Rohnert Park and Cotati Community For Kids is a not for profit organization that supports students, teachers and schools by providing basic school supplies free of charge directly to schools sites. Our inventory is stocked with individual donations, excess supplies and inventories donated by local businesses. We are sponsored by the PTA, which is a 501(c)3 organization and therefore, all donations to Rohnert Park and Cotati Community for Kids are tax-deductible as provided by law.
We have formed this group to support the public schools in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District. Due to state budget cuts one of the hardest hit areas is basic supplies. Each school sites supply budget is non-existent. Our goal is to make sure our children have the basic tools for learning and the teachers have the basic tools for teaching. As school budgets are becoming tighter, teachers in our public schools try to fill in the gaps out of their own pockets.
On average, teachers spend $700-$1000 or more of their own money to help students with supplies and to supplement their own classrooms needs. On the other hand, companies constantly need to dispose of excess supplies and inventories due to changes in an ever-increasing competitive business environment. These materials, although usable, are no longer of use to them and it is simply not cost efficient to locate a secondary user. Therefore, thousands of tons of reusable items end up in landfills year after year. When given a viable option, businesses are very willing to support education by recycling excess product through RPC Community for Kids.
RPC Community for Kids is great solution for any community:
1. Schools, teachers and students are equipped with supplies at no cost to them.
2. Additional supplies are made available to our public schools without increasing taxes or educational funding.
3. Local businesses have an easy way to support education in their community by recycling their reusable waste.
4. Tons of reusable materials are kept out of our landfills.
