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August | 2019

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A Word from Jan Campbell

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A Word from Our Executive Director,
Jan Campbell

Dear Friends,

Although Old Spanish Days (Fiesta) in Santa Barbara has come and gone - I wanted to tell a story about an event during that time that reminded me of how important it is for our clients and their children to get a bit of "normal" in their lives.

On the Saturday of Fiesta (after the Children's Parade), UBS staff, led by Karen Dalmau, put together a family picnic for all of our shelter clients and our staff at the Santa Barbara Mission Rose Garden. Fifty people came and celebrated the joy of community with a bar-b-que, water balloon toss (the kids' favorite) and a watermelon eating contest. Kids ran under a river of water from the coolers (in spite of protests from their moms), one of my board members landed a direct hit on my head with a water balloon, and we all shared stories and jokes.

In reflecting back, I realized that we were just another group of people hanging out having fun on a beautiful sunny day. We weren't victims, survivors, advocates, or donors...we were just normal people getting together to have some fun.

Too often, the people we serve don't have these opportunities - due to fear or isolation. I am so grateful to the UBS Staff who came up with the idea, to our staff who facilitated the transportation and organization, and to our clients who put aside their troubles and shared the joy of a summer day with all of us.

As we move into the fall, back to school and the holidays, my hope for our clients is more normal, more fun and more success on their journey to a violence-free life.

All the best,

Jan Campbell

Executive Director

Sunday Funday!

Join DVS staff and clients while you Shop, Eat and Learn!

Sunday, September 8

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Junior League of Santa Barbara Office

229 E. Victoria St.

On this fabulous Sunday:

Hang out with amazing people
Shop for yourself or a friend (we are selling a variety of women's casual and business wear. BRAND NEW items - still with tags!)
Eat delicious vegan fried chicken sandwiches from Rascal's Vegan Pop-up. The sandwiches will blow your mind! A portion of the sales will go to DVS
Learn about DVS

Huge thank you to the Junior League of Santa Barbara for hosting our event!

All proceeds benefit DVS clients.

View our sharable flyer here.

For more information, please contact Jenni-Elise Ramirez at (805) 963-4458 x1110 or [email protected].

Community Partner Appreciation

Project Night Night:

Thank you Project Night Night for donating tote bags filled with stuffed animals, blankets, books, toothbrushes and toothpaste. Our kiddos LOVE them!

Project Night Night has donated a total of 264 totes to DVS throughout the years...so incredibly generous!

Assistance League of Santa Barbara:

Special THANK YOU to the Assistance League of Santa Barbara for donating 60 totes with super snuggly teddy bears, coloring books and crayons! We are so grateful for the Assistance League's Bear Hug program.

All of the children were so excited to receive the bags!

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