Approximately 300 people showed up to help the survivors of the Tea Fire shore up the mountain on Sunday. Over 4,000 sand bags were made up and delivered to homeowners on Mountain Drive, the Riveria and Mission Canyon. The MDCA purchased 27,000 feet of "silt fence" and 19,000 feet was delivered and installed on Sunday.

SPECIAL THANKS TO MERRAG [Montecito Emergency Recovery and Response Group] whos logistical support made this event possible.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Many local businesses came to the aid of the volunteer effort. Here is a list of the sponsors who came through for us on Sunday:

Hayward Lumber, Marborg, Rusty's Pizza, Trader Joes, Pizza-Mizza, Chipotle, Little Alex's, The Mesa Pizza Company, Dominoes, Starbuck's Coffee.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS! The Red Cross was unbelievable. A Staff of 12 all day, 200 lunches, refreshments...unbelievably helpful. Thank you so much! Also thanks to the SALVATION ARMY for providing additional food for the volunteers.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SAVES THE DAY! Salud Carbajal is a TITAN. From coordinating emergency sand deliveries to making sure there was coffee for all the volunteers, he was everywhere with the help of his SB County team: Special thanks to Rick Tomasin for his tireless efforts in supplying us with sand and sandbags.

DAS WILLIAMS DELIVERS SANDBAGS TO FIRE SURVIVORS IN HIS PRIUS. The City of SB, not to be outdone, had City Councilman Das WIlliams delivering supplies to workers in his little hybrid. Way to go!

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PRESS WHO HELPED TO GET THE WORD OUT! THANK YOU: KEYT, The Daily Sound and the The Santa Barbara News Press. You helped to turn out over 300 people to help victims of the fire.

Excellent work!
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