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More than 20 student artists were honored by the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara during a presentation and reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, with each of them receiving a $2,500 scholarship and their artwork exhibited in the museum’s Family Resource Center. “Much of their work reveals a remarkable maturity and sureness of […]
“The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (SFSB) has been around for 56 years and has given $108 million to over 50,000 students,” board president Don Logan told the 350 guests at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachside Resort. Every year the Foundation gives a luncheon to thank volunteers and donors for their help. Why does it […]
Community leaders gathered at the Hilton for the annual Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara lunch. The 56-year-old organization, which started giving $100 awards, this year awarded $8.32 million in scholarships to 2,260 students from across the county, bringing the total to a handsome $108 million to more than 50,000 college-bound youngsters over the past five […]
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (SFSB) in partnership with the Santa Barbara Foundation presented its 2018 awards at a ceremony in the Courthouse Sunken Garden. More than 600 folks, including students, parents, educators, and community leaders, gathered to witness or receive awards. This year, SFSB awarded more than 2,700 college and vocational scholarships totaling […]
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, which since its founding in 1962 has awarded a handsome $108 million to more than 50,000 county students, marked its annual gift-giving with a dinner for 245 guests at the SB Museum of History. This year, $8.3 million was awarded to 2,620 students in ceremonies in Santa Maria and […]
Santa Barbara Museum of Art hosted the 39th annual Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara art scholarship exhibition featuring works by 29 winning students, who each receive $2,500 toward future education. Seventy youngsters submitted works – sculptures, collages, oils, and other media – judged by City College lecturer Anthony Askew, art author and mosaic artist Patti […]
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara gives a Community Leaders Luncheon to thank its donors and volunteers. This year, there were 350 folks attending at the Fess Parker – many to be thanked. Board chair Don Logan told the group, “This year we gave $8.44 million in scholar ships to 2,688 students and helped 25,000 […]
Kerri Murray, president of the Santa Barbara based charity, ShelterBox USA, had one of her more ap-peal-ing assignments the other day in New York. The popular nonprofit was selected to participate in the ringing of the bell opening ceremony at Nasdaq’s headquarters in Manhattan’s Times Square on Giving Tuesday, with Kerri doing the honors along […]
Julia Rodgers, a former journalist and attorney who now works as an independent writer and editor, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. A native of Illinois, Ms. Rodgers earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University before working as […]
Tim Dougherty, a former journalist-turned-publicist for local classical music organizations and other area nonprofits, has been named director of marketing and communications at the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. Tim, a graduate of UCSB, began his career as a reporter and editor at South Coast Community Newspapers, a now-defunct chain of local weeklies. Following editing […]
