Malnutrition is one of the most common – and most serious – side effects of cancer and its treatment. It affects up to 80% of cancer patients according to the National Cancer Institute. Victor Bartolome, Santa Barbara resident and former NBA basketball player, knows this better than anyone. After experiencing five years of chemotherapy and its debilitating side effects, including no appetite and weight loss, he was at great risk of malnutrition. “I was in [...more...]
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While serving a 13-year prison sentence, Alberto “Berto” Lule started to draw cartoons as an escape. That led to reading books on art history, and when Berto left prison, he had a burning desire to [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC) marks its 100-year anniversary in 2023. As the organization celebrates this century of […more…]
Santa Barbara native Kevin Haeberle has been a self-described “gearhead” ever since his dad taught him how to work on […more…]
In the 36 years since the Endowment for Youth Community (EYC) was founded, Santa Barbara’s Black community has shrunk from […more…]
The Arts
Music is the soundtrack of our lives. From the morning radio alarm, to the headphones fueling your run, to your […more…]
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has distinguished itself through its track record of informative and fascinating exhibitions and programs […more…]
The stage is set, the curtain has been raised, and live performances are back for UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) […more…]
Senior and Speciality Compassion Care
Long before entertainment news trailblazer Rona Barrett interviewed everyone from Raquel Welch to Tom Cruise, she was a young girl […more…]
If ever a well-known Latin phrase epitomized a venerable Santa Barbara organization, “in loco parentis” (“in place of a parent”) […more…]
Nourishment
Malnutrition is one of the most common – and most serious – side effects of cancer and its treatment. It […more…]
For a decade, the Organic Soup Kitchen (OSK) hosted community meals on Christmas Day at the Veterans Memorial Building on […more…]
We all know the basic needs of life: air, water, food, and shelter. Here in Santa Barbara County, all four […more…]
Homelessness & Housing
New Beginnings Executive Director Kristine Schwarz swung into action after learning that a nursing home was about to release one […more…]
When your mission is to end homelessness in California, watching the number of unsheltered people continue to climb across the […more…]
Healthcare
Dr. William Sansum, renowned diabetes specialist and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute’s (SDRI) founder, was the first U.S. physician to manufacture […more…]
In 2011, Dr. Ahmad Nooristani had an important realization. Many of the low-income (frequently undocumented) patients he was treating in […more…]
Take a look at any person in front or back of you in line at the grocery store, and chances […more…]
Global Reach
Don’t ever ask Director of Human Rights Watch Santa Barbara Lis Leader to pit one human rights crisis against another. […more…]
Tikkun olam, translated as “repairing the world,” is one of the most important social justice concepts of contemporary Judaism. The […more…]
In 1945, William Zimdin, an Estonian immigrant who had fled fascism to California, dedicated his fortune to sending relief parcels […more…]
Giving Paws
When two children got lost during a hike in rural New York with oncoming rain commingling with the darkening night, […more…]
While shelters along California’s Central Coast do their best to provide care for abandoned dogs and cats, the facilities can […more…]
For the Children
Julie DeAngelis helps children to speak clearly. Even those who still want to wear COVID-19 masks to hide their language […more…]
While statewide data lags, it is clear that the number of children entering foster care in Santa Barbara County has […more…]
Family Well-Being
Marialena, 73, suffered an incredible loss when her husband passed away several years ago. She spoke little English, had little […more…]
Many people think of “hospice” purely as end-of-life medical care. In fact, hospice care is so much more. Hospice of […more…]
“People Helping People is about an outpouring of generosity from community people volunteering to help people in the community,” says […more…]
Environment
This year, with more than 11 billion snow crabs disappearing from the sea floor, the Alaskan snow crab fishing season […more…]
White Buffalo Land Trust has a vital purpose: to restore the ecosystem through agriculture and in the process directly address […more…]
Nestled on a 37-acre Montecito estate, Lotusland is a Botanical Garden paradise purchased in 1941 by Madame Ganna Walska, a […more…]
Education
There’s a new crisis in our midst: kids spending too much time indoors and online. There’s even a name for […more…]
“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.” This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]
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While serving a 13-year prison sentence, Alberto “Berto” Lule started to draw cartoons as an escape. That led to reading […more…]
Community Resilience
The 70 miles of coast spanning Lake Casitas to Point Conception and including Carpinteria, Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Goleta, is […more…]
Almost everyone is aware that America’s current cultural climate is perhaps more polarized than at any time since the Civil […more…]
The origin story of the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade is the stuff of legend – and for good reason. In […more…]
Advocacy
The Fund for Santa Barbara, founded in 1980, has always drawn together diverse communities and organizations with the goal of […more…]
Jenna Tosh watched the erosion of reproductive rights in America for years and knew Roe vs. Wade would one day […more…]
Civil legal representation is expensive. Even basic legal services cost thousands of dollars. If you are struggling to pay rent, […more…]