dd’s DISCOUNTS Store to Host Fundraiser to Support Family ResourceCenter’s Need to Provide New Books to Children

dd’s DISCOUNTS Store to Host Fundraiser to Support Family Resource Center’s Need to Provide New Books to Children
Press Release

What: Fundraiser to help Family Resource Center obtain new books for kids in need

When: August 2 – 24, 2024

Where: dd’s DISCOUNTS

1120 E. Hammer Lane

Stockton, CA

[Stockton, CA] dd’s DISCOUNTS will be supporting Family Resource Center in fundraising for books for children in their programs through the annual Youth Literacy Fundraiser. Fundraising will begin on August 2nd at the Stockton store located at 1120 E. Hammer Lane. This back-to-school donation drive will collect in-store donations to help Family Resource Center give new books and resources for children in their programs.

From August 2-24, the Hammer Lane dd’s DISCOUNTS Store will collect donations to ensure that Family Resource Center has not just one, but many books to gift to children in the First 5 San Joaquin programs of Home Visitation Initiative, Family, Friend, and Neighbor, Help Me Grow, and SJTEETH.

Customers will be encouraged to donate at dd’s registers. One hundred percent of all donations collected will be used by Family Resource Center to purchase new books from First Book, a nonprofit organization working to remove barriers to education and level the playing field for kids in need. Customers can also stop by the Family Resource Center information table, located inside the store, to learn more about the programs that their donations will be supporting.

About Family Resource Center: Family Resource Center is committed to the health and well-being of children in San Joaquin County, and the adults who care for them. Serving the community since 1980, FRC’s mission is to provide resources to parents and childcare providers to encourage healthy growth for the children in their care. That’s done through advocacy, information, education, nutritional support, training, and childcare services – directly and by financially supporting community childcare providers – so that every child, and parent, has access to safe and stimulating care outside the home. Family Resource Center is the designated service provider for 211 information and referral services for San Joaquin County. Through this service, increased access to information such as child care, nutritional services and over 4,000 other resources are available to new and current residents, 24/7/365 days a year in over 250 languages.