June 24, 2010

GIVE's Sale of Items Donated by UCSB Students Breaks Record

George Foulsham

Representatives of Isla Vista nonprofits and community organizations will receive their shares of a record-breaking $27,000 at a ceremony on Friday. The total reflects 100 percent of the proceeds from the two-day GIVE sale held June 19-20. The announcements will take place Friday at 12:15 p.m. in UCSB's Embarcadero Hall, 935 Embarcadero del Norte, in Isla Vista.

GIVE is a UCSB project developed to encourage students to donate their unwanted items rather than discard them, according to Catherine Boyer, the Isla Vista/UCSB liaison.

Earlier this month, when students moved out of their apartments and homes in Isla Vista and residence halls on campus, the GIVE staff and volunteers received donations of clothing, books, furniture, kitchenware, household goods, electronics, bicycles, and other miscellaneous items. Those items were then sold by GIVE.

Recipients of GIVE funds include: Isla Vista Elementary School Latino Parent Night, Isla Vista Elementary School Science Camp Scholarship Fund, Isla Vista Elementary School Viva el Arte, Isla Vista Recreation & Park District's Adopt-a-Block program, Isla Vista Teen Center, Isla Vista Youth Projects, IV Arts, Olive Tree Initiative, Optimist Club at UCSB and Breakfast Optimist Club of Goleta. Also, St. Brigid Fellowship, St. Michael's University Church, Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op, and the Business Club Youth Outreach Program at UCSB.

Major sponsors of GIVE include the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office, the Isla Vista Tenants Union, Associated Students Community Affairs Board, UCSB Housing and Residential Services, and the Environmental Office at UCSB. Additional support is provided by Associated Students Recycling, County of Santa Barbara Resource Recovery & Waste Management Division, Isla Vista Recreation & Park District Adopt-a-Block, Isla Vista School After School Grant, MarBorg Industries, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, UCSB Community Housing Office, UCSB Office of Student Life, UCSB Parking Services, UCSB Physical Facilities, and UCSB and community volunteers.

For more information, contact Catherine Boyer at (805) 893-4979 or by e-mail at catherine.boyer@sa.ucsb.edu.

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