Feel Good News

On Saturday, nearly fifty volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community worked together at Black Rock Beach in Goleta to dig out and remove forty lobster traps.

The Garden of the University Club in Santa Barbara was the site where United Women For Ukraine sponsored a heartwarming program and fundraiser to unite in solidarity with Ukraine.

The Rotary Club of Montecito Foundation has donated $10,500 each to two humanitarian relief organizations that are offering direct medical and shelter supplies and support to the people of Ukraine during this time of war and crisis.

Veggie Rescue and Santa Ynez Valley (SYV) Community Kitchen at St. Mark’s coordinate efforts to turn excess produce into meals for food-insecure residents.

Special Olympics Santa Barbara hosted its 8th annual Polar Plunge Fundraiser at Leadbetter Beach on Saturday.

A CHP officer rescued three ducklings near the Hope Ave offramp in Santa Barbara this week.

An edhat reader shares a quick story and a thank you to a local Good Samaritan.

The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office nominated four citizens for their outstanding efforts in our communities as part of the Kiwanis Club's "Extra Step Awards."

The Ventura Police Department adopted a therapy comfort dog to improve the physical, social, and emotional well-being of officers, staff, and community members in crisis and after having experienced trauma.

People’s Self-Help Housing has been competitively selected as 1 of only 6 organizations in California to receive funding through the Youth Consumer Education & Research Fund from the California Department of Justice.

World Dance for Humanity has raised $110,000 and growing to support Ukrainian with food and medicine.

Explore Ecology is hosting a beach cleanup this Sunday at Hendry's Beach.

The Alzheimer's Association California Central Coast Chapter, together with its Alzheimer’s Women’s Initiative committee, hosted a spring reception and research update at the Santa Barbara Club.

The City of Goleta is pleased to announce that its first citywide Beautify Goleta Community Cleanup event this past Saturday, March 26th, was a huge success!

MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gifted the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme $3.2 million.

A local Eagle Scout is building a bike trail to foster safe riding skills near Monroe Elementary.

New arrivals! The first baby striped skunk litter of the year has arrived at Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Patient #412 and his five siblings were found orphaned behind a Santa Maria building.

 KTYD dedicated all of February to the Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Keep the Beat Instrument Drive which yielded 140 musical instruments and over $10,000 in support. 

Collaboration with companies for sustainable shipping choices

Volunteers from Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s Watershed Brigade and Ventura County Chapter Surfrider will work together on March 12th to remove trash from a few miles of the South Coast

Bank of America announced a $100,000 donation worth 800,000 meals to Foodbank of Santa Barbara County to address food insecurity in the region.

The Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara, a philanthropic giving circle, announced today that its 2022 grants pool has reached $900,000, thanks to a record-breaking level of donations from its members. 

People’s Self-Help Housing has received $24,000 from the California Department of Justice for the development of a new nutritional curriculum for students.

SBEF will also host a contactless instrument donation site every Friday in February from 9 am to 2 pm at their offices at 1330 State Street.

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Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and Heal the Ocean are working together as part of a larger community effort to minimize the impacts of rainstorms washing harmful contaminants to local creeks.

Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People has been awarded $223,516.80 for youth substance use prevention activities through Elevate Youth California.

Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center executes a capital campaign and builds a new facility.

EDC project aims to prevent approval of the Cat Canyon Aquifer Exemption and stop the expansion of new oil and gas activities in Northern Santa Barbara County 

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation will award 64 grants to SB Unified teachers totaling $100,000 to help meet the needs of their students.