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Masks Save Lives!

Since April 7, 2020, hundreds of our volunteers have made and handed out more than 35,000 free masks to help protect nurses, agricultural workers, food security experts, healthcare workers, grocery store clerks, homeless shelter workers, and others. Do you need…

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Community Self-Rescue (CSR)

In the wake of the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow, the Bucket Brigade deployment plan was based on the concept of the Incident Command System (ICS) used by professional first responders and adapted to allow for rapid scaling of…

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Search for Lost Children

Since the Debris Flow of January 9, 2018, 21 of the 23 victims have been found. Sadly, two have not. Lydia Sutthithepa and John “Jack” Cantin are still missing. The search for Lydia and Jack lies at the heart of…

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Trail & Open Space Restoration

SB3 has partnered with The Land Trust of Santa Barbara, The Montecito Trails Foundation and the Workforce Development Board of Santa Barbara to help restore the public open spaces and trails that were badly damaged by the debris flow. We…

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