People Helping People is Now Accepting Vehicle Donations
We are pleased to announce a new program: “Donate Vehicles to make a Difference.” We will begin to accept direct donations of motor vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, etc.) effective immediately. The vehicles need not be running and we will pay for towing, if necessary, if the organization accepts the donation. While we may not [...]
read moreA-RU RESTAURANT WINE DINNER TO BENEFIT VINEYARD WORKERS
On Sunday, March 11th, A-RU Japanese Restaurant in Buellton will host a dinner to raise funds to support services that Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People (PHP) furnishes to vineyard and farm workers. This annual dinner which has quickly sold out each of the past three years is a six course gourmet dinner designed by [...]
read morePeople Helping People Fulfills Needs at Holidays
People Helping People has just completed our Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday programs. Through our Food Program, we furnished over 25,000 pounds of food to 225 families in the Santa Ynez Valley and Los Alamos. In addition to our normal biweekly grocery distribution, we presented each family with a turkey for each holiday. Via our Christmas Fulfill-A-Wish [...]
read moreHoliday Services Season – Call For Volunteers
With Halloween celebrated, attention turns to preparations for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. We here at People Helping People (PHP), are already very busy planning and recruiting volunteers to help those in need during these holidays. However, we cannot be successful without help from the community. At Thanksgiving, PHP expands its regular biweekly food [...]
read moreYet Another Fundraiser for PHP?
In reading about the Marriott’s 25th Anniversary Celebration dinner as a benefit for People Helping People some of you must think, “Not yet another fundraiser for People Helping People (PHP).” Well yes, the dinner is another benefit for PHP in a relatively long list over the past year. However it is important to note that [...]
read moreA Brief Encounter and Generous Gift for PHP
Here is a brief summary of a very interesting encounter a PHP employee recently had with a client and a passerby: While out in Buellton for a lunch break, a PHP employee in the Youth Down 2 Business Program, April Wilson, noticed an apparently homeless woman at the entrance to Albertsons. She was holding a [...]
read moreChristmas Fullfill-a-Wish Program Brings Holiday Cheer to Those in Need
It’s the season for caring and sharing and in that spirit, PHP’s Christmas Full-a-Wish Christmas program will be held from Tuesday December 14th through Thursday, December 16th. In its 16th year, PHP operates the Fulfill-A-Wish Christmas Program to provide the area’s most needy families, including 300 children, with holiday gifts, clothing, and toys. In order to [...]
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