People 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 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 morePHP Collaborates With Buellton Rotary to Grow Food & Strong Youth
People Helping People’s (PHP) Seeking Success Program at Jonata School in Buellton, The Buellton Rotary Club & Windmill Nursery have collaborated to plant a fruit and vegetable garden at Jonata School. Seeking Success students from grades 7 and 8 who are in PHP’s afterschool program, worked side by side with Rotarians last week to plant [...]
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 moreYoung Woman Benefits from "Youth Down 2 Business" Program
Martha Ramirez is a current Santa Barbara City College student and former Santa Ynez High graduate. At Santa Ynez High, Martha participated in PHP’s Youth Down 2 Business (YD2B) Program. Martha was referred to YD2B as an “at risk” student due to falling grades and an apparent lack of motivation. YD2B staff mentored and tutored [...]
read moreVino De Suenos Event Nov 12th Aids Vineyard, Farm Workers
This Saturday, November 12, we will hold our 3rd annual Vino De Suenos Wine Release Celebration, a fundraising event for Valley’s vineyard and farm workers. Proceeds from the event provide vineyard and farm workers and their families the assistance they need during difficult economic times. PHP administers the funds to furnish basic needs (food, rent, and [...]
read morePHP Sogno del Fiore Fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes
On Saturday evening August 21st Liz and Jerry Fiore hosted 150 of their Friends and Friends of Friends for a wine tasting and dinner featuring 10 chefs and 14 wineries. The occasion was a benefit for People Helping People and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. PHP hosts such events and as an amateur oenophile, I [...]
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