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Guest commentary: MICOP seeks donations during its annual ‘Backpack Drive!’

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Hello friends,

With your support, we will outfit 500 indigenous Mixtec youth with backpacks to kick off the 2014 school year. This is an ambitious goal for us, but together we can achieve it!

Help the campaign by collecting school supplies, buying backpacks, or donating funds to MICOP to purchase in bulk.  The drive begins today and ends with 500 stuffed backpacks on August 16.

Please make donations at our website, http://www.mixteco.org/Backpacks.php or by check to MICOP at P.O. Box 20543, Oxnard, CA 93034. Please bring supplies and backpacks to our office, 520 West 5th St., Suite F, Oxnard, CA 93030. Call us at 805-483-1166 with any questions.

Join us on Saturday, Aug. 16 at noon to pack and distribute the backpacks at Driffill Elementary School, 910 South “E” Street, Oxnard, CA 93030.

Please post this poster and welcome your friends to our campaign.
Click here to download Backpack Drive 2014 Poster (English version)
Click here to download Backpack Drive 2014 Poster (Spanish version)

Join us for our NIGHT IN OAXACA party on August 9–bring a backpack and receive a “No Me Llames Oaxaquita” wristband!

Families are registering now for backpacks, let’s be ready for them!

Thank you for your help,
The Mixteco Project