THE ESSENTIALS- Simi Valley Ford recently donated backpacks filled with toiletry items and a Tshirt to the Samaritan Center in Simi Valley. Shown accepting the donated materials are, from left, Greg Seymour, Samaritan Center program coordinator, Virginia Nelson, Samaritan Center executive director, Larry Hibbler, Simi Valley Ford president, and Michael Smith, Simi Valley Ford service manager. The backpacks will be distributed to the center's clients to hold their personal belongings.