Shelter from the Storm
SHELTER FROM THE STORM SEEKS HOLIDAY GIFT DONATIONS
PALM DESERT: December 2, 2009 –Shelter from the Storm, the Coachella Valley’s only provider of emergency shelter-based services for victims of domestic violence and abuse, is seeking holiday gift donations for its more than 700 women and children served through its residential programs.
The public is invited to drop off unwrapped toys and games for children and toiletries and personal items for mothers and teens by December 16, at the following locations:
- Palm Desert National Bank branches-
333 North Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 102, Palm Springs
73-745 El Paseo, Palm Desert
74-000 Washinton Street, La Quinta
- Palm Desert City Hall, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive
- Cathedral City Police Department, 68-700 Avenue Lalo Guerrero
- Indio Sheriff's Department, 82-695 Dr. Carreon Blvd.
- La Quinta City Hall, 78-495, Calle Tampico Drive
- Palm Springs City Hall, 3200 E. Tahquitz Avenue
For information, call 760-674-0400.
All donations will be wrapped by the nonprofit agency’s volunteers and presented at a special holiday party for residents on December 19th.
Shelter from the Storm serves some 2,500 women and children annually through its five valley program locations. Key operations include a 72-bed emergency shelter with two onsite schools, substance abuse and life skills programs and a medical clinic, long-term transitional housing, a community counseling center, outreach crisis intervention centers, teen dating violence prevention and education in schools, and ongoing community awareness, education and training programs. |
