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Trish Antonetti of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District thanks donors who stepped forward during the Project 680 Hoody Drive. There is an enormous list of local residents, organizations, churches, and businesses in Rancho Cordova, Folsom and beyond who made this possible. Congratulations to everyone on collecting 687+ hoodies and for advocating for local homeless students in this practical way.

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Last night was an amazing night of celebration in our community as local residents, churches and businesses gathered at City Hall in Rancho Cordova to count hoodies for homeless students. We are extremely pleased and excited to officially announce we met our goal of 680 hoodies. Yes, we have counted 687 hoodies so far!!! Isn’t that great news?

It’s been amazing to watch the community rally together for the sake of homeless students in the Folsom Cordova School District. Thank you for your support, whether big or small. You made a difference, and we are very grateful you are a part of the Project 680 team.

Here is a brief video to give you a glimpse into last night’s festivities. We’ll post more news, thank yous, and many more details in coming days. If you have pictures, video or stories to share, please do so here or on our Facebook page.

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Welcome to anyone who found our website through the News 10 story this morning. Thank you for visiting. Have a look around and let us know if you have any questions. You can find out more about the Hoody Drive by clicking HERE and join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/project680.

Thank you also to News 10 for covering Project 680. We really appreciate you highlighting what some local residents are doing to advocate for homeless kids in the FCUSD.

NOTE: The quality didn’t turn out great from the recording. This was no fault of News 10.

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Tune in to Capital Public Radio’s “Insight” program today between 10:00-11:00am to hear an interview with Ryan Lundquist of Project 680 (and hopefully a FCUSD employee – we’re working on that). “Insight” is hosted by Capital Public Radio’s Jeffrey Callison and the program discusses local issues facing our region (text adapted from Cap Radio website). The interview will take place somewhere close to 10:45am. Tune in at one of the stations below. If you’re here from listening to the interview, thank you for visiting. Please see www.project680.org/hoody for information on the hoody drive.

Click HERE to listen to the interview.

KXJZ 90.9 Sacramento

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There is a masked Project 680 hoody bandit on the loose at First Baptist Church of Fair Oaks. We heard about this person through email and we don’t even know this person’s name (yet). This unknown advocate has told two other Bible studies groups about the hoody drive, which has stirred others to gather a trunk full of hoodies that will be dropped off by our finale celebration on Wednesday.

We don’t know who you are, but we sincerely thank you.

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A local sixth-grade girl named Lindsey has collected 47+ hoodies for the hoody drive so far. She chose to partner with Project 680 to fulfill community service hours with her school, and she has done a fantastic job networking and getting results. Way to go Lindsey!!! We’re so thankful for you and we really appreciate and admire your hard work!!!

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Doing anything on Sunday? Why not attend First Covenant Church’s “Harvest Carnival” from 5-8pm?They’ll have a ton of free rides and a festive family-friendly environment. Expect thousands of people. This event is huge!!! Why do we mention this? Because we’re elated to have been selected by First Covenant as the charity to benefit from their carnival. Thank you First Covenant!!! See www.firstcov.org for details. The text below was taken straight from their website:

FREE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
? GIANT ferris wheel ($2 fee applies to this ride)
? giant slides
? 120-foot obstacle course
? train rides
? carnival games
? surfing machine
? jump houses
? concerts
? trunk-n-treat car maze
? special area for preschoolers
? cupcake walk
? crossfit arena (12 yrs & up)
? fire department & police car display
? much, much more

Help support Project680.org and the 783 documented homeless students living in the Folsom/Rancho Cordova school district. Participate in the HOODIE DRIVE by donating a new hooded sweatshirt & receive 5 free raffle tickets. You can also donate new socks & underwear to receive 1 free raffle ticket.

Food & drinks will be available for purchase. Children are encouraged to bring a trunk-n-treat bag for prizes.

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We’d love to have you come out to celebrate a successful hoody drive with us on Wednesday, Octobver 27, 2010 from 6-7pm at Rancho Cordova City Hall. Technically we’ll be set up by 4:30pm in case you want to drop in earlier, but the big finale is between 6-7pm. You can expect to see local residents, city council members, business sponsors, all-star supporters, and a festive kid-friendly atmosphere with coffee and cupcakes. We’ll be raffling away Project 680 magnets every ten minutes also. We’ll be selecting photo winners at 6pm for our hoody drive photo contest (it’s not too late to enter the contest). Make sure to vote for the “people’s choice” photo award too because the photo judges won’t touch this category – the winner is up to you.

Rancho Cordova City Hall:
October 27, 2010, Wednesday, 6-7pm
2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova CA 95670

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Thank you so much to the “Addicted to Adventure” Meet-up Group for their generous donation of thirty hooodies. Members gathered these hooded sweatshirts over the past few weeks and Kimberley (not “Kim”) and Randy dropped them off today. Thank you everyone for your support, and a special thank you to Kimberley who has really been a great leader to help spread the vision of Project 680!!! We really appreciate you, A2A.

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It’s a real joy to announce great news that VSP Vision Care in Rancho Cordova held an office bake sale yesterday and they raised $611.80 for Project 680. This was a complete surprise and a huge blessing. We are very thankful for the generosity of employees at VSP for taking a stand for local homeless students. Thank you also to Sara Bolchi for her leadership role in pulling off this bake sale. Way to go VSP!!!

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www.facebook.com/VSPvisioncare
www.twitter.com/VSPvisioncare

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This photo was submitted today and it’s all kinds of awesome!!! Thank you Olivia for your submission for the Project 680 photo contest.  You must be doing something right if your baby is already taking care of the needs of others in difficult circumstances.

You still have until October 25, 2010 to submit your photos (up to 6). Winning shots will be displayed at Rancho Cordova City Hall at our celebration party on October 27, 2010. The celebration will go from 4:30-7:00pm. Come and enjoy some coffee, cupcakes, drop off hoodies if you have any, meet new people, rub shoulders with some council members, and see the winning photos. Drop by for a few minutes, stay the whole time to mingle, volunteer to help us pull off the event, or just come between the main finale between 6-7pm. Winners will begin being announced by 6pm and there will be six winners. The community will also select another photo during the event as a “people’s choice award”.

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Thank you to Lyons Orthodontics for being a new drop-off location. We sincerely appreciate your support. It’s pretty cool that Lyon Orthodontics is collecting hoodies at both of their local offices in Citrus Heights and El Dorado Hills. It’s great to see local businesses step up to the plate to support local homeless students.

Here is the most up-to-date list for all drop-off locations for the Project 680 Hoody Drive:

Body Investment Studio:  10416 Investment Circle, Suite B, Rancho Cordova 95670
Brighton School:  777 Levy Road, Folsom 95630
Bueno-Williams household:  4257 Emmons Circle Mather 95655 
Callen Pool Supply:  10363 Folsom Blvd Rancho Cordova 95670
Cordova Neighborhood Church:  10600 Coloma Road, Rancho Cordova 95670
Gossard Household:11121 Crooken River Ct. Rancho Cordova 95670
Heritage Community Credit Union:  10339 Folsom Blvd., Suite A Rancho Cordova 95670
Koban Chiropractic:  10901 Folsom Blvd Suite C Rancho Cordova 95670
Lyons Orthodontics:  7916 Pebble Beach Dr. Ste 105 Citrus Hts 95610
Lyons Orthodontics:  4420 Town Center Blvd. Ste. 200 El Dorado Hills 95762
Rancho Cordova City Hall:  2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova 95670
RC Neighborhood Center:  10665 Coloma Road, Suite 100 Rancho Cordova 95670
Zak Ford household:  4252 Mustic Way Mather CA 95655

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We have about two weeks left in the Project 680 Hoody Drive. Let’s keep going strong in our goal to collect 680 hoodies for homeless students in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. We think we have 200 hooded sweatshirts collected thus far (at the most).

Why are we doing this? After talking with the Liaison for Homeless Services, she let us know that kids in her caseload need hoodies, so this latest project makes really good sense.

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