This week, the Concho Valley Community Action Agency promotes the new Rock Rose Community Campus, running a back-to-school paper drive, and offering mobile flood relief services, along with their monthly Navigation Day.
Rock Rose Campus Planning Commission
The Rock Rose Campus Planning Commission meets at the City Hall east mezzanine 5:30 p.m. Thursday. For public comments, please arrive before 5:30 p.m. and keep your comments to under three minutes.
The proposed Rock Rose community campus would convert the currently vacant lot on 14th street into a 12 acre public housing and resource project. Current plans call for 47 “tiny” homes and 34 “micro” homes, along with gardens, bathrooms, and administration facilities.
Back-to-School Paper Drive
Help support your local teachers through CVCAA’s back-to-school paper drive July 22 and 24.
Drop off college ruled and wide ruled loose-leaf paper, composition notebooks, and construction paper.
All donations will be taken in at CVCAA’s main office at 133 W Concho Avenue. The goal is to collect 500,000 sheets of paper for the upcoming school year.
Public school teachers spend on average $400-$750 per year on classroom supplies. Texas ranked twentieth in the nation for unreimbursed teacher spending, at an average of 514 dollars annually.
Schoolteachers report that not just school supplies, but winter clothing and extra food contribute greatly to the added cost.
Special Response Trailer
At 420 E 28th Street, assistance with iSTAT surveys, Clothes-on-Wheels, and other resources are available at through CVCAA’s Special Response Trailer, Tuesday and Wednesday this week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This effort is supplemental to the main flood relief effort located at the Concho Valley Transit Center, the designated FEMA response site.
Navigation Day
Those in desperate need of healthcare and housing assistance are strongly encouraged to visit CVCAA’s Navigation Day held at the First Presbyterian Church, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 29.
Services provided include: hot meals and water, health clinics through La Esperanza and Texas State Health Services, counselling and veteran services through West Texas Counselling and Guidance, and individual care packages through several local organizations.
Volunteers are always in short supply. Your time and work will always be the most valuable donation. Sign up today at cvcaa.org.
