RIVERSIDE, Calif.–Altura Credit Union members and employees recently donated enough back-to-school supplies to fill a van as part of the annual Riverside County “Fill a Backpack” program. Collection stations were set up in each of Altura’s 13 local branches and its headquarters in Riverside.
The Riverside County Department of Mental Health’s Parent Support and Training Program launched the drive 18 years ago to collect school supplies to local needy kids to get them the tools to help them succeed. Altura has been participating for at least the past six years.
“Helping prepare kids for a new school year is such a worthwhile cause,” said Tina Covington, vice president, Sales and Business Development, Altura. “Our members and employees are very enthusiastic about this program and they give generously.”
A sample of the donations made by Altura Credit Union members and employees to Riverside County’s annual Fill-A-Backpack program with, from left, Luz Maria Negron Bermo from Riverside County; Aaron Torres from Altura; North High School student volunteer Jiwon Shin; Isabel Meza, Jonathan Felix and Pam Dahm from Altura, and Rachel Douglas from Riverside County. The donations gathered at Altura’s 13 branches filled a van with about $1,000 worth of supplies.
