Santa Monica College Foundation to Hold a Four-Day Fire Disaster Support Distribution Event

 Santa Monica College (SMC) Foundation will host a four-day Fire Disaster Support Distribution event on Jan. 22nd -24th and Sun, Jan. 26th to provide essential aid to students, employees and community members including the children, staff and families in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, who were impacted by the recent catastrophic fires in Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Malibu, Brentwood, and Greater Los Angeles County.

Thousands of generous donations – including food, new and gently used clothing (i.e., men’s, women’s, children, and baby), hygiene products, baby supplies, blankets, and other necessities – were collected during the recent SMC Foundation resource drive held Jan. 13-14 and will be available for free. Each attendee will receive a complimentary IKEA blue bag (while supplies last) to “shop”. A detailed list of available goods is posted at smc.edu/disastersupport.

Providence St. John’s Health Center mobile van service will be present during the distribution of goods for the SMC expanded community providing masks, small care kits, and immunizations for children.

World Central Kitchen, the non-profit started by renowned chef, Jose Andres will be providing hot meals to all attendees and volunteers from 11:30 am - 3:30 pm daily.

The SMC Foundation has also established the Santa Monica Community College Disaster Support Fund (smc.edu/disastersupport) to raise at least $250,000 to help SMC students and employees impacted by the fires with emergency funding for items like housing, food, water, clothing, transportation, medical supplies, school materials, and other basic needs. A comprehensive list of community disaster relief services is posted at smc.edu/disasterrelief.

WHEN:

• Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday, Jan. 23, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 24, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Sunday, Jan. 26, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

WHERE:

• Corsair Gym at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405 https://www.smc.edu/map
• Parking: Metered parking available. Limited parking available in Lot #3 enter from Pico at 17th Street Signal.
• Media Parking: Truck parking available at SMC in the alley adjacent to the gym at Pearl Street at the intersection of 17th Street.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:

Santa Monica College extends heartfelt gratitude to its community partners for their critical contributions, including:

• · The Office of California State Senator Ben Allen, sd24.senate.gov
• · Santa Monica College Foundation, foundation.smc.edu
• · Westside Food Bank, wsfb.org
• · World Central Kitchen, https://wck.org
• · Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, smchamber.com
• · Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce, malibu.org
• · KUT from the Kloth, https://www.kutfromthekloth.com
• · IKEA, ikea.com
• · Providence St. John’s Health Center, https://www.providence.org/locations/socal/saint-johns-health-center
• · Black Crows, black-crows.com
• · DoubleSoul, doublesoul.co
• · Dolphin Event Services, dolphinevents.biz
• · Baby2Baby, baby2baby.org

To donate, volunteer, or learn more on how to support, visit: smc.edu/disasterrelief.

Media Contacts:

Erin Peacock, PEACOCK PR

(949) 939-1872, [email protected]

Kim Koury, SPIN PR

(310) 497-6324, [email protected]

On-site Contact

Dr. Lizzy Moore, Dean, Institutional Advancement, Santa Monica College

(310) 780-9279, [email protected]

Host or Publisher Kim Koury