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Brothers and San Marcos High School students will receive the Youth in Philanthropy Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

With the need for affordable housing facing communities across the globe, People’s Self-Help Housing was approached by the United Kingdom Government to share their 50+ years of experience in affordable housing. 

It took teen brothers 28 triathlons, ten years, and the support of one local community to provide one million local meals countywide.

A Good Samaritan and California Highway Patrol officers rescued an injured owl near Refugio Road today.

Assemblymember Steve Bennett, Senator Monique Limón, and Santa Barbara Supervisor Gregg Hart joined the board of the Foothills Forever nonprofit to present a check from the State of California. 

100 students at Franklin Elementary School received backpacks filled with school supplies compliments of City National Bank in partnership with United Way of Santa Barbara County.

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation hosted the Love of Literacy Luncheon to highlight the need for support for students struggling with reading in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. 

Santa Barbara Humane received a $25,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to increase access to affordable veterinary care in Santa Barbara County. 

Senator Monique Limón and Assemblymember Steve Bennett presented a check to Carpinteria and Santa Barbara County to decommission the abandoned Venoco oil and gas pipelines.

Santa Barbara-area teachers welcoming students back to their classroom this fall will do so buoyed by over $62,000 raised by the local non-profit Teacher’s Fund.

Over 1,287 volunteers showed up for Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday at 28 sites throughout the County to clean up 6,104 pounds of trash.

On Saturday, Cate School and Friends of Bates Beach coordinated the cleanup of North Rincon (Bates) Beach as part of the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.

Community Environmental Council and Electric Drive 805 Coalition Partners Invite Public to Learn About Benefits of Driving Electric

The Community Environmental Council is proud to announce the addition of two bottle-filling hydration stations in Alameda and Shoreline parks.

Last week the JOIN JACOB triathlon team competed in the 2021 Santa Barbara Triathlon to benefit the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. 

Kevin is a senior toy poodle who had been in several homes and shelters before he arrived at Santa Barbara Humane.

Local music teachers are kicking off the school year with instruments and a $16,000 gift.

[Update]: Dos Pueblos Little League and partners raised $30,000 in four days to replace the contents inside the shed that caught fire at Girsh Park.

A back-to-school fund drive organized by The Teacher’s Fund aims to raise $60,000 to support local educators.

Future Leaders of America has received a grant from The Fund for Santa Barbara for the "State of BIPOC Youth Project" on the Central Coast.

The Assistance League of Santa Barbara awarded 49 student scholarships through its collaboration with the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara City College Foundation Promise Program. 

Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County announced that it is providing bilingual social services and case management for Carpinteria residents aged 60 or older.

The Brill Family Grant is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2021 awards in support of local programs which bend their field.

Santa Barbara Humane successfully rehomed a deaf dog and his bonded companion. 

The Foundation House is a triplex that will house 12 young adults, ages 18 to 24, who are in unstable living situations. 

Eighteen museums across Santa Barbara County have joined Museums for All to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum-going habits.

Organic Soup Kitchen hosted a Crab Boil last month raising $30,000 to support low-income cancer patients, seniors, and chronically ill who have been placed on the organization’s waiting list.

Heal the Ocean reports a large abandoned homeless camp was recently cleaned from Haskell's Beach.

An edhat reader shares a story of a random at of kindness at Trader Joe's this week.

A neglected Lhasa Apso-mix named Ziggy was given a second chance at the Santa Barbara Humane Society.