Shop and Support benefiting the Assistance League of San Jose (Giving Tuesday)

A child who walks into class in the right uniform walks in feeling like they belong. For more than 30 years, the volunteers of the Assistance League of San Jose have made that happen through Operation School Bell, which started with a $1,500 budget and now delivers tens of thousands of pieces of new clothing to students each year.

This Giving Tuesday, Ami Carmel is celebrating them. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 20% of every purchase in the shop, and online at amicarmel.com all day, goes to the Assistance League of San Jose. Guests who stop by between 10 and 11 a.m. can meet the League's volunteers over homemade cookies and hot chocolate.

The day is part of Ami Carmel's Sip, Shop, Savor & Support series, which pairs the shop with a different nonprofit each month. Find scarves, serveware, home décor and gifts from local artists, and let your holiday shopping do some good.

Ami Carmel, Dolores Street, 5 SE of Fifth Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea. Free to attend. amicarmel.com, (831) 620-1600.