The Unity Shoppe distributes food, clothing, and basic necessities to people impacted by temporary poverty, natural disasters, and health crises. At their center on Chapala Street they were seeing the the number of people seeking food rising, outstripping the capacity of the center’s freezers and refrigerators. With a $75,000 grant from the Women's Fund of Santa Barbara, they purchased a new industrial refrigerator, four freezers, five dollies, six carts, and a six-month supply of eggs and frozen chicken. They expanded storage for perishable food by replacing failing equipment with new, energy-efficient appliances. The new industrial refrigerator holds supplies of perishables such as milk and eggs. Four freezers store larger quantities of frozen foods. Dollies and carts allow for convenient transport of food by volunteers and clients. The grant also paid to stock the refrigerators and freezers with a six-month supply of chicken and eggs, high-protein foods that might otherwise be unavailable to clients.