Dear friends,

Meet Eric. Eric came to the Foundation House from a youth shelter. Having the stability of a place to call home, within a few months, Eric was able to secure employment, get his driver's license, and buy his own car. He also successfully paid his own rent for six months until he was able to graduate to permanent housing!

Meet Gabriel. Gabriel was sleeping in friends' cars and at a shelter until he found his way to the Foundation House. Finding stability, Gabriel has now been at his new job for a month and is working on his new goals!

Spring break this year was full of enjoying the sun while having fun and even a little learning! We went to the beach, museums, and parks all around Santa Barbara. The students learned so much about different aspects of the community during the week of spring break. They even had a fun day of science experiments where they got to learn individually about a specific science experiment. We went to the Santa Barbra Historical Museum and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art during this week while also going to West Beach by the pier and Alameda Park over by State St. We want to extend a special thank you to all of our community partners who donated some amazing experiences to our students!

Young Leaders Academy is a place where teen girls ages 13-17 meet once a week to discuss their passions and experiences. This mentoring program is designed to inspire and help them realize their passions so that they do what they love in their lives. Two of our staff, Luda and Madison connect with these girls weekly and hope to be a mentor and a person that these girls can look up to. We hope through the Young Leaders Academy that teens can find their passions in life and through discussing what they have learned, discover new things about themselves!

We accomplished a lot in 2021, had full occupancy for all 115 low income units in Santa Barbara, launched The Lisa Smith Wengler Foundation House, awarded 14 Doman Scholarships, introduced a new program called the Young Leaders Academy, and so much more! In 2022 we hope to do even more! Our goals include to support more low-income housing communities, to help more youth through The Lisa Smith Wengler Foundation House, to provide tutoring and programming that empowers youth in our communities at our Community Learning Centers, to educate and inspire through the Music and Imagination Program, to bring you even more inspiring, empowering, incredible guests through Good Life Television and much more! We are so excited for all that the year ahead has in store for us and our community!

We are excited to announce the opening of The Sonos and Santa Barbara Bowl Open-Air Music Studio. This music studio opened in December of last year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in order to guarantee the health and safety of our students. With this studio, we hope students use it as a place of inspiration to learn and play music. Without the generous support of SONOS and the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, we would have not been able to make history! We can’t wait to share all the music our students will make in this beautiful space!

The Jerry West Golf Classic took place on December 17th of last year. Everyone had a great time golfing with Jerry West and enjoyed the beautiful day on such a picturesque course. We want to give a huge thank you to Love, Titos and Captain Fatty’s for the delicious refreshments! Thank you to all our sponsors and everyone who participated!

It was a wonderful evening with Magic Johnson & Jerry West, presented by Farmers and Merchants Bank. This event benefited our youth, more specifically our Music and Imagination program and The Lisa Smith Wengler Foundation House. We would like to thank everyone who came to this event and we hope we see you again at the 2023 Legacy Event!

Our teens paid a visit to the East Beach Batting cages for Teen Night! They enjoyed their time practicing their swings and finding ways to compete with one another to see who can get the most hits! They really hit it out of the park..or as far as they could within the cages…

We resume our After School Tutoring and Enrichment Programming for our Centers after 2 years! During the evening hours, our students receive help on any and all homework and classsroom assignments from school; as well as added reading time, music and additional assistance they may need on their subjects! After their tutoring, our students partake in enrichment…

The Turner Foundation would like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation for everyone in our community who attended the Back To School - Concert For A Cause Fundraiser at the Center Stage Theater…

For the last Teen Night of the Summer, Our Teens had some spare time to go bowling at Zodos! Everyone got very competitive and did their best to get some strikes in and we all had lots of fun…

We want to congratulate this year’s Jon and Patty Wilson Scholarship recipients: María Elena Moscaira Morales, Jessica Zamora, and Christian Mayo! Each student has expressed their passion and desire to…

Our students had the opportunity to explore the MOXI this past week! They got to experience different hands-on activities that used STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)! From speeding down the racetrack to moving an object with your mind, our students were excited to learn about how certain objects worked!

On June 11th we had our second annual performance award ceremony where we celebrated our students achievements and heard our awesome jazz band perform! The evening was MC’d by our one and only Esteban Vega, who kept us all laughing and on our toes! Parents and guest got to tour our newly renovated…

The Foundation House is a triplex that will house 12 young adults, ages 18 to 24, who are in unstable living situations. These young adults range from living in their cars, couch surfing, or sleeping on the streets.

New year, new programs! We are excited to be launching a new program: TOGETHER...with Special Needs Families!…

The Turner Foundation would like to thank Friends of the Foundation...Donovan and Teri Green…

The Turner Foundation is excited to announce our new partnership with Doman International! Doman continues to improve the lives of children, and adults with special needs around the globe and we are eager to join with them in their work…

We’d like to thank Friends of The Turner Foundation John and Kim Mullen for their support! The Mullens are inspiring people.

One of our amazing partners, Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) was recently highlighted in the Santa Barbara Independent, one of the local papers here in Santa Barbara!