring happiness and joy to children during the holiday season. The non-perishable food donations benefit the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano. Toys must be new and unwrapped. Food must be non-perishable; a list of acceptable items is available at www.foodbankccs.org. Cash donations are also accepted.

Donations will be accepted on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 9:00am-4:00pm in the Lucky Supermarket parking lot located at 1590 Sycamore Ave, Hercules, and on Friday, December 13, 2019 from 9:00am-4:00pm at the Safeway grocery store parking lot located at 1421 Tara Hills Dr., Pinole. Come help us to Stuff-A-Bus! Stop by with your donations and your cameras, and say “Hi” to Santa’s favorite helpers at the big decorated WestCAT bus.

We will also be accepting donations at our office through Friday, December 18, 2019 at 601 Walter Ave., Pinole, from 8:00am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday. Also, if you are unable to drop off your donations, but still want to take part, you can ship us your donation directly from your favorite online retailer to the WestCAT office at the address mentioned above, and be sure to include your contact info so that we can send you are receipt. Our direct email address is: info@westcat.org.

For more information about this event or any other WestCAT service, visit www.westcat.org or call (510) 724-7993. For information about the Contra Costa and Solano Food Bank visit www.foodbankccs.org . For info about the CHP “CHiPs 4 Kids Toy Drive” visit www.chp.ca.gov.

WestCAT is service of the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority, providing local, express, and regional bus service to the cities of Pinole and Hercules, and the unincorporated communities of Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, Bayview, Rodeo, Crockett, and Port Costa. WestCAT operates regional service from the Hercules Transit Center to Martinez and Contra Costa College. In addition, the Lynx Transbay service runs between the Hercules Transit Center and the San Francisco Transbay Terminal.