Reusable water bottles are now in the hands of 20,000 more students across San Diego. We donated the reusable bottles to San Diego Unified School District students at 50 schools. RMF also donated 500 reusable water bottles to Chavez Elementary students in April 2022 to encourage students to drink more water and cut plastic pollution from local landfills, waterways, and the ocean. On Friday, students at Penn Elementary School received surprise water bottles from the foundation during Penn’s annual jog-a-thon. The water bottles follow the school district’s completion of hydration stations at the Bay Terraces campus. “We are a proud supporter of the San Diego Unified clean water program,” said Rob Machado, Founder of the Rob Machado Foundation. “Making a pledge to put a reusable water bottle into the hands of every student is a big commitment for the foundation and we are honored to deepen our support for students.” While all San Diego Unified schools have received temporary filtered water bottle fillers, construction continues on the installation of additional permanent filtered hydration stations and the removal of all unfiltered drinking water outlets districtwide. The district is prioritizing schools with the youngest students first. Construction is complete at 49 schools and ongoing at another 33. Construction districtwide is expected to be complete by the end of 2024. 

RMF plans to donate an additional 25,000 reusable water bottles to students with the goal of eventually reaching every San Diego Unified student. Read our full news release at sandiegounified.org.