Jerry Farmer, of War Torn Productions, LLC held his first Salute to The Vets in Goleta, California in 2012. The 1st Annual Salute to The Vets brought together local veterans and their families, along with members of the community to honor service men and women who have fought to preserve our freedom. The 1st Annual Salute to The Vets (STTV) raised money for local veterans’ programs.

After the 2012 STTV, a group of like-minded individuals expanded on the success of that first event. From those discussions, Santa Barbara Veterans Foundation was founded as a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and helping our local-area veterans.

There are numerous foundations across the country supporting our veterans but the goal for SBCVF is to keep the money at home and support those groups and organizations that provide a great service to our local veterans. Many of these programs generally go unnoticed and, in most cases, don’t even ask for the money.

SBCVF promises that all funds raised will be distributed only within the Tri-County area, so that we keep the support at home. None of the board members takes any salary and declares to use all the funds raised where it’s needed, right here within our community.

(Photograph by Henry Schulte)