Empty SunLine bus gets filled for ‘Pack the Bus’ event at Palm Desert Walmart
Cynthia White
PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ)–News Channel 3, in partnership with SunLine Transit Agency, hosted a successful 11th Annual ‘Pack the Bus’ Drive on Thursday at Walmart in Palm Desert.
News Channel 3, along with SunLine Transit Agency, Alpha Media, and Walmart called on the community to pack the SunLine bus with donated school supplies to benefit local families.
SunLine Transit Agency Director of Board and Legislative Affairs Edith Hernandez happily reports that kind donators completely filled the bus with a total of 600 backpacks and 1,500 books.
Hernandez says, “How impressive is this showing… It’s so impressive to see everybody coming together, coming for one cause. We wanted to make an impact, and this certainly makes an impact.” She adds, “We’re going to make a lot of kids very, very happy.”
In addition to backpacks and books, donations included notebooks, crayons, markers, pencils, scissors, calculators and more.
All donations made at the event will be taken to this year’s “Pack the Bus” nonprofit partner, the Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City, where all of the supplies will be distributed.