Backpacks & Supplies Given to 450 Students at Tools for School
Tools for School 2023
The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) and 2nd Story Associates partnered to provide 450 students with free backpacks and school supplies. Tools for School is an annual back-to-school event offered to Housing Authority families that provides school-aged children in our community with new backpacks and school supplies, along with information and referrals to community-based service providers.
2nd Story Associates, envisions a community where all children have the tools necessary to succeed throughout the school year and beyond. At this year’s Tools for School, students were able chose from an assortment of backpacks filled with various school supplies and parents were able to receive information about important services and resources for youth and families.
We wish all students the best in the coming year, and with gratitude, we acknowledge and thank our partners for making this event possible. Seventeen community agencies attended, including Family Service Agency, Santa Barbara Unified School District, Partners in Education, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, United Way of Santa Barbara County, SBCC Foundation, Mission Scholars, COX Communications, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, CommUnify, Mental Wellness Center, Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, First Five of Santa Barbara County, CAL-SOAP, YouthWell, and the Santa Barbara Public Library.
2nd Story Associates is grateful for a generous grant from US Bank that allowed us to provide 450 backpacks and school supplies to youth in K-12 grades. We are also grateful to First Five of Santa Barbara County for a grant that allowed us to provide preschool-aged books for children five and under.
Click below to read the Santa Barbara Independent’s “Free Backpacks and Supplies Given to 450 Santa Barbara Students at ‘Tools for School’ Event” and learn more about this year’s event.
