Santa Comes Early to Give Shoes & Socks to Villacorta Students

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Santa comes early to give shoes and socks to more than 150 children in need
 
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
8:45 a.m. – Noon
 
West Covina Westfield Shopping Center – Payless Shoes
112 Plaza Drive, West Covina CA 91790
 
Thanks to the West Covina Sunrise Rotary – who raised more than $3,000 from their annual
“Day at the Theater” fundraiser – Rotarians, Payless Shoe Store Elves (with a little help from Santa) will give 156 students from Villacorta Elementary School in La Puente the chance to pick out a brand new pair of shoes and socks!
 
8:15 a.m. – Elementary students board a bus from Villacorta Elementary
                                 (17840 E. Villacorta Street, La Puente)
8:45 a.m. – Students arrive at West Covina Westfield Shopping Center and shop at Payless Shoes until around 11 a.m.!
 
West Covina Sunrise Rotary Contact:  Don Fernald (626) 935-8480
Media Contact: Gina Ward, Rowland Unified School District (626)854-8352 
 
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. The main objective of Rotary is service – in the community, in the workplace and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today’s most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
 
Villacorta Elementary School is part of the Rowland Unified School District. For more information visit www.VillacortaSchool.org or contact Learning Director Sylvia Cadena at (626)964-2385.
 
 
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