Annual Fund 2012


Every human life is valuable. Every human being deserves to live a good life. Each one has unique gifts to offer. 
 
Hillside House provides a loving home and therapeutic learning community for 59 remarkable people, who live with developmental disabilities. We provide 24-hour nursing care, 3 nutritious meals per day, a safe and adaptive living and learning environment, medical care, clothing, transportation, a wide range of therapies including physical, speech and occupational therapies, and a host of educational and life-enrichment activities, so that each of our residents can live a rewarding life.
 
The people who live and learn at Hillside House are exceptional people. They live with extraordinary challenges and they also offer extraordinary gifts to those who meet them. They are profound teachers of love, generosity, patience, perseverance, and much more.
 
The people who make Hillside House their home and their community need help to live. They need a caring community to survive.  And we are here for them, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, providing them all they need to live a meaningful life. We help them reach for their dreams and follow their passions. We help them discover their abilities and express themselves. We help them get out in the world and have new experiences. And they help us. They create an extraordinary environment of love and appreciation.
 
To provide the care that we offer our residents, we must reach out to our extended community for support. The cost of the care we provide exceeds what we receive from state payments by about $1,500 a day. Due to recent Medi-Cal funding cuts, we now depend on the compassion and generosity of others for over 14% of our day-to-day operating costs.
 
Your generous support helps to create a thriving campus where our residents can live well, learn and grow. Your gift makes meaningful lives.
 
Your gift to Hillside House:
 
~ Provides for the many therapeutic and educational programs and health services that make Hillside House a unique, loving home and learning environment for our residents.
 
~ Supports enrichment activities in the arts, cooking, gardening, sports and more. 
 
~ Contributes to individualized nutrition, exercise and skills development programs that track each resident's personal goals, needs and development. 
 
~ Makes possible life-saving and life-enhancing, medical, dental and psychological services that are not covered by the state, so our residents can be healthy and well. 
 
Join us in our vision of a world in which every life is cherished by making a donation today!
 
You can choose which fund you would most like to support or let us decide. Either way, from all of us at Hillside House, we thank you for your kindness.
 
Campaign Progress
$43,780.00 raised towards $457,000.00 goal!
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Appeals
  • Facilities Maintenance Fund - Provides for our infrastructure needs to keep Hillside House a safe, functioning and welcoming home for our residents.
  • Wellness Fund - Provides for the medical, dental and psychological services that our residents need to be healthy and well and that are not covered by state payments.
  • Nutrition Fund - Provides for enhancements to residents' diets and dining experiences.
  • Staff Development Fund - Helps us to attract, train and retain the best direct care staff, so that residents keep getting the skilled and loving care they need.
  • Aquatic Therapy Fund - Covers the costs of running our Aquatic Therapy Program, which offers physical relief and freedom of movement to our residents.
  • Nancy Read Life Enrichment Fund - Provides opportunities for residents to expand their world through life-enhancing experiences beyond the Hillside House campus.
  • Unrestricted Donations - Allows us to use donated funds wherever the need is greatest.
Thank you, donors!
About the Organization

Hillside House
1235 Veronica Springs Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
www.hillsidehousesb.org

Contact: Curtis Lauber

Hillside House is a non-profit residential facility caring for people with developmental disabilities.