Helping Hands Project
At Santa Barbara Honda, we’ve made a promise to all our neighbors. It’s a promise of commitment; a promise to give back. The families and people who live in and around Santa Barbara, CA matter deeply to us. That’s why we’ve promised to help support our community by getting involved in a variety of causes, charities, and organizations right here in our own neighborhood. We call it the Santa Barbara Honda Helping Hands Project, and it’s our way of pledging to be there for those who need us most. Here are some of the organizations we’ve been involved in most recently:
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
November 2025
Santa Barbara Honda is proud to support the Teddy Bear Foundation. Your purchase of a new or pre-owned vehicle will help provide financial assistance, emotional support, and educational advocacy for families when they need it most. Drive home happy and show your support to provide critical assistance to local families battling childhood cancer.
Wild and Free Film Festival
November 2025
Santa Barbara Honda is proud to sponsor the Wild and Free Film Festival taking place November 14 - 16. WAFFF is an independent film festival celebrating adventurous and diverse storytelling from around the world. The Wild and Free Film festival is a nonprofit organization that supports creative activists to ignite social change.
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
April 2025
Santa Barbara Honda is a proud partner of the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation and this April we continue our support with our participation of their Easter Basket donation collection for children with cancer and their siblings.
Mission Statement: Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation advocates for families living in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties that have a child with cancer by providing financial, educational, and emotional support.
Toy & Food Drive Collection
Date: December 2023
Thank you to all who donated to the Santa Barbara Honda Toy & Food Drive this holiday season! Together we were able to provide much needed supplies and aid in support of our local charities and organizations and we couldn't do it without you. Happy Holidays Santa Barbara!
Event Details: Santa Barbara Honda hosted a Toy & Food Drive collection in support of a number of charities and organizations here in Santa Barbara County this holiday season. The United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara, Cottage Health and the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County received donations in gifts and supplies that were distributed to disadvantaged and needy families in the local community.
Coastal Cleanup Day
Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022
We love this community and were honored to participate in the annual #CoastalCleanUpDayevent. Over 10,000 pounds of trash was collected in Goleta. We’re grateful for our staff and all the other volunteers who joined in this cleanup effort. Together, we can make a difference in our community!
Coastal Cleanup Day
The largest volunteer effort in California, Coastal Cleanup Day is our day to give back to the ocean, beaches, and creeks that make Santa Barbara County such a wonderful place to live. Coastal Cleanup Day is brought to you by Explore Ecology and our partner the County of Santa Barbara Resource Recovery and Waste Management, with support from Project Clean Water and the Cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Solvang. The California Coastal Commission organizes the statewide event and the international event is organized by the Ocean Conservancy.
Coastal Cleanup Day is part of a much larger international event. With 60% of the cleanup sites reporting, the California count stands at 27,185 volunteers who picked up 220,861 pounds of trash and an additional 29,702 pounds of recyclable materials. The total so far statewide is 250,563 pounds or 125 tons.
Event Details: https://exploreecology.org/event/coastal-cleanup-day-5/
Annual Fired Up Event presented by the Santa Barbara County and City of Santa Barbara Firefighters.
Date: October 22, 2022
What a tremendous organization and event to attend! The Fired Up event for Special Olympics was hosted by the Santa Barbara County & City of Santa Barbara Firefighters. All proceeds raised benefit and support the year-round sports training and competitions in 12 Olympic-type sports, helping Santa Barbara County athletes develop physical fitness and demonstrate courage. It was a true joy to celebrate these athletes and do our part to advocate support for these programs.
MISSION
Special Olympics transforms lives through the joy of sport, every day, everywhere.
We are the world’s largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities: with 4.4 million athletes in 170 countries — and millions more volunteers and supporters. We are also a global and social movement.
Through the power of sports, people with intellectual disabilities discover new strengths and abilities, skills, and success. The athletes find joy, confidence and fulfillment — on the playing field and in life. They also inspire people in their communities and elsewhere to open their hearts to a wider world of human talents and potential. Please view the following video to see the full spectrum of our activities.
Special Olympics Santa Barbara County enriches the lives of more than 550 athletes with intellectual disabilities and their communities through sports, education, and athlete health. Special Olympics Santa Barbara County is one of nine regional programs of Special Olympics Southern California and offers year-round sports training and competitions for athletes.
For more information visit: https://sosc.org/santabarbara/
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