Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County (Habitat Santa Barbara), a local organization dedicated to building and repairing homes for low-income individuals and families, celebrated a year filled with mission moments and milestones at the sold-out annual Denim & Diamonds gala on Friday, May 1st, at the Carriage and Western Art Museum. Altogether the evening raised over $300,000 for local affordable housing initiatives.
The annual fundraising event brought together nearly 200 supporters from throughout South County, and provided an opportunity to look back at all that the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate had accomplished in the past year.
“This past year at Habitat has been a year like no other,” said Habitat Santa Barbara CEO Jessica Wishan de L’Arbre in an introductory video. Wishan de L’Arbre went on to list all of the extraordinary milestones Habitat Santa Barbara has reached over the last year: selling an affordable home, breaking ground on two more, publishing a comprehensive housing innovation white paper, and signing a lease on a new ReStore location…