SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Hundreds of children in Santa Barbara County will start the school year with new backpacks, supplies, clothing, and shoes through Unity Shoppe’s annual Back-to-School Shoppe.
The nonprofit’s General Store has been transformed for August into a dedicated school supply center, where families in need can choose items free of charge. Executive Director and CEO Angela Miller-Bevan said the program is made possible through community partnerships and generous donors.
“Backpacks for over 600 children and school supplies,” Miller-Bevan said. “And the greatest thing about this is that they get to come here and they get to choose everything with dignity, respect and choice. And that’s what Unity Shoppe is all about.”…