Our outreach services began when Freedom, a Vietnam Vet died on State Street in Santa Barbara in 2009. Moved and grieved that someone could freeze to death in our affluent community without the simplest of jackets or warmth created in the heart of Deborah a journey to start a blanket, sleeping bag and jacket campaign called Blanket Blessings.  Deborah got on KLITE radio and shared the needs and the journey began. Others began joining in the outreach drawn to the organized and well planned events and safe ways to serve. One day, sitting in the rain by the mall with a street friend to talk about his plans, both Deborah and the friend were spit on and had names called at them, and told they were worthless her nomad friend said this was a daily thing and very demoralizing because he was looking for work all the time. Deborah told him he was not worthless and she began the fight for acknowledgement and breaking the fears and stereotypes. WORTH STREET REACH was birthed from that incident because she believes every person has a value and worth. The outreach morphed with the needs, serving beside Westmont College Bread of Life in Alameda Park with a One Wish campaign, clothing distributions, bike for jobs campaign, Right Records- copying vital ID papers and waterproofing them. Helping nomads obtain IDs and performing annual clothing, tarp, sleeping bag and toiletries campaigns. From there was the goal to get seniors out of shelters and streets and into congregate housing. Creating a graffiti removal work program to beautify our city, while teaching volunteer nomads a trade in exchange for debit cards for cell phone minutes, groceries, bus fare, and gas cards. Now outreach includes aiding RV dwellers, housing seniors and aiding families.

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