Santa Anita preps school kids

Santa Anita Park will provide its facility to Foothill Unity Center for its annual Back to School Distribution event on Thursday, Aug. 19, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Top of the Stretch area.

(Story continues following video highlights of last year’s event below…)

Registration closes today (Friday, Aug. 13) for the event that will provide some 2,000 needy children from surrounding communities with new clothes, backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, etc.  This and more will be provided by more than 40 vendors and local organizations.
Attendees must be registered with the Foothill Unity Center in advance of Thursday’s event.

Included among those “back-to-schoolers” receiving donations will be 122 children of backstretch workers, underscoring Santa Anita’s commitment to helping its own children in need, as well as those in proximity to “The Great Race Place.”

Volunteers will be served lunch following the event at Clockers’ Corner.