SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Just after sunrise Saturday, a school bus rolled up to a Sacramento County shopping center, filled with students from H. Allen Hight Elementary School in Natomas.

The arriving students – open to experiencing a back-to-school boost – were soon greeted by volunteers eager to assist them on a shopping adventure.

“They asked if we could find 70 students that would be willing to go on a shopping spree,” said the school’s principal, Andrea Mitchell. “We said, ‘Of course. We'll find students.’”

Mitchell explained how she and her staff selected students for the spree.

“We looked into some of the students who we thought could benefit most,” she said. “We called those parents, and they said yes, and here we are.”

The organizations that invited the students on the outing ar

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