Stanbridge College Donates Baby Food, Supplies to Wounded Warrior Families

March 2, 2012 - PRLog -- Stanbridge College students, staff and faculty gathered supplies to donate to families of Wounded Warriors out of Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. The college ran a two-week-long donation drive and collected diapers, wipes, formula, food and new pacifiers. At the end of the two weeks, Stanbridge delivered the donations to their REACH partner for community service, Words of Comfort, Hope and Promise (WCHP) to help distribute the donations to the Wounded Warrior Readiness program.

According to Cynthia Martinez, President and Founder of WCHP, “We thank Stanbridge College very much for their donations of baby items for our Wounded Warrior babies. The Wounded Warrior Family Readiness Officer was thrilled to see all of the donations from Stanbridge.”

The Baby Food and Diaper Donation Drive is part of the REACH – Beyond the Classroom Service Learning and Civic Engagement initiative at Stanbridge College. REACH encourages students to give back to their local and global community through a variety of community service activities. Last November, REACH worked with WCHP by donating snacks, socks and other items and packing over 100 care packages as Christmas presents for overseas Marines stationed in Afghanistan.

For more information regarding REACH at Stanbridge College, please visit www.stanbridge.edu/reach.  

About Stanbridge College
Irvine-based Stanbridge College is a co-educational technical college with an annual enrollment of over 650 students. Founded in 1996, Stanbridge is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges, ACCSC. Stanbridge College offers diplomas and Associate, Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Allied Health and Information Technology. In addition to its Orange County campus, Stanbridge College offers online programs including RN to BSN Degree Completion.

Stanbridge College has also been recognized by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. as a 2010 America’s Best Technical Colleges award recipient. Stanbridge is a 2008-2009 School of Excellence Award Recipient from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), and maintains one of the highest continuous pass rates on the NCLEX-PN National Nursing Board Exam in California since 2007 with a 96% cumulative pass rate. Stanbridge College has been named to the 2009 and 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. For more information, please visit www.stanbridge.edu or call (949)-794-9090.

About Words of Comfort, Hope and Promise
Words of Comfort, Hope & Promise is a non-profit organization 501(c)(3) serving those in the U.S. Armed Forces and their families.  The organization partners with the American public to provide a wide range of military outreach support including sending care packages to deployed troops and offering comfort, social events and assistance to families left behind during deployment. Learn more at www.comforthopeandpromise.org.

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Founded in 1996, Stanbridge is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges, ACCSC, and offers diplomas and Associate, Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Allied Health and Information Technology.