The Santa Barbara Bowl, a large outdoor music venue, strives to make the arts accessible to the larger community through a number of education outreach initiatives. Believing that the arts are a fundamental part of the human experience, the founders of the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation made education a core part of its mission statement.… Continue Reading
A nonprofit organization, Hospice of Santa Barbara provides compassionate care at no cost to members of the community facing terminal illness, as well as their loved ones. The program underwent a major restructuring and launched again last July. In less than a year, the hospice’s Patient Care Services has admitted more than 115 new patients.… Continue Reading
The Santa Barbara Bowl has emerged as a leader among concert venues that are seeking to make their operations more sustainable. Through its Greening the Bowl Initiative, the venue has taken a number of actions to achieve its goal of becoming carbon-neutral. Part of the initiative focuses on protecting and preserving the 17 acres of… Continue Reading
Understanding the challenges that confront individuals as they prepare for their own death or the loss of a loved one, Hospice of Santa Barbara, Inc. offers a wide range of community-based support programs. These programs include a number of support groups that allow individuals to discuss their experiences in welcoming, supportive environments and to forge… Continue Reading
For more than 25 years, the Storyteller Children’s Center has provided an invaluable service to at-risk children in Santa Barbara County. Because childcare costs average $13,000 a year in the area, many families cannot afford these services. The Storyteller Children’s Center provides a solution to this problem with free, high quality early childhood education. At… Continue Reading