Registration Open for PHP’s Wine Country Bike Trek
The Wine Country Bike Trek will be conducted June 29-30 and July 1 and its home base will once again be Midland School in Los Olivos. This event has been extremely successful in the past and grew by 50% last year. Funds raised help to fund basic needs services for PHP such as homelessness prevention [...]
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 moreDe-bunking Immigration and Migration Myths in California and Investing in the Future
The mythology of the tidal wave of immigration overwhelming California and its institutions is rampant in all forms of media and colors all debates about public policy. But, what are the real facts? Perhaps unvarnished census data can inform us? Last week, I attended a conference in Santa Barbara where the keynote speaker was demographer [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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