Kids Helping Kids is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based out of Santa Barbara and entirely student-run by the San Marcos High School AP Economics class, headed by Economics teacher Jamie DeVries. Kids Helping Kids originally began with a student-run penny drive in 2002 and has evolved into an annual signature gala event at the Santa Barbara multi-million dollar Granada Theater. Over the course of eleven years, students have volunteered over 10,000 hours of work, resulting in a gross of $700,000 being raised for charitable purposes.