It has been a tremendous blessings for our community since “A Rocha” Santa Barbara, a nonprofit organization with Five Loaves Farming Project, decided to partner with us. All Summer 2010, lots of volunteers donated their time to plant seeds of plants that families in Isla Vista usually consume in their houses. Monday, September 13 was [...]
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It is the time when the School 2010-2011 Year comes to an end. And it is again the time when the Santa Barbara Community Development Center’s staff has the unique opportunity to say THANK YOU Tutors! It is with joy and gratitude that we can tell to each of our Tutors how important is their [...]
After a year of hard working with our Isla Vista kids in our Tutoring Center – IVTC , this is the time when the SBCDC Board members, and IVTC staff, and children want to say ‘THANK YOU TUTORS’ for all your love, patience, and commitment to mentor all our Isla Vista kids. As every year, [...]
It is the time when the School 2010-2011 Year comes to an end. And it is again the time when the Santa Barbara Community Development Center’s staff has the unique opportunity to say THANK YOU Tutors! It is with joy and gratitude that we can tell to each of our Tutors how important is their [...]
Mom: Leticia E.
Student: Steven
Came to the US in December of 2010 from Guatemala
Q: How was your child doing in school at the start of this academic year?A: He started over a month ago and he was very nervous about not understanding anything and how he was going to deal with that. I noticed he was frustrated. [...]
The following are questions we asked parents of our IV tutoring center students:
Mom: Irene S.
Student: Hasmin
Moved over a 1 year 1/2 ago around November
Q: How was your child doing at the start of this academic year?A: She had no knowledge of English, she came here to learn, from zero. She once told me, “Even the TVs [...]
It has been a tremendous blessings for our community since “A Rocha” Santa Barbara, a nonprofit organization with Five Loaves Farming Project, decided to partner with us. All Summer 2010, lots of volunteers donated their time to plant seeds of plants that families in Isla Vista usually consume in their houses. Monday, September 13 was [...]
Sunday, September 12th, Montecito Covenant Church – MCC in Santa Barbara had their Annual Mission Fair. SBCDC, with some other church Programs and local Nonprofit Organizations that MCC supports regularly, participated in this blessed event. Pastor John Lemmond – Pastor for Gospel Action – coordinated this great effort, so all organizations can share their ministries/programs. [...]
