July 2022 E-Letter
In this E-Letter:
HTO Leaps into Action to Prevent a Homeless Camp from Washing into the Ocean
HTO Helps with the Fiesta Confetti Problem
Win Two Jack Johnson Tickets & Double Your Donation!
Get your Copy of Hillary Hauser’s book, Dancing on Waves
HTO PREVENTS HOMELESS CAMP FROM WASHING OUT TO SEA
Thanks to the fast action of HTO Field Advisor Harry Rabin, another homeless camp, with all its attendant trash and other pollutants, was cleaned up off a South Coast beach, just before a high tide and big surf hit.
Rabin called Brian Borgatello, of MarBorg Industries, who sent a team and equipment, to get the items quickly off the beach. The whole event was covered by the KEYT evening news.
By the next morning, the beach had been scoured by the sea… (all of those items would have ended up in the ocean!)
To top it off, this morning, Brian Borgatello called Heal the Ocean to say that MarBorg was donating its services to this cleanup effort.
Thank you, Brian! Thank you MarBorg Industries!
HTO Helps the City with a Plan to Cover Storm Drains During Fiesta
Photo © by Bob Evans
Fiesta is around the corner (August 4-7, 2022), which means we all need to be extra confetti conscious to ensure our streets, sidewalks, parks, creeks and ocean remain clean and safe from litter! Plastic, mylar, glitter, and sequin confetti does not biodegrade, instead, it goes down the storm drain and into the ocean where wildlife mistakes it for food.
A few Fiestas ago, HTO was approached by the City about covering storm drains to prevent confetti from getting into them, and consequently the ocean. Together we created a map of storm drains to cover before festivities start. This year, HTO Operations Manager Jasmin Tupy and HTO Operations Intern Sydni Trigueiro are working with the City on an updated map since the Parade will be moved to Cabrillo Blvd. (between Castillo St. and the “Chromatic Gates” near the Fess Parker Hilton Resort). State Street is expected to get its usual share of confetti, too.
Additionally, Heal the Ocean is providing the services of Andrew Velikanje and his Earthcomb crew to work on keeping the streets clean during Fiesta.
All of us can help in this effort, to keep our streets and gutters clean. Thank you!
Win Two Jack Johnson Tickets & Double Your Donation!
Enter to win Jack Johnson tickets!
Heal the Ocean is teaming up with Jack Johnson on his 2022 Summer Tour as an All At Once Non-Profit Partner.
All At Once will match up to $2,500 of donations Heal the Ocean receives. All donors who contribute at least $25 to this matching campaign will be entered to win a pair of Jack Johnson tickets for the October 4, 2022, Jack Johnson concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl! Every $25 contribution is one ticket entry into the raffle! So, if you contribute $100 you will be entered into the raffle four times.
Click here to donate $25 or more to be entered into this raffle! Be sure to include "JACK JOHNSON TICKETS" in the "Optional Notes" portion of the donation form - or on the memo line of a check.
Once we receive your contribution we will create a ticket with your name at our office and enter it into our raffle basket. On September 9, 2022 we will pull a lucky ticket and post the video of the winning ticket on our social media. We will contact the winner via email to alert them of their prize.
The donation campaign and raffle opportunity will end on Friday, September 9, 2022.
Heal the Ocean will be at the concert on October 4, 2022 tabling in the Village Green - we hope to see you there!
Hillary’s Book, Dancing on Waves – Available Now!
August 5, 2022 is the official publication date of Hillary Hauser’s new book Dancing on Waves: A True Story of Finding Love & Redemption in the Ocean, and it will be available at local bookstores. But you can order your advance copy NOW. (Click on the above image to order).
The book tells of personal anguish and triumph that led Hillary to co-found Heal the Ocean. With the Ocean as a metaphor, the book explores human relationships, health issues, religion – and healing. It is also a front-seat view of the fishermen of the Santa Barbara Harbor, and what it’s like to live on and in the ocean.
From all of us at Heal the Ocean to all of you, thank you, and please stay safe.
Hilary Hauser, Executive Director
HTO thanks the Poehler-Stremel Charitable Trust for providing funds to publish our newsletters and e-letters!