Feel Good News

Santa Barbara Yacht Club's annual charity regatta attracted hundreds of spectators to the waterfront to support Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.

Local authors celebrated the Tiny Library installations on State Street during First Thursday.

SafeLaunch and Signature Flight Support hosted their first International Overdose Awareness Day event, "Look Up & Speak Their Names."

StarCycle, Santa Barbara’s only dedicated spin studio located in La Cumbre Plaza, will be hosting its first-ever Under the Stars event in partnership with Direct Relief.

Foodbank of Santa Barbara County initiates Dine Out for Hunger campaign for the month of September.

Teen brothers joined Santa Barbara Triathlon 53.3 Club and have raised nearly $100,000 for the local Foodbank. 

An edhat reader shares a feel-good story about a local man who helped find a stolen bicycle and returned it to the owner.

A Santa Barbara woman has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will depart for Mozambique later this month to serve as a high school English teacher.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center is looking for volunteers to educate the public about our local marine environment.

The annual Blondes vs Brunettes football game raised money for the Alzheimer's Association and now their raising money for an injured player.

Valle Verde Retirement Community’s Monarch Garden was added to the national map as a protected Monarch Waystation.

A local student shares five ways for other students to give back to the Santa Barbara community during their summer break.

Santa Barbara Beautiful has partnered with the City of Santa Barbara to resume the planting of street trees.

The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission held it's 11th Annual 4th of July BBQ dinner for homeless guests at the Rescue Mission.

Sunrise Rotary Club's annual Dolphin Dive event provided a free family festival on Saturday while raising money for local causes.

Bond Fitness has partnered with the Santa Barbara Braille Institute to help guide blind and visually impaired athletes to prepare them to run in the Nite Moves 5K on Wednesday.

United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County was awarded a $150,000 grant to help rebuild Camp Whittier which was damaged in a wildfire.

Students from the nonprofit Greeks4Kids donated the enitrety of the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara's wishlist for their Summer Spectacular Program.

The Alzheimer's Association California Central Coast Chapter is raising awareness in light of Summer Solstice. 

Local Book Club (“Team Laura”) Launches Little Free Laundromat Library for children challenges other book clubs to adopt a local laundromat.

The last three dogs from a closing animal shelter in Coalinga, CA will have a second chance to find their forever homes through the Santa Barbara Humane Society. 

Starting today, June 18, almost 300 local students will be outfitted for a summer of learning in a six-week curriculum in the a partnership between Assistance League of Santa Barbara and United Way's Fun in the Sun program.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Coffman, a U.S. Army veteran and former Green Beret, had the honor of parachuting over Normandy, France for the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6.

A local couple launched their latest book and film project aimed at educating the community about the foster care system while raising funds for Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara.

The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation is hosting a Memorial Day Ceremony and Fundraiser to help house local veterans.

Saturday is National Missing Children’s Day and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released a new project that will increase awareness about missing children.

Grammy-nominated artist Andra Day surprised guests at a Mother's Day Luncheon to sing "Rise Up" with Debris Flow survivor Lauren Cantin.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara Police Department is praising two of their volunteers for being instrumental in locating an at-risk teenager this weekend.

The nation’s largest single-day food drive offers Santa Barbara County residents an easy way to donate non-perishable food on Saturday.

Aquaholic has a good news update about the swallows that were trapped under nets on the Venoco Pier.