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The Smoke Shop
Red Building - Near Desert Gardens RV Park Entrance
qUARTZSITE, ARIZONA
SEASONAL HOURS
6:30AM - NOON
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
CLOSED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
The weekend of July 26th, McDonald's
restaurants throughout greater Phoe-
nix, Yuma and northern Arizona gave
away free backpacks for families whose
children were heading back to school.
When this was posted on Quartzsite
Chatter by one of our local residents
Gene and Maggie Ross headed down
to the local McDonald's for lunch and
to hopefully speak with the Manager,
Kirk Davies, to see if the children of
this community could benefi t. Kirk
explained that each McDonald's is only
issued 100 backpacks and that it was
fi rst come, fi rst serve. He told Gene
that if he would return at 3:00 PM,
he would be happy to give what was
left at the end of the day. At 3:00 PM
Gene arrived and was given a box of
backpacks. When opened, there were
35 new black packs ready to be given
away to Quartzsite kids.
On August 1st the town was invited to
the Community Picnic at the commu-
nity center. This was a great oppor-
tunity to pass out backpacks and 25
happy smiles left that day, ready for
elementary school, high school and
even a few home school. The remain-
der were delivered to the elementary
school.
We are happy to have McDonald's and
Kirk as a part of our Quartzsite com-
munity and wish to give a great big
THANK YOU for his and McDonald's
generosity.
Arizona's McDonald's backpack giveaway
Quartzsite Elementary School Open House Aug. 28
Above: 8th graders trip fundraiser - Below: QPD sharing info
Above: McDonald's Manager Kirk Davies show off photo boards
