More than 200 teachers and nonprofit staff members received free school supplies at an event in Vista on Thursday.
Sustainable Surplus Exchange (SSE) hosted its fifth annual Back-to-School BYOB (Bring Your Own Box) event where teachers and nonprofit staffers were allowed to fill an empty box with school and office supplies at no cost.
SSE says that guests came to the event from as far away as Tecate, Mexico. The local nonprofit also said that this year’s BYOB event was the largest it’s ever had with 203 registered guests.
Sue Prelozni, CEO and founder of SSE, compared the event to another shopping frenzy that most are familiar with.
“It’s like Black Friday. You will see the aisles fill up and see people reaching over other people to fill their boxes.”
Aside from office and school supplies, the SSE warehouse offers other goods like desks, chairs and electronics for 8 to 10 percent of the retail cost of the item.
County Supervisor Dave Roberts was in attendance supporting the event.
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Sustainable Surplus Exchange is a 501(c)(3) public benefit organization created to solve a major sustainability opportunity to reuse and repurpose unneeded surplus business property and consumables.
