Tag Archives: Carpinteria

Growing and Delivering Healthy Food to Tackle Santa Barbara’s Food Insecurity Sweet Wheel Farms / S.B. Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation

When asked why she saved the Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education (SBAFE) Foundation’s farm from development, CEO Leslie Person […more…]

No One Should Have to Wait to Get Well Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse CADA

In the heart of Santa Barbara, the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) stands as a beacon of hope […more…]

Santa Barbara Humane Santa Barbara Humane

Organizations don’t last 137 years if they’re not capable of changing with the times.  For Santa Barbara Humane, the local […more…]

SEE’s Eye Opening 50 Years of Work SEE International

Society Invites reports the upcoming 50th Anniversary of SEE International, an organization founded in our town by Dr. Harry Brown, […more…]

An Emoji with a Mission Marine Watchdogs

Marine Watchdogs Proposes a New Global Icon for Reducing Plastic Trash A new emoji may be coming to your phone […more…]

SEE International SEE International

It was back in 1974 that Dr. Harry Brown founded SEE International to address the global lack of access to […more…]

A New Closed-Loop Food System! Sweet Wheel Farms / S.B. Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education and Sweet Wheel Farm has announced that their new Closed-Loop Food Systems, Zero Emissions delivery service has launched! A closed-loop food […more…]

Visual Arts and Design Academy Friends of the Visual Arts and Design Academy (VADA)

Mark your calendar for July 20. That’s the date when the contractors will hand over the keys to the new […more…]

A Huge Milestone for RUNX1 RUNX1 Research Program

There is currently no treatment for RUNX1 familial platelet disorder (RUNX1-FPD). However, this year marks a significant milestone with the […more…]

Holocaust Museum Holocaust Museum LA

Holocaust Museum LA was founded in 1961 by a group of survivors who met each other in an ESL class […more…]

RUNX1 RUNX1 Research Program

The RUNX1 gene provides instructions for making RUNX1 protein, which plays a vital role in the production of blood stem […more…]

Elings Park Elings Park

Dean Noble, executive director of Elings Park, is fond of comparing Elings to some famous public parks in urban areas.  […more…]

Sweet Wheel Farms Sweet Wheel Farms / S.B. Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation

Although Summerland had relatively minor flooding and damage following the torrential rainstorm and resulting debris flow in January 2018, the […more…]

Marine Watchdogs Marine Watchdogs

There are several nonprofit organizations in town concerned about the health of our oceans and waterways, and a whole lot […more…]

M.E.R.R.A.G. M.E.R.R.A.G.

When M.E.R.R.A.G. was formed in 1987 as Montecito Emergency Response and Recovery Action Group, the uber-local organization started serving a […more…]

Catholic Charities Catholic Charities

As centennial celebrations go, the commemoration may not be as center-of-attention as that of the Granada Theatre or Old Spanish […more…]

California Missions Foundation California Missions Foundation

Most locals are probably aware of the best Santa Barbara place to visit every Memorial Day weekend for a glimpse […more…]

Marine Watchdogs Mission Goals for 2024 Marine Watchdogs

Marine Watchdogs is expanding their ocean preservation activities in 2024 with new events, educational media and research. Their biggest focus […more…]

Wayfinder Family Services Wayfinder Family Services

When Gina was preparing to adopt a baby girl, she experienced a rush of thrilling emotions that comes with going […more…]

Gwendolyn Strong Foundation Gwendolyn Strong Foundation

You’d be hard-pressed to find a local nonprofit that brought its outsized quest to fruition more speedily than did the […more…]

United Way of Santa Barbara County Expands Executive Leadership Team United Way of Santa Barbara County

United Way onboards two new directors to guide expansion in community programming United Way of Santa Barbara County has announced […more…]