Upcoming April Events...

We are ready for Spring!! Here's what's coming up for all you mentors and mentees!

UCSB Men's Volleyball vs. Penn State
Friday, April 9th @ 7 PM

Rob Gym @ UCSB
RSVP to Teresa Segovia by Wednesday, April 7th @ 5 PM
Join the Mentor Program as it goes to watch Men's Indoor Volleyball. Penn State sits in the #1 spot in their conference, undefeated in their division, and UCSB sits #10 in the NCAA rankings...this should be a challenging and fun game to watch!!
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Whole Foods Tour
Wednesday, April 14th, 3:30 to 4:30 PM

3761 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105
RSVP to your case manager by Friday, April 9th @ 5 PM
Join us as we take a tour of Santa Barbara's newest grocery store: Whole Foods! We'll learn about the philosophy behind Whole Foods, be introduced to the different departments, enjoy food samples, and take goodie bags home!
Until then, you can take part in a "Dye Free" Egg Coloring Event in the store with your mentee. Saturday, April 3rd, 1-3 PM. Click here for more details! RSVP is required to rae.vanseenus@wholefoods.com. Or join the community for the 6 month celebration of the store opening on Wednesday, April 7th, 12noon-2 PM for customer appreciation day!

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Beach Collection Day!
Thursday, April 15th, 4 to 5:30 PM

Meet at the top of the hill above Ledbetter Beach, parking on the street or in the free lot of Shoreline Park, across from La Marina St. Map
RSVP by Monday, April 12th @ 5 PM
We'll be collecting sticks, stones, broken seashells, and seaglass to use in our upcoming Mosaic Art Classes with Gina Garoogian! Details to come about continuing classes. If you're not able to join us for the art classes, you can still use what you collect for an art project on your own with your mentee! And since we'll be collecting things, I'll have trash bags ready for a little lesson in beach clean-up. BONUS: Shoreline Beach Café is kind enough to donate beverages for us as a reward after for our hard work!



Mission for Mentors Telethon!!
Wednesday, April 21st, 5 to 8 PM

Paseo Nuevo Center Court
The Mentor Program is excited to annouce the 13th Annual Mission for Mentors Telethon! We are honored that this event is going to be sponsored by the Hutton Foundation and Venoco, Inc. We are looking for volunteers to help with sign-in, monitoring the food table, handing out t-shirts, etc. for approx. one hour time slots. Please let me know if you are able to help! You will receive a free t-shirt and pizza from California Pizza Kitchen for volunteering your time!


If you aren't able to volunteer for an hour, please come visit us anyways! We'd love to see some friendly, familiar faces :)