Feel Good News

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network said a special farewell to Northern fulmar patient #94.

United Way of Santa Barbara County has more than $13 million in rental and utility assistance funds generously allocated for eligible residents that have experienced a loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

People’s Self-Help Housing has opened a new affordable housing property for formerly homeless women in Santa Barbara: Heath House.

The SBCC Foundation announced that anonymous donors have made a major gift of $375,000 to support the Santa Barbara City College Music Department’s Jazz and Symphony programs. 

Kiwanis Santa Barbara has donated $5,000 to Downtown Santa Barbara for student internships.

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation partnered with the Junior League of Santa Barbara and local Rotary clubs to help students excerise remotely.

Ethel T Uyehara and Bethel Lutheran Church were recognized this month at the Sierra Madre Cottages by People’s Self-Help Housing for their commitment and vision for senior housing.

Next month, nearly 1,100 members of the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara will vote to distribute $750,000 to local nonprofits, its largest annual grants pool since the organization began 17 years ago.   

Eagle Scout Troop 26 completed a project at a favorite camping spot, Horseshoe Bend on the Manzana River.

Community Partners in Caring is a Volunteer Caregiving organization that coordinates volunteers for the purpose of providing free and direct volunteer services to seniors living in Santa Barbara County. 

Twenty-two student artists have been named winners of the 2021 Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Art Scholarship Competition.

Downtown Santa Barbara, working with the City of Santa Barbara’s Community Services Section and the Santa Barbara Youth Council, announces that applications are being accepted for the 2020 Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award Scholarship.

Local brothers set up a fundraising effort to help Santa Barbara students gain access to wi-fi to continue remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a year that has been anything but normal the Avocado Festival has come through for six charities in the Carpinteria area.

Rental Assistance Extends to Carpinteria, Solvang, Buellton, Guadalupe and other Unincorporated Areas of the County through the United Way of Santa Barbara County

Rep. Salud Carbajal presented a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition to Santa Barbara County nonprofit C.A.R.E.4Paws outside the organization’s mobile veterinary clinic.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria has announced plans to create a dedicated STEM lab on its campus, to further enable hands-on learning for girls in STEM-related fields.

NatureTrack is lending their van and a volunteer to help Lompoc families who weren't able to pick up their school meals.

Heal the Ocean organized the cleanup of an abandoned homeless camp on East Beach before the high tide pulled it out into the ocean.

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital and Marian Regional Medical Center announced eleven recent scholarships awarded to teen hospital volunteers, many of whom want to pursue a career in health care.

To support communities amid the ongoing pandemic, Bank of America awarded a total of $842,000 to 25 local nonprofits across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in 2020.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria member Laura Flores has been selected as one of 11 individuals from across the U.S. to serve on the 2020-2021 Girls Inc. National Teen Advocacy Council.

Madi Wilson, a third-grader in Solvang, is gifting the Goleta and Santa Ynez Valley Libraries with her special "World Changer" pencil sets to use as prizes for the libraries' current Winter Reading Challenge.

The Santa Barbara Foundation and the City of Goleta announced the reopening of the Santa Barbara Better Together Fund Small Business Grant Program.

An edhatter reports a group of 5th grade Marymount School students started a beanie drive for residents of PATH.

The Housing Authority of Santa Barbara details their 2020 highlights supporting the most vulnerable populations with housing and essential services.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices delivered holiday cheer to survivors of domestic violence and their families this holiday season.

With social distancing guidelines, CASA of Santa Barbara County's annual "Christmas Wishes" gift drive still saw record-breaking donations made this year with 600 total gifts donated.

United Way of Santa Barbara County and community donors provided holiday wish list gifts to 53 local children and families this 2020 holiday season through their Adopt-A-Child gift drive. 

Will anyone join this Edhat subscriber in handing out small amounts of cash to unemployed people in need?