Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Toy Parade Cancelled due to Thomas Fire

PSHH will continue to raise funds to purchase clothing and toys for local children

SANTA BARBARAPeoples’ Self-Help Housing (PSHH) has announced that their Holiday Toy Parade, originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 13, has been cancelled due to the Thomas Fire.

The Dec. 13 parade and gift wrapping contest have been cancelled and PSHH staff will visit the remaining donation sites to collect funds that have been raised. All of the money raised will be used to purchase holiday toys and clothing for children living at PSHH properties in Santa Barbara and Goleta this season. Monetary donations are still being accepted at www.pshhc.org/giving.

PSHH would like to thank the generous Holiday Toy Parade sponsors: Santa Barbara MTD, Community West Bank, Nick & Kathy Tompkins, Streator Pipe & Supply, Montecito Bank & Trust, Boone Graphics, Moen, Ayers Repairs, MarBorg Industries, McCarty Electric, Santa Barbara Police Department, Hotel Santa Barbara, Starbucks, Marshalls, LF Santa Barbara, Early California Antiques, Robert Andrew Fowler Landscape Architect and Carl Schneider CSA Architects.

About PSHH: The mission of Peoples’ Self-Help Housing (PSHH) is to build homes and provide services to strengthen communities and change lives. Founded in 1970, PSHH is an award-winning nonprofit organization that develops affordable housing and community facilities for low-income households and homeownership opportunities for working families and special needs populations, such as seniors, veterans, those living with disabilities, and the formerly homeless. With nearly 1,200 self-help homes completed and over 1,700 rental units developed, PSHH is the largest affordable housing developer on the Central Coast, with offices in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. For more information on Peoples’ Self-Help Housing, visit www.pshhc.org, email communications@pshhc.org or phone (805) 781-3088.