Day of Action:Stuff the Bus and Money Smart

June 20th was one of the longest days of the year and YOU helped to make it a DAY OF ACTION! And you helped to support our community's education and income systems with over $4500 worth of supplies and volunteer hours!

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL WHO DONATED OR VOLUNTEERED DURING THE STUFF THE BUS: SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE!

With your help, we helped to collect over 4,100 school supplies at an estimated value of more than $2,300!

We were also able to collect $74 in donations in Flagler County. Support from the community for this event was amazing with droves of people coming and dropping off donations. The Walmart in Daytona Beach even sold out of nearly all school supplies that had been requested!

Where did these supplies go?

Flagler County:

Donation in Flagler County went to the newly created "Stuff Bus" which is a joint project between Flagler County Schools & the Flagler County Education Foundation! The "Stuff Bus" will be an on-going mobile project serving basic essentials to those in need. This was the first project to kick-off the new Stuff Bus.

Volusia County:
Supplies donated in Volusia County went to teachers and students in those most impoverished schools.

Special Thanks to These Walmart Locations
for serving as Stuff the Bus Locations
DeLand - Woodland Blvd.
Daytona Beach - Beville Rd.
Palm Coast - Cypress Point Parkway

Additional thanks to the following companies who served as drop-off locations during the month of June.

Daytona Beach Locations:
Caplan Management Group, LLC
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room
Daytona Beach YMCA
Early Learning Coalition of Flagler/ Volusia Counties
Ortona Elementary
Suwannee Medical Personal
Wholesale Lighting

Flagler Beach Locations:
RBC Bank - Flagler Beach Office

New Smyrna Beach Locations:
City of New Smyrna Beach City Hall

Ormond Beach Locations:
Ormond Beach YMCA
RBC Bank - East Granada Office
RBC Bank - West Granada Office

Port Orange Locations:
Port Orange YMCA
RBC Bank - Port Orange Office

DeLand/Deleon Springs Locations:
DeLand YMCA
The Elusive Grape
Felton Construction
Primerica Financial Services
YMCA - Camp Winona

Deltona/Debary Locations:
City of Deltona:
Deltona City Hall
Deltona Fire Administration Building
Water
DeBary/Orange City YMCA
Deltona YMCA

Palm Coast Locations:
Federal Trust Bank
Flagler County Chamber of Commerce
Flagler County YMCA
Intracoastal Bank
RBC Bank - Belle Terre Office
RBC Bank - Palm Harbor Office

Southeast Volusia:
Southeast Volusia YMCA

Other Participating Businesses/Organizations (not drop-off locations)

ITT Corporation in Palm Coast

For more information on Stuff the Bus, please contact
Lori Grant, Director of Campaign at 386-366-9050 or lgrant@unitedwayvfc.org

Special Day of Action Money Smart Classes
Two special abbreviated sessions of the FDIC’s Money Smart Classes,
presented by the Campaign for Working Families.

Topics covered included:
Money Matters: financial planning, spending & savings plans, Earned Income Tax Credit & free tax prep.
Pay Yourself First: ways to save, how money grows, and saving vs. investing.
Borrowing Basics & Charge It Right: credit card - cost, type and problems, and types of loans.
Loan to Own & To Your Credit: consumer loans, renting vs. home ownership, credit reports, and repair your credit.
Bank On It & Check It Out: financial institutions, account types and managing checking and debit accounts.

In partnership with: Bank of America, Center for Business Excellence, Community Foundation of East Central Florida, Federal Reserve Bank, Fifth-Third Bank, Internal Revenue Service, United Way of Volusia/Flagler, and Wachovia.

Special thanks to Community Church in Daytona Beach and Community life Center in Deltona for hosting these classes!

To find out more about the Money Smart Classes, please contact
Loretta Wilary, Campaign for Working Families, 386-253-0563 ext 236, lwilary@unitedwayvfc.org

Between these two events, we had 112.58 Volunteer Hours!
At the national rate of $20.25 per hour that's $2,279.25 of volunteer time!