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 moreWine Release Celebration to Benefit Vineyard Workers
This fundraiser, begun in November 2008, is a unique event planned and supported by a small group of local premium winemakers to benefit farm and vineyard workers. Vino de Sueños or “Wine of Dreams”, is the brand name for the wine series released each year at this event. Last year, 17 wineries donated wine to [...]
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 moreClient Testimonial: Living on the Edge
(Names have been changed to protect the family’s privacy) John and Anna are a local young family of four with two daughters, ages three and four. John worked on a Vineyard as a field worker and Anna was a stay-at-home- Mom. They lived in sub-standard housing on a ranch which they share with another family. The income [...]
read moreStudent Expresses Thanks to the PHP Board
The PHP Board of Directors had a surprise guest speaker at the Board meeting last week. Luis Enciso Jr., a member of PHP’s Youth Down to Business program, wanted to share his personal experience, how the program has changed his life and express thanks to the organization. An excerpt of his speech to the Board [...]
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 [...]
read moreVino De Suenos Proceeds Helps Vineyard, Farm Workers' Families
Lupita, a young girl of 16 and Lompoc resident is one of the many beneficiaries of PHP programs whose funding is generated from events such as this weekend’s Vino de Suenos Release Celebration. Lupita, whose family members are vineyard and farm workers here in the Santa Ynez family are the reason the Vino De Suenos [...]
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