Let the drive begin!!!

The Essentials for Young Lives drive has been "kicked off" and today marks the official start, so let the donations roll in. On Saturday, April 25, at the Irvine Spectrum Center, hundreds of shoppers and families became aware of this cause, with balloons handed out to children and Jamba Juice coupons given to their parents as well as a list of drop-off locations so they could visit a site sometime this week. Without the companies and organizations that supported the kick-off, it would not have held the success as it was able to. Irvine Spectrum Center, YMCA, Wahoo's, Jamba Juice, Bellini Baby to Teen, and the Vanguard University PR Team, thank you for all of your hard work on Saturday. In case you missed out on Saturday and are not aware of where you can take your donations, listed below are the drop-off locations by city:

Anaheim
Anaheim Family Justice Center
Contact: Lieutenant Julian Harvey
(714)765-1622
150 W. Vermont Avenue

Brea
Hardwood Creations
Contact: Thomas Steele
(714)674-0527 x20
800-B Columbia Street

Office of California State Assembly
Member Mike Duvall
Contact: Kelly Jimenez
(714)672-4734
210 W. Birch St. #202

Costa Mesa
Office of California State
Senator Tom Harman
Contact: Emanuel Patrascu
(714)957-4555
950 South Coast Dr. Suite 240

Huntington Beach
Office of California State Assembly
Member Jim Silva
Contact: Erik Weigand
(714)843-4966
17011 Beach Boulevard, Suite 570

Irvine
Bellini Baby to Teen
Contact: Becky Sherbanenko
(949)753-0588
95 Fortune Dr. #613

Change a Life Foundation
Contact: Brenda Walters
(949)788-9999
5 Corporate Park, Suite 210

HomeAid Orange County
Contact: Carolyn Baker
(949)553-9510 x224
17744 Sky Park Circle, Suite 170

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company
Contact: Robert A. Grimm
(949)622-7210 x09
18191 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100

Office of California State Assembly
Member Chuck DeVore
Contact: Scott Carpenter
(949)863-7070
3 Park Plaza, Suite 275

Snyder Langston
Contact: Kelly Wilken
(949)225-3134
17962 Cowan

Laguna Hills
Materials Matter
Contact: Allison McKinstry
(949)336-1767 x110
23351 Avenida de al Carlota

Mission Viejo
Office of California State Assembly
Member Jeff Miller
Contact: Cheyenne Steel
(951)737-1671
20532 El Toro Rd., Suite 203

Norco
PPC Enterprises, Inc.
Contact Dawn McGeiger/Judy Bamber
(951)371-4800
2259 Hammer Avenue

San Clemente
Transpacific Management Service, Inc.
Contact: Michelle Pate
(949)248-2822 x403
209 Avenida Fabricante, Suite 175

San Juan Capistrano
Office of California State Assembly
Member Diane Harkey
Contact: Lauryn Picciano
(949)347-7301
29122 Rancho Viejo Road, Suite 111

Santa Ana
Cal Pac Sheet Metal, Inc.
Contact: Carolyn Miller
(714)979-2733
2720 S. Main Street, Unit B

Office of California State
Senator Lou Correa
Contact: Martha Lopez
(714)553-4400
2323 N. Broadway, Suite 245

YMCA
All afterschool child care centers and local YMCA facility branches
For a complete list visit:
http://www.ymcaoc.org/pdf/child_care/dropoff-loc-apr09.pdf

If you have questions about the drop-off hours, please contact the individual sites. Please do not hesitate to donate to this cause. Help these homeless mothers provide for their young children. Bless them this Mother's day.