Loyola K-Kids begin eyeglasses drive
The Loyola School K-Kids Club, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Altos, will attempt to set a club record during its eighth annual “Share Old Spectacles” drive. The students have set a goal of collecting more than 1,000 pairs of eyeglasses.
The K-Kids Club, comprising second- through sixth-graders, has collected more than 7,500 pairs of glasses in seven years with the help of the public and local storeowners who offered space for collection buckets.
The glasses are sent to Direct Relief International in Goleta, where they are repaired, prescriptions identified and distributed to those who need them in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Collection boxes are available at Loyola School, 770 Berry Ave.; Starbucks at Rancho Shopping Center, 654 Fremont Ave.; the Los Altos Town Crier, 138 Main St.; and Jim Flynn’s State Farm Insurance, 4546 El Camino Real. Additional locations will be announced.
Aldo Los Altos hosts LAHS Haiti fundraiser
Aldo Los Altos has scheduled a fundraiser for Los Altos High School Sister School SOPUDEP 1:30-4 p.m. Jan. 29 at the restaurant, 388 Main St.
Los Altos High named the SOPUDEP School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as its official Sister School this year. SOPUDEP is a Haitian-founded and -run grassroots social organization. It provides free, accessible education to adults and children and supports economic empowerment for the poor. The school’s mission is to use the power of education to improve life for the poorest members of the community and instill pride and hope for a better future.
Its K-12 school is SOPUDEP’s most ambitious project. The comprehensive private school serves children who cannot afford to attend Haiti’s public or private schools and now enrolls more than 560 students. Many receive their only daily meal through the school’s hot-food program.
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