08/05/2026
Wow! Our Annual Backpack Drive Was an Incredible Success! Our Show 'N Shine supporting La Milpa Restaurant and the surrounding businesses, along with our Backpack & School Supply Drive for a local homeless shelter in San Jose, was an incredible success!
This year, we received the largest donation of backpacks and school supplies we've ever had. We are truly overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of our amazing community.
Because of your donations, we've been able to expand our efforts beyond the shelter. We are now also working with an organization that serves farmworker families, which currently has 24 children in need of backpacks and school supplies. The homeless shelter will also be providing us with their list of children soon.
This morning, we were reminded why this work is so important. We ran into a young single father we who is raising two children while renting a small room from someone. He's the kind of person who is too humble to ask for help. While he was on the phone, I asked his son if he had a backpack for school. He quietly replied, "No... and I don't have any school clothes either." His father stopped to talk to me and placed his call on hold, I told him we'd like to give his son a backpack. He said he would stop by later today and was very grateful. We'd also like to surprise him with a monetary or a gift to help purchase school clothes for his son. His younger child isn't in school yet. When we have our Christmas celebration for our homeless kids we will add his two kids on the list, but we hope to continue supporting this family however we can.
If we have extra backpacks after fulfilling our current requests, we hope to help the McKinney-Vento Program as well. Our daughter, Melissa, has a wonderful neighbor who is a teacher. Like so many educators, she spends her own money to provide school supplies for her students, and she also knows children who could benefit from additional support.
We cannot thank you enough for your continued support. None of this would be possible without each and every one of you.
If you took any pictures during the event, please text, email, or message them to us—we'd love to see them and share the memories. We will add more pictures soon to this album.
At the end of the day, this isn't about a car club. It's about coming together as one to help our community and making a difference in the lives of those who need it most.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Blvd Bombs Car Club & Foundation