Tag archives: DVS

A Successful Lunch
By Richard Mineards   |   October 22, 2024

Records were broken at the 16th annual Domestic Violence Solutions lunch when 264 guests descended on the Hilton helping raise $135,000 for the charity. The frenetic fête was chaired and emceed by Dr. Mark Juretic, who moved to our Eden by the Beach in 2017 to practice internal medicine at Sansum Clinic, and included a […]

Richie’s Annual Barber Shop Holiday Donation Drive
By Joanne A Calitri   |   November 30, 2021

Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road is having its 10th Annual Holiday Donation Drive, this year for Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) Santa Barbara, with the theme, “The Limit Does Not Exist.” Shop event lead and barber Jessica Jay is coordinating with DVS Executive Director Jan Campbell to ensure the donated items will work for […]

Celebrating Safety
By Lynda Millner   |   November 23, 2021

The Montecito Club was the venue for the 13th annual luncheon of Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS). The guests gathered around scattered tables and sofas on the lawn overlooking Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean. As we sat sipping mimosas, it was hard to imagine the other lives we were here to honor. Tucked in the […]

Domestic Violence Solutions
By Lynda Millner   |   March 5, 2020

Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) gave their 12th annual fundraising luncheon at the Loggia ballroom in the Four Seasons Resort – The Biltmore. The group was founded 43 years ago. In 2019 alone they answered 5,091 calls to their 24-hour crisis and information lines, provided 7,908 safe nights of shelter to victims of domestic violence, responded […]

Domestic Violence Solutions
By Lynda Millner   |   February 28, 2019

“It takes more than a village… it takes a community.” The theme of the Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) luncheon was Community and purple is their color. We were in the Loggia Room at the Santa Barbara Biltmore to celebrate what has been accomplished so that victims are visible – not invisible – and to raise […]