Advocacy Updates 3/15/20

Post date: Mar 15, 2020 6:57:23 PM

• Talking to your children about COVID19

• The Jeffco PTA March General Meeting is On! Join Jeffco PTA for our annual General Meeting event. We’ll have a Jeffco Schools update from Dr. Jason Glass and voting for our Bylaws. This event will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from the comfort of your own home! https://mailchi.mp/b95ff7f0fdfb/pta-general-meeting-and-other-updates?fbclid=IwAR0AQXEcqajs9arvrx-c-26z5G0DOZeurID_aQ8_e18O8FzNmlhZ3DP4ETo

• Childcare Options in Jeffco (we are not endorsing, we are only providing available options)

• Golden Backpacks Program/Food Drive: FOOD DRIVE UPDATE! If you can’t get out to donate at our drop off location, we can come to you! Fighting Hunger @ Mines volunteers are coming to Golden city limits residents or businesses to pick up non-refrigerated food donations. Please call or text 720-443-5708 and give your Name, Address, Phone # and time frame for pick up. ️ We also have multiple teams of shoppers who are eager to shop for the community if you’d like to make a monetary donation. All donations will be going to the Golden Food Drive. Please donate at the link: https://www.coloradogives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation&fwID=37974&fbclid=IwAR3IliO7NGu_117XGa3B-uZkCa94SayalnrlprUfgT1K1em-oEdHvcKWQJQ

• We are not endorsing any particular internet provider, but we are sharing information about companies supporting the community as we learn about it - Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, Comcast is offering 2 months free to new Internet Essentials customers https://internetessentials.com

• Beginning Monday 3/16 until Friday 3/27, “Grab and Go” meals will be available for collection for Breakfast (8:00-9:00) and Lunch (11:30 - 12:30) at these locations (Monday-Friday only):

- Arvada K-8

- Colorow Elementary

- Conifer High

- Edgewater Elementary

- Foothills Elementary

- Lasley Elementary

- Parr Elementary

Families and students can go to any of these locations to collect meals. We will also be donating perishable foods and working with our local food banks in order to mitigate the community impact of missing food services in schools. Additional school distribution locations will be added as needed.