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May 4, 2010
Annual Awards
Four Seasons Resort
September 25, 2010
Day of Caring
Page Youth Center
October 9, 2010
Red Feather Ball
Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort
For photos & highlights of past events, click on the links for:
Day of Caring 2009
Fun in the Sun
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May 4, 2010
Annual Awards
Four Seasons Resort
September 25, 2010
Day of Caring
Page Youth Center
October 9, 2010
Red Feather Ball
Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort
For photos & highlights of past events, click on the links for:
Fun in the Sun
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| Save The Date |
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May 4, 2010
Annual Awards
Four Seasons Resort
September 25, 2010
Day of Caring
Page Youth Center
October 9, 2010
Red Feather Ball
Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort
For photos & highlights of past events, click on the links for:
Fun in the Sun
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Young Leaders Society Celebrates Its Inaugural Year!
Just one year ago, United Way's Young Leaders Society was formed to provide community involvement and personal development opportunities for young professionals. This unique and dynamic group offers its members multiple avenues to become involved with various United Way and community initiatives, to directly make a difference in people's lives, and to ultimately become leaders in our community.
Please help us celebrate the accomplishments and impact of our inaugural year and introduce and welcome new and current members!
Join us for our One Year Anniversary Party on
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Oreana Winery!
Thank you to our sponsors:
$10 Members
$20 Non-Members
To RSVP for this event, please visit our NEW Young Leaders Society website here www.unitedwelead.org.
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United Way of Santa Barbara County Awarded
Federal Learn and Serve Grant!
United Way of Santa Barbara County has been named a recipient of the prestigious federal Learn and Serve America/Summer of Service grant totaling $150,000 for Fun in the Sun 2010.
Half of the grant will go to Fun in the Sun-Summer of Service programming, and the rest will go directly to qualified FITS students through a $500 Summer of Service Educational Award (college
bond) to be earmarked for higher education.
Learn and Serve America is a national service program administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The goal is to engage students, educators and the community of all ages and backgrounds in service and service-learning to enhance education, civic participation and communities. The Summer of Service program is a new initiative that was established under the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in April 2009.
Since 1997, Fun in the Sun has been the only long-term, results-focused, comprehensive, safe, no-cost, out-of-home, summer education and behavior improvement partnership for Santa Barbara's most impoverished, underserved and academically challenged children (ages 6 to 18) and their families.
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Low-Income Children and Families Need Your Help This Summer!
Despite (and because of) the recent federal Learn and Serve America/Summer of Service grant that United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC) has received for the Fun in the Sun (FITS) program for the next three years, the underserved children and families of FITS 2010 still face some challenges.
Due to the current state of the economy, the future success of FITS 2010 was not looking so bright prior to March 2010. FITS' projected 2010 operating budget was to be cut in half compared to 2009. Services would be cut to less than half of the usual number of participants (169 vs. 364), and the number of sites was in jeopardy of being reduced from four to three.
Now it comes down to this: just 100 more days before school lets out, summer kicks in and FITS kicks off its seven-week slate of comprehensive services. Just 100 days to find $50,000 more dollars (12% of the total FITS budget) so FITS can operate at full capacity.
We are asking for your support of FITS 2010 to help us reach this goal. Because of the new federal Service Learning grant, local FITS students have an opportunity to receive $225,000 in education scholarships over the next three years - but only if we have the resources to operate at full capacity. We need your help!
To learn more about this request please contact Jeanette Delgado at 805-965-8591 x 107. |
United Way's Young Leaders Society Participates In "United We Read" Program!
YLS Volunteers at Franklin Elementary School
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Twenty-one YLS members participated in the first United We Read program. The event took place from 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. at Franklin Elementary School and kicked off with a breakfast with Principal Casie Killgore, and included an all-school assembly.
Franklin students with their reading assignments
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YLS members were matched with one of the 21 classrooms at Franklin Elementary (Kindergarten to 6th grade). Each YLS member brought an age appropriate book to read and then donated the book to the classroom. The members had one hour to read and then answer ANY question the students had about the book or the volunteers personal/work life.
Guest Speaker Alan Tratner
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On March 1, 2010 at Marmalade Cafe, thirty young professionals learned about green technologies, product inventions, investments, career opportunities and resources. The guest speaker, Alan Tratner, is President of the Inventors Workshop International and the Entrepreneur's Workshop, Director of the Small Business Entrepreneurship Center, a SCORE (US SBA) counselor, and was publisher of the Lightbulb Journal and INVENT! magazines. He is an inventor and serial entrepreneur, with 11 inventions/patents. Alan has been dubbed the "Minister of Ideas" by the media.
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United Way Holds Successful Saturday of Service
Westmont volunteers help out at Casa Esperanza
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On February 27th, 26 volunteers from around Santa Barbara County generously donated their Saturday to participate in a small Day of Caring called United Way's Saturday of Service (SOS). Originally there were going to be 5 organizations and over 50 volunteers taking part in the event, but due to rainy weather several sites had to be postponed.
However, the rain did not put a damper on Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara or Casa Esperanza volunteer sites. Eleven volunteers enthusiastically went to work at the Boys & Girls Club, painting a fresh coat on the art room walls. You could see the excitement on each volunteer's face as they smiled and took pride in giving new life to the room.
Over at Casa Esperanza, the same can be said as 15 volunteers from Westmont College diligently scrubbed, cleaned and served a meal to those in need. Carl, a frequent recipient of Casa Esperanza's services said of the volunteers, "Their graciousness really made me feel welcome."
United Way would like to thank the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara and Casa Esperanza for participating in the SOS, but most of all we thank the 26 volunteers who demonstrated what community is all about. Thank you volunteers!
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RSVP Today!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
6:00 p.m. Cocktails
7:00 p.m. Dinner, Awards and Dancing
Made Possible in Part by the Generosity of
Four Season's Biltmore Resort
For more information, please contact
at (805) 965-8594
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United Way Participates in Disney's
Give a Day, Get a Day Promotion
One million volunteers from all over the country were inspired by Disney's Give a Day, Get a Day program which began on January 1, 2010. The program was created to promote volunteerism and impact communities nationwide by rewarding people with a free ticket to Disneyland theme parks for a day of volunteer service.
Disney reached their limit of one million volunteers in just two months, making this a very successful program. Agencies such as United Way did a great job of offering opportunities for people who would not normally volunteer.
According to Volunteer Coordinator Kellen Skersies, United Way of Santa Barbara County was a direct beneficiary of Disney Give a Day, Get a Day, utilizing 120 volunteers who signed up through the Disney program.
"The Disney Give a Day, Get a Day program was a great source of help over the past two months for our organization, and it was nice that volunteers were able to be rewarded for their efforts," said Skersies.
The hope of Disney and non-profits around the U.S. is that those who volunteered through this program would remain inspired and continue to devote their time to bettering their communities through volunteering.
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Housing Authority Builds its
Biggest Campaign in History
Led again by Tiffany Carter, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) conducted another successful United Way Campaign. This year the HACSB grew their campaign by 75% to raise over $8,500! Thank you to the staff of the Housing Authority for generously supporting local people in need.
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Search, Shop, Sell and Help United Way
You now have more ways to donate to United Way of Santa Barbara County with these online community support tools!
Search the web with Yahoo-powered GoodSearch.com and they'll donate a penny to United Way each time you search! Shop at more than 600 GoodShop.com merchants including Amazon, Best Buy, Toys-R-Us and others and a percentage of each purchase will go to United Way! To get started go to www.goodsearch.com.
eBay Giving Works
eBay Giving Works helps non-profits by giving everyday eBay sellers the ability to donate to United Way! Supporters list items on eBay and donate 10-100% of the final sale price to United Way. Get started now!
eScrip
The eScrip fundraising program allows participating merchants to contribute a percentage of grocery cards, credit cards, and debit/ATM card purchases to United Way. To get started go to www.escrip.com.
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Vote for Dons Net Cafe to Win Money from Best Buy for Classroom Equipment!
Please vote for Santa Barbara High School's Dons Net Cafe on www.at15.com! First you need to go to the site and create an account, your password will be sent to your email and once you receive that you must go back to login.
Click on the header 'Contests and Scholarships' then click the "@15 Community Impact Challenge' and click the 'View and Vote' button on the Dons Net Cafe and vote for us!
We really need the votes! Our equipment is in bad shape." Vote everyday until the voting closes on April 2nd!
Thanks so much for the support, it is truly appreciated. Pass it on!
Sincerely,
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