SBCDC

Food for Angels in SB West site – Iglesia Bautista El Calvario

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:27:55 +0000

The SBCDC had partnered with Calvary Baptist Church of Santa Barbara – Hispanic Ministry, known as Iglesia Bautista El Calvario de Santa Barbara, and here is there report to share how this food distribution ministry has helped them and their community. Pastor Rolman Mazariegos’ report:

In our church we have been able to see how God is working in every area of our ministry. The Food Distribution Program has helped many families in our community to deal with the hard financial situation going on at this time.

In these last three months we have seen an increasingly number of people coming every other Thursday to benefit from the “Food distribution” ministry. We thank God for the way he has blessed this ministry. In the month of April we served 254 households, from which 31 were new. In May we had the pleasure to serve 231 households. That month we had 25 new families. In the last month of the quarter, June, we served a total of 196 households and 17 new families. As you can see the Lord has been blessing this ministry in great ways. The total number of families served this quarter was 681. We are very glad to see all of these people who come in need of assistance and leave happy with the service they receive. We would also like to point out that we have had families, which receive food from the program, attend our church services. We know that people are discovering Gods love through this ministry. We are very happy to say that our community is showing a greater interest in our church, and we believe that the food distribution program has helped lead people to God. We have great volunteers that week after week put in the time, love and dedication to this ministry and we feel blessed to have them on our team. Once again the Lord has opened many opportunities to us through this program and we are always thankful for that.

Rolman Mazariegos

Pastor Hispanic Ministry

Calvary Baptist Church Hispanic Ministry

736 W. Islay St

(805) 569-0508

2010 Thank You Tutors Event

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:25:15 +0000

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, the IVTC staff and parents get together and prepare a nice meal to thank you our IVTC Tutors. We also give out some awards to our kids.
It has been another year of hard work, and challenges that resulted in better school performance for all our kids.
Thank you again TUTORS!!! We love you all!! have a great Summer!!

Rocha International – Five Loaves – Organic Produce for Underserved Families in Isla Vista

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:51:28 +0000

The SBCDC has the honor to be selected to participate with ‘A Rocha SB’, and be the recipient of the local organic produce that is managed and produced by this organization and all volunteers working with them. As they define the purpose of this organization, they will provide food for families in need, restore local farmland, provide practical ways to steward creation locally, and serve as a conservation study of native pollinators.
A Rocha SB selected our Food distribution Program – Food for Angels – to be the recipients of the organic produce.
Recently, in May 8th 2010, we participated in the ground breaking event that kicks off the hand-working part of this project.
The Board of SBCDC, our staff and all volunteers are greatly moved with this opportunity to serve our community families together.

Ground Breaking Event May 8 2010

New Beginnings

hjohnson — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:31:56 +0000

Over the last few months, the Isla Vista Tutoring Center has been adjusting through some transitions. As some of you know, the previous tutoring center coordinator, Laura Otaola, took an amazing job with Young Life. Two young ladies who have been volunteering at IVTC have stepped in to fill the position. They are Alexandra Flores Valdivieso and Hannah Nicole Johnson. Both have a passion for these awesome kids (even when they act up) and a desire to build them up in character. Each individual involved at the tutoring center wants to see it grow. This means growth in the number of children coming through our doors, growth in the number of volunteers and development of extracurricular activities for the children. Ultimately, we want the IVTC grow and better meet the needs of children in this community.

“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.” Luke 10: 21

Lets continue to pray for the children at IVTC. Their well-being, health, and families.

Laura’s Send-Off

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:40:31 +0000

On Monday, January 4th, Laura Otaola announced to the students that she would be leaving IVTC for a position with Young Life, a ministry that reaches out to adolescents. The children and parents prepared food and spoiled the tutors with a wonderful meal in celebration of the many contributions Laura has made to the tutoring center.
Although Laura will be deeply missed by students and tutors of IVTC, we know her new job will bring joy into the lives of children at Young Life-so we’re excited for her!
We love you Laura!

New UCSB students help us as IVTC Tutors

LOtaola — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:35:11 +0000

The new UCSB school year brings new and former students back to the campus. After a SBCDC presentation that the IVTC Director Laura Otaola, and a current IVTC Tutor Hannh Johnson did for UCSB Intervarsity, we have thirteen new volunteers that got moved to help our IVTC kids. We are very thankful to UCBS Intervarsity for providing new tutors and to God for integrating the IVTC ministry and faithful Intervarsity members

2009 Thank You Tutors Event

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:35:34 +0000

The IVTC students and the IVTC coordinator have been working hard preparing for this “IVTC Tutors Thank You Event”. But they were not alone in the planning. All students’ parents joined them to have a nice dinner for the IVTC Tutors. The Friendship Manor Conference Room was prepared for this Event. Colorful table clothes and Happy-Face balloons were distributed all around. Our IVTC kids were joyful thinking in the surprise dinner that they and their parents will have for those people that week after week, throughout the year, came to our IVTC Center to help them with their scholastic needs. Our IVTC kids learned to love the IVTC Tutors!

But they were not the only ones with joy. Their parents were very busy at the kitchen preparing the plates with a delicious food: two different type of tamales, tinga, mole, salad, beans, rice, etc, etc.

The event started with our IVTC kids reciting some poems that will show their gratitude to our tutors. Then, all together recited another poem to simply say ‘Thank You Tutors’. Then the IVTC Coordinator showed a movie that depicted many different moments at the IVTC. Meanwhile the tutors were watching the movie, all parents started serving the food. When the movie finished, the IVTC Coordinator prayed the give thanks for the food and then parents came to sit among the tutors and they were immersed in many different conversations.

Towards the end of this event, Ms.O, as the IVTC kids call the Coordinator, and the IVTC kids called each 2008-2009 tutor to receive a present that was prepared by our kids. Then, all parents, one by one, came to the front to express their gratitude to our tutors. What a joy was to see them with tears in their faces, explaining to our tutors how thankful they are for the HELP their kids received from them. One of the parents said: ‘I will never NEVER forget your help to my children’.

Then when all the tutors left the place, and the parents were getting ready to leave, they were around Ms.O and one of them said: ‘This was a successfull event, but we want to say big THANK YOU to Ms.O for doing all of this with our kids.

Thank you IVTC Tutors! Thank you Ms.O! Thank you IVTC kids! Thank you IVTC parents!

GOP girls in Great America Concert

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:33:03 +0000

The G.O.P [Girls of Purpose] members were working hard the last months to get funding to go to watch Christian Concerts and have fun at Great America in Santa Clara, CA. The girls did garage sales, food event, and door-by-door fund raising events to get the funding needed to spend a night in Santa Clara and enjoy the day in the Great America park’s recreations and then the Christian concerts. NicoleO – 11 yeaers old – said “it was the best ever concert of my life”. FabiolaR and LizbethR concur saying that that was the best trip ever. The 9 girls went with LauraO – GOP coordinator, and two more adults. All of the girls said that was a transformational life expirience.

Nourish America Vitamins

admin — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:21:25 +0000

SBCDC and our community families want to say THANK YOU to Nourish America for their recent donations. SBCDC has partnered with Nourish America for many years. They just sent to us a donation of multi-vitamin bottles and nutritional bars for our community children. We have seen a tremendous health and educational improvement in our community children after they started using these vitamins. Thank you again very much to Nourish America for thinking on our community children!

Nourish America seeks to provide those at risk for malnutrition with basic nutrients. Nourish America’s goals are to: develop programs and collaborations to provide micronutrient supplementation for those at risk for nutritional deficiencies; support educational initiatives that promote nutritional supplementation programs for at-risk populations; and advance research on the efficacy of micronutrient supplementation for those at risk for malnutrition.

3 Easy Ways to earn for our Group with EScrip

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:26:16 +0000

Our organization has been working with EScrip for several years! We want to encourage you to use this link to help us to keep our Programs running! You just need to click on top of the image, and it will open another page where you can sign-up with EScrip and select our Organization as a beneficiary. Thank you again for thinking about us!