Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Ojai Valley
View our NON PROFIT WISH LIST to see specific ways you can help this month's featured organization.
You may not be able to help the whole world, but you can make a difference in your own community. --Elizabeth P. Carter
See the list below of non-profits that could use your help! Families can make a difference in their community without it necessarily being a big time commitment or expense. Below are ways parents and kids can give back to our community. Click here to submit your own.
HEART TO HEART relies on donations from the community. Quality clothing (new and gently used), furniture, baby gear, etc. are needed. If you would like to donate, please contact one of the volunteers listed below.
Your donation is tax deductible. A receipt can be provided upon request.
HEART TO HEART PROVIDES DURABLE GOODS AND CLOTHING TO FOSTER, KINSHIP AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES.
Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss. The longest pieces have to be 10 inches long, and you don't have to go to any special salon. Check the locks of love website for instructions. The majority of hair donated comes from children wanting to help other children, but anyone, regardless or race, gender, or age, can donate hair.
Submitted by Heidi G.: When my friend's daughter Remy Bamieh (4) passed away from neuroblastoma, I was completely paralyzed by grief. I wanted to do something for her parents (Jennifer and Ron), her sister (Ryanne), and for her, if I could. This is something positive I can do in her memory. I went to Michael Kelley Salon and got a haircut. Now I have 2 fat ponytails to donate to "Locks of Love" in Remy's memory.
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation is a local non-profit in Santa Barbara that was established to help families on the Central Coast deal with the financial, emotional and logistical hardships caused by a child diagnosed with cancer. The needs depend on the family's situation. Some families need help with transportation, for example.
Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Nikki Katz
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
Program Director& Founder
Fed. Tax ID# 14-1872081
www.teddybearcancerfoundation.org
The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation ensures that children with cancer receive the undivided comfort of their parents during treatment and recovery by providing families with financial and emotional support.
There are many children in Ventura County who have been abused, abandoned and neglected. HSA is committed to placing these children in safe loving homes in their own communities so they can attend the same school and maintain relationships with the important people in their lives.
Ways you can help: (Call Elaine Martinez for more info 648-9395)
- Become a foster parent: open your home and your heart to a child who needs help.
- Become a respite worker to provide a break for foster parents.
- Become a tutor to support foster youth in college.
- Offer a teenager a job training opportunity or a job.
- Make a donation to the Children's Services Auxiliary. (Pam Waldron at 654-3447)
- Make a donation to the T.E.A.Ch Scholarship Fund which awards scholarships to help foster youth continue their eduation (Lucy Maheney at 654-3726)
Join the Ty Warner Sea Center Volunteer Sea Crew!
Ty Warner Sea Center
Volunteer Sea Crew
Do you love the ocean and marine life? Come share your passion for the natural world as a Sea Crew Volunteer at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History's Ty Warner Sea Center on Stearns Wharf.
Sea Crew volunteers introduce visitors to the fish, marine invertebrates, and marine mammals of the Santa Barbara Channel, teach visitors to use real marine science equipment, and have a great time!
Requirements include completion of 3 training classes and a three-hour weekly shift for a minimum of four months.
Benefits include:
* Free admission to both the Ty Warner Sea Center and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
* Sea Center and Museum store discounts.
* Savings on educational programs and classes.
* Guest passes for family and friends.
* Regular recognition events.
* Opportunity to meet new people and make new friends.
For more information or to sign up for volunteer training classes, please email the Sea Center Volunteer and Interpretation Manager Leeza Charleboix at seacrew@sbnature2.org, or call (805) 962-2526 x104.
Look forward to seeing you at the Sea Center!
Leeza Charleboix
Volunteer and Interpretation Manager
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Ty Warner Sea Center
211 Stearns Wharf
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Telephone: (805) 962-2526 ext. 104
E-mail: seacrew@sbnature2.org
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