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To ensure that local students are prepared for the 2023-24 school year, City National Bank has donated over 125 backpacks filled with school supplies to United Way of Santa Barbara County for distribution to students in need. Since 2014, City National Bank has donated 1,000 filled backpacks through United Way.
United Way recently distributed nearly 50 of these filled backpacks to children in its Fun in the Sun summer learning program at Franklin Elementary School. Fun in the Sun serves over 350 students who qualify for free and reduced-cost school lunches each year at six campuses throughout the county.