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With the approach of the holiday season, public transportation agencies across the U.S. are hosting food and clothing drives, collecting toys, and providing youth outreach activities. Here are a few examples.

Students from the Thomas Edison Charter School in Wilmington, DE, helped DART First State “Stuff the Bus” with nonperishable food items and household products for Thanksgiving during its 13th annual statewide charity food drive. The public contributed to the effort at five sites throughout Delaware, where transit employees also provided information about public transit and food bank services.

The Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) in Riverside, CA, transported food, cleaning supplies, and personal items collected by Riverside County sheriff’s personnel in the second annual drive to benefit Operation Safehouse, a shelter that aids troubled youths and their families. RTA also participated with city firefighters and a local television station in the annual “Spark of Love” Toy Drive, packing a bus with donated toys and sports equipment for underserved children. Last year’s drive brought in more than half a million toys.

In conjunction with a toy and food drive on the University of South Florida (USF) campus, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) in Tampa, FL, brought dozens of children from Javamo’s Art for Autism to the university to attend a USF Bulls football game—a first for many of the participants.

Metro in St. Louis partnered with MERS/Goodwill in a “Donate & Ride” campaign to collect coats for the community. Metro President and Chief Executive Officer John Nations, right, watches as Dr. Lewis Chartock, president and chief executive officer of MERS/Goodwill, adds a coat to a donation bin. Metro helped the effort by placing bins at four park-and-ride locations near MetroLink stations.

 

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