Feel Good News

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is caring for a Great Blue Heron who had a fractured femur.

Coastal Cleanup Month, formerly known as Coastal Cleanup Day, starts Saturday and community members are encouraged to participate by cleaning up litter close to home and in their neighborhoods on four Saturdays in September. 

Funds from community partners and individual contributions help support PATH’s COVID-19 and ongoing response efforts and provide life-saving services to those most in need.

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is taking care of a rescued baby raccoon that was found on Alta Vista Road.

A successful shoreline cleanup marks the launch of Goal: Clean Seas on the Channel Islands as it removes 131 lost lobster traps.

Santa Barbara MTD recently installed 14 new ChargePoint Level 2 electric vehicle chargers to provide infrastructure for a new fleet of all-electric light-duty vehicles consisting of 14 2020 Chevy Bolts. 

Community Environmental Council announces a new pilot program aimed to foster community resilience and support climate justice efforts by responding to the immediate needs of frontline communities.

Santa Barbara Foundation and County of Santa Barbara announced the availability of grant funding for small businesses located within the unincorporated portions of Santa Barbara County.

Local organizations partnered together to handout free PPE for businesses in Goleta on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network has released a Western Screech Owl after making a full recovery.

Close to $4 Million has been raised for Santa Barbara County through COVID-19 joint response effort led by United Way of Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Foundation and Hutton Parker Foundation.

In response to the unprecedented crisis facing our community, Organic Soup Kitchen is launching a free call-in helpline for all of its clients.

Animal Shelters throughout Santa Barbara County have joined NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ Clear the Shelters™ 2020 pet adoption campaign.

A newly formed Behavior Wellness and County Schools partnership have received $4 million in grant funding to increase access to youth mental health services.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria announced the addition of two Automated External Defibrillator (AED) machines and response kits that will be housed at its Foothill Road campus, donated by the Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation.

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network admitted its 3,000th patient of the year.

In recognition of artists’ essential social contributions, the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission will award up to 20 stipends of $500 each to local artists who have created work in response to this unprecedented time.

Local singer Conner Cherland hosted a virtual concert for residents at Marian Regional Medical Center's Extended Care Center.

A local sustainable retailer sells over 800 hand-made masks to provide relief for the company's artisans in Kenya.

A local boutique is offering Santa Barbara made products in a unique gift basket offering with proceeding going towards the Santa Barbara Foodbank.

The Goleta Education Foundation recently awarded almost $10,000 to Goleta Union School District educators through its Innovation Grants program.

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will offer free healthy lunches for kids 18 and under Monday through Friday from June 8 to August 7 at ten locations countywide.

Carpinteria High School Senior Tanya Sanchez has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Carpinteria Education Foundation.

A LA Galaxy soccer player and Lompoc native treated the medical staff to lunch at Dignity Health Urgent Care in Lompoc.

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation received a $90,000 grant to bring the Sources of Strength teen suicide prevention program to all three high schools in Santa Barbara.

The Goleta Education Foundation received a $65,000 grant for a STEAM Lab at El Camino Elementary School, awarded by the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara.

To protect the safety of vulnerable seniors during the coronavirus pandemic, home care agency Senior Planning Services is now providing round-the-clock, live-in care to seniors in private homes throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

Fifteen global shipping companies slowed cargo ships for 99,000 nautical miles in the 2019 program off California coast to protect blue whales and blue skies.

On Thursday, local buildings lit up in blue to show gratitude to healthcare and essential workers.

The Bucket Brigade is launching an ongoing project, “Make Masks, Save Lives!”, to continue its work unleashing the power of community.