Each fall, so many Southern California families in the neighborhoods around our Teen Challenge centers can’t afford backpacks and school supplies for their children when it comes time to go back to school. With the help of our donors and supporters, we can help.

This year, we passed out backpacks and school supplies at six different locations throughout Southern California: South Gate, Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano, Bakersfield, San Diego and Riverside.

Here is a video from our event in Riverside, which was attended by 700 people. At this event alone, we passed out 350 backpacks to needy children and donated another 350 to a local school.