Comments/Suggestions

"Have heard lots about the SBParent.com website, as every informed parent suggests, you start with SBParent... at group meetings, at the park, or in the supermarket..."

"I am impressed by the passionate nominations of many in our teaching community.  Santa Barbara is a special place, indeed, and your organization applauds that uniqueness with the SBParent.com Teacher of the Year contest."

"We would really love to see reviews from parents on the childcare/preschool site. This part of parenting is so daunting - picking out a school - and hearing as many opinions as possible would be a tremendous help! Thanks and keep up the great work!"

"On Tuesday morning members from the new november/december PEP group is meeting out side of Starbucks before Movies and Me.  We really enjoyed your presentation at our first meeting and are enjoying your website. Thanks for having it, it is a great resource."

"Tears came to my eyes when I saw your latest newsletter. What an awesome idea! Can't wait to participate (San Diego Pajama Drive). I love what you do to promote a wonderful community- even extending beyond Santa Barbara."

"I would like to thank you for helping me and my family. We got a BED! I am so happy! We are still in need of baby stuff.  I just wanted to say thank you for helping us!"

"I would like to thank you for helping me and my family. We got a BED! I am so happy! We are still in need of baby stuff.  I just wanted to say thank you for helping us!"

"My daughter loved your book swap it was great! Thank you for helping us keep our children interested in reading."

"Hi,Congratulations! You have done a great work with this website, I have found much help and tips, and other useful things. thanks,"

"I just want you both to know how much I appreciated the opportunity to participate in the Moms Fitness Challenge. It has been such a positive experience for me to attend Tone-Up Santa Barbara. I've been continuing to go, though my "free" session is over. Mostly, I just really appreciate that you have been so sensitive to the struggles that we face as mothers. It's never easy to take time for ourselves, but you created a great opportunity for us to require ourselves to do so. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope we have the opportunity to see each other in the future. I think you are both wonderful women.  "

"I just wanted to let you know the outcome of our yard sale - we raised $2042.25! Enough to purchase 3 grave markers. It was a huge success and many people said they saw it at SBParent.com. Thank you very much for the support in promoting our fundraiser! "

"The triathlon was so FUN. The swimming was harder than I thought it would be. The biking was easier than the swimming and running, so I must be really good at biking like my Dad. My goal was just to finish and to beat my friend Brandon. I did it! Now I plan to do a triathlon every year. Next year I'm going to get in the top 10. I'm going to start training this year for next years triathlon. It's really not that hard. Thank you for this great opportunity. It was the most fun thing I've done all summer. Max, 9 years old, contest winner."

"Love the new layout and look/feel of the site...a lot more user-friendly and easier to navigate.  Great job!"

"Excellent web page!  Just moving back to SB, and it's been a great help to find a day care for my baby girl.  Thank you!"

"Just a quick "thank you" for a website well done!!! SBParent is full of great and priceless information. I thoroughly enjoy your newsletters and have told lots of moms about you. Keep it up, Rachael. We so appreciate all you put into what you so obviously enjoy and love. Thanks again!"

" I just wanted to quickly thank you for your newsletter. You have done such a great service to our community and your site is so easy to use. I recommend you all the time. Thanks!--Nurse at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital"

"I just used the parent planner. That is such a great thing. We can check off stuff that would be fun for my mommy group, and email it to the whole group. I love it!!"

"I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy the newsletter - thank you and keep up the good work. "

"You're the best SB resource around!"

"You're the best SB resource around!"

"Congratulations, Rachael, on the Goleta Small Business of the Year award. The newsletter is wonderful and incredibly helpful and resourceful. It's taking some of the stress out of the summer camp frenzy. Thanks again!"

"congratulations on your award!  keep up the good work! happy to see your ad on tv. Smiles, "

"I just wanted to say thank you--again! I am looking into a home exchange for this summer and found your link to 101 ways to explore sb. A GREAT resource. Thank you!You have done so much of the legwork, I'm just going to send my guests to sbparent.com for any of their needs. So glad to have this site. Keep it up!"

"Hello SBparent folks - I've sold my sand table. Thanks so much for providing this fabulous service!   "

"So many speak very highly of your website and after viewing it, I can see why. It is an incredibly valuable resource for the parents of Santa Barbara. Thank you for your support of local schools and businesses."

"I just wanted to commend you on the new website design.  It is layed out very well and is packed with information for dads as well as moms.  I am fairly new to the area so having a website like this helps me to be a more involved dad.  Thanks for the great website and I do like the new layout.  "

"I really like the new look of the homepage.  I love the red and yellow colors together.  The layout is nice and easy to maneuver around.  The current highlights are so prominent and those categories listed are usually where I tend to browse.  "

"I just wanted to let you all know that I love the website including the new homepage design.  It is so easy to navigate and a wonderful resource for parents.  Even my infant daughter gains from it because I have had the opportunity of finding her some great products fron you classified section.  Keep up the good work and thanks for the wonderful resource.  I look forward to reading the newsletter every week."

"I think your website and everything you guys do is great and much needed in this community and would love to help however I can. "

"Hi Ladies, I haven't been on your site in awile and I was very pleasantly surprised. It looks great!! Very easy to access what I am looking for. Keep up the good work =)"

"THANK YOU for posting the reminder to check references and driving records for potential babysitters!  I just read the article in the Newspress and was absolutely amazed! "

"Thank you for featuring Lynette Myers. I was a 2nd grader at El Rancho when she started teaching at 19. I didn't have her for a teacher, however, she hiked with us girls and taught us to love adventure. (My last "adventure" lead me to hike to the top of Mt. Whitney with a group of 5 women.) Thank you Lynette!"

"Great Website! One suggestion..in regards to chats - it would be great to also see the responses. I know that option is given, but it is not being used. A Chat format would be great! Thank you"

"Dear SBParent Readers, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you?ve given the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation. In the past months, I have posted several requests for the families we work with, and the response has been wonderful. You have become a great resource for Teddy Bear, providing us with a networking opportunity that really makes a difference. As a direct result of your responses, our local community came together to help a very special family, who received everything they asked for and more. Thank you for caring so deeply and wanting to be a part of what we do, because we couldn't do it without you. Sincerely, Nikki"

"Just wanted to tell you what a fantastic website you have for parents! Now being a grandma, I wish something like this was around when I was raising our children!Keep up the great work and Happy Holidays! "

"We had a great time at The Nutcracker. My daughter loved it and talks about it all the time! Thank you so much. We could have never afforded to go see this on our own. I really appreciate it!!!!!!!!!  "

"I'm a regular to the website and I don't know what i'd do without it! I have gotten a wonderful child to care for whose mother found me on here. Only suggestion I have would be to post the classified ads more often. I'm always posting and always waiting to see new ones and don't know when they're going to appear. Thanks for everything!"

"I try to take the time to get to sbparent and every time I do I'm SO thrilled with all the great stuff you have listed. I'm also so disappointed that I haven't taken more time to read the newsletter monthly because I know I've missed out on some GREAT stuff. Thank you for being a valued resource of volumes of information! You ROCK!"

"Thank you!  My item sold the first day.  You are so great to offer this type of service for SB parents!  "

"It has all the resources a local family needs...links to local educational resources, family friendly restaurants, an awesome calendar section for what's going on, classified section to sell or find just what you're wanting locally, and the Website administrators have a heart of gold for philanthropy in our commuity and beyond."

"I use your website regularly. I recieve your weekly newsletter as well. It all helps me plan my life. With two kids 14 months apart you need all the help you can get. When I read today on your newsletter that you had a planner that we could e-mail to ourselves and others of upcoming events I was a bit weary. A lot of times those things are complicated to use. BUT I was pleasently suprised at how convienient it was!!! I am now officially addicted to sbparent.com. I went onto your website to try it out and I e-mailed all of the events I was interested in to my family to see who wanted to go to what. For certain events that only my older daughter could go to I was able to find someone who was able to watch my other daughter while we went out! I did such little work to make so many arangements! AMAZING! I am also excited about Kids Day at the Opera on Saturday. It will be my birthday and who wouldn't want to see Michael Katz on their Birthday?!! Thanks again for helping me be a better mom by aleviating many daily stressers that I would be caught up in if it weren't for this website. There are no words that can express every extra minute a parent can spend with their child because of a resource that has made their lives that much easier to organize. Thank-you sbparent"

"I'm a local senior at San Marcos High School. I've heard about the wonderful success that SB Parent has had in the community, providing so many families with valuable information, as well as providing small local businesses with an inexpensive place to advertise. I'm currently enrolled in an Advanced Placement economics course at SMHS and we have been assigned an interview project on a local entrepreneur. I've heard so many good things about SB Parent, and I'd love to be able to interview Rachael Steidl about her experiences starting up the website. Thanks so much for your time and consideration! Keep up the good work!"

"You guys just get better every week. I cant believe the resources you have on your website!! I have never seen such a complete and concise website. There is nothing I can think of that you have not covered on your site.Thanks for taking the guesswork out of sports, activities, parks etc. I don't know what we parents did before you came along. "

"What a great resource!  I should have logged on long ago!"

"We found a great babysitter in the classifieds. Also, my wife was able to find a home for baby stuff we no longer needed."

"This is the only website that provides comprehensive information for parents in the Santa Barbara area. Thank You for making it easy to find quality information for families."

"sbparent.com is awsome!!!! It has helped me to start my new family child care!!! xoxo"

"We found Molly, THE worlds best care giver, in your classifieds. Thank you!!"

"I recently moved to monecito and I was alittle unsure about the transition from Sherman Oaks because my children were already involved in so many different activities. It feels great to know that I have a website that I can refer to with almost any question.  "

"I really believe you are the best resource for parents in our community. thanks."

"I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful prize package you gave my daughter Ramona for her Fathers day picture.We had a great photo shoot and really enjoyed the Dodger game.It was very special and we thank you."

"I really believe you are the best resource for parents in our community. thanks."

"Very much enjoy the newsletter! (It's especially helpful as I am a single father here in SB.)"

"To the creators of sbparent .com,This is such a great website and tool.Thanks for all your hard work.  "

"I just wanted to say how great the newsletter is. I found out about movies & me by reading the newsletter and also found out about swim with phyn - which my son loves. "

"Through your help, I found excellent childcare for my two children & a partial scholarship. Thank you so much! "

"Thanks so much! I wanted to let you know that through your help, I went through the listings and contacted all of the resources listed and am receiving a partial scholarship through Ellings Park. I can't thank you enough for your help with all this!"

"Hi, I advertised in your babysitter classified section and I got some great leads. I really appreciated how easy and positive it's been to be on the site. I have found a great job from the site and I was hoping to be removed from the classifieds. thanks! "

"All my patients tell me great resources from sbparent.com and I have referred many patients to you for your loads of information and recommendations. (ObGyn)"

"Mother's Day5/10K: From a runner's perspective todays Mom's Day 10K at Goleta Beach went really well. Thanks to sbparent.com, Moms in Motion, the SBAA, the timing crew and all the volunteers.  The festivities were wonderful and the goodie bags were the best! Thank you for putting it all together.  --G. Milliken"

"Just this week I was trying to locate a park for my PEP group to meet at. I remembered part of the park's name, but not the rest. I "googled" the park and was coming up with the wrong info. Thanks to your site, I was able to find the park by its correct name =) and locate it on a map. We're now meeting at Hidden Valley Park this month. Thanks for the info!"

"love the format and new look of the Resources section. I’m planning a birthday party for my son and nephew and I was able to click on “Party Supplies & Favors” in the Party Planning section and I get a whole page of links to great web-sites and links. This is so helpful to have all of this great information available in one place. I love it!"

"I love your calendar! After receiving your last newsletter I bought tickets to see the Magic Flute and Jamarama!  This is a great resources for a working mom! It makes it easy to plan events! "

"I have 2 favorite things on your site: classified ads and business sponsors (believe it or not). I am a mother of 3 kids under the age of 6 and have very limited time. I love that when I am looking for things that I need to purchase (though not always new) I can almost always find them in your classified section. I have purchased things that have been used once or twice and saved a fortune.   Santa Barbara is such a small parent network that many times I even know the seller! Tonight was a reminder for me why I like youradvertisements as well. After the recent birth of my baby, I am bogged down with insurance claims and endless medical bills that don't make sense. Right there on your home page is an advertisement for a company to help you sort it all out. That isexactly what I need but would have never known it existed. It will bemy first phone call in the morning.  Thank you so much for making my life easier!"

"I think a very useful tool on this website would be the ability for parents to submit reviews, just like you can with amazon.com. For instance, review of pediatricians, preschools and schools, businesses that advertise and offer child activities, etc. It seems that through this site chat that parents TRY to glean this sort of information, but some sort of organised way of posting and reading reviews of these key things would be VERY useful and probably would generate more viewers of your site as word got out that it was this kind of a resource."

"I've found your resources on Preschool options very helpful, as I investigate where to send my son. It's saved me a lot of leg work and has offered helpful information regarding open houses, etc. "

"One of the many new features I found on SBParent.com is my 3 year old sons pediatric dentists. Dr. Annie's. She has to be the best child dentist ever. She devotes her time in making children feel that all her attention is on them. I also found ideas on how to spend valuable fun time with my son. There are many things out there that we dont know much about and thanks to your site we have a better understanding of our options. Also, I've found  a couple of second hand toys for my son. I look at the classifieds about 2-3 times a week, just to see if there is anything neat. "

"Our family has had the TV off and we have had a fun time. My husband and I are getting down on the floor to play with the kids. We have gone for walks! It has been great. My daughter only complained the first day and now she is playing with her old toys. Thanks for supporting this event! I plan to do it ever year and I think I will place more limits on TV watching  - weekends only. Thanks for encouraging great parenting!"

"I wanted to order party favors and I found Dana's Cookies on your web site. With in 15 min I had placed an order! It was fast and easy. It is a working mom's relief to have a lot of local resources at the tip of a mouse."

"SBParent is doing a great job!!!Keep up the good work. I found a pediatric dentist for my son on here and it was great because I couldn't find any other website with the information I needed. I also have found classes for my son to do in his spare time. Thank you soo much!!!"

"Thanks for such a great resource! It would be helpful if you would make the business names under "weekly updates- New Business Listings" as links so we could go directly to the company or at least to a description on your site. Thanks!"

"Thanks for the referral on Chocolate Cake Cafe. I had a terrible experience with another bakery and found the Chocolate Cake Cafe on your website at the last minute. It was the yummiest cake ever. I had so many compliments on the cake(s) - yes, she made 5 of them for me! They were adorable too. A wonderful business to work with.  Your website continues to be a great resource."

"I love all the great resources on sbparent! I found my daughter's summer camps on the site and have purchased many items out of the classifieds. I also love the nonprofit of the month section, and just signed-up to volunteer at CALM! Thanks sbparent! You're one of a kind!"

"I use your site often. Thank you for creating it. I would love to know if your parent chat page could post peoples replies as well. Some questions posted, I wouldn't mind reading how other people responded to the postings. Thanks"

"I look forward to seeing more about Santa Ynez/Solvang where I have just moved and don't know a soul! This is a wonderful site-thank you!"

"I have to tell you, this website has been just a great way to sell all of my used baby stuff. I have sold just about everything within a few days or a couple of weeks every time I put something in the classifieds. I tell all my friends that it is a great way to clear out the garage and make some money for new kid items.... I just wish I had bought the items for my daughter(who is 6 now) from SB Parent.com! Thank you for such a great service to all of us Moms!"

"I have always enjoyed your site for the classifieds and business listings, but recently I have found the summer camp section to be invaluable. This is the first year my child has done more than one camp, so it was very nice to be able to go to one place and read about all of the great options in our community. Thank you!"

"I love to review your classifieds and your parent tips. Thanks you for be a great resource."

"LOVE the website... I visit quite often and always refer it to friends and family, even people out of town! It's packed with the best info, tips and lots things to do - in fact, just found a story-telling event I can take my 2 year old to at the downtown library this morning... since the sun seems to be eluding us once again! So thanks!"

"We loved TV turnoff week so much that we cancelled our cable and put the TV's in storage!!  My daughter barely misses it.  Granted she is only three, but I love the idea that she will grow up not relying on the TV.  Thanks "

"Mother's Day 5/10K & Family Festival:  Thanks so much for all your work on the 5K. It was a blast for us. --L. Trager"

"Thank you for your totally resourceful website! I have used everything from the calender to classifieds (on a weekly basis), and love the newsletter. Keep it comin'. Thanks a bunch-"

"When I was moving to SB I used SB Partnt to choose my OB and it worked out very well. I also attend the movie day as much as I can and I love it and hope it never stops."

"I'm an auntie to two babies and my friend just told me about you guys....the greatest site i've found for resources to date. "

"Thanks for being so responsive - you guys were great.  It turns out that Tinkers has catered the parties that our friend had been to, but he is not available on 5/19.  We are going with the Doghouse - your referral - they are on Milpas Street and I think that they will be fun. We are going to try the food this week - it is all fresh."

"I really enjoy the Events Calendar. It provides great information about activities, events, classes, and other fun things to do around town. The information is accurate, kept up-to-date and provides links to other sites."

"I depend on the Events Calendar to keep in touch with SB activities. My favorite was donating blood at the Halloween Costume Swap. I had never done that before and might not have if I hadn't read about it on your site. Thank you!"

"Your Events Calendar is very convenient when my family is looking for something fun to do on the weekend. I also check the classifieds and like learning about new businesses in town that offer resources for children. Thanks for supporting the Santa Barbara community and families with this site!"

"I like the new Moms on the Move Section. I especially look forward to the coming of evening book groups, etc. because I am a working mom who finds it hard to keep in touch w/other moms."

"SBParent has changes our lives.  I was a stay at home mom for a year and a half with our two daughters.  For the first three months, I stayed home not knowing that there were activities for children that small to participate in our community.  I was in need of getting back to work, and my husband wanted to transition out of his job at the time and do some research at home while taking care of the girls.  We believe that SBParent made that possible for us.  Every week when we recieve our newsletter in our e-mail, my husband and I sit down at the computer and schedule are week.  His favorite activity is the movies on tuesday morning!  We wish they would offer that more often.  So thank you SBParent for making our lives easier!"

"Mother's Day 5/10K:  I just wanted to tell you how excited I was to be named one of the Mothers of the Year today. I feel so special and appreciated and I can't wait to use my spa and photography gift certificates.  We had a great time at the carnival today and thank you and all the sbparent.com folks for putting it together.  Have a great mother's day!"

"With hardly any time to spare, working full-time, raising my 10 year old son, I received a reply in 20 minutes from the contact person via e-mail on Spring Break Camps and enrolled my son that day!! What a save sbparent! Thank you very much."

"The Events Calendar and Camps sections are two of my most valued resources as an active parent. Now that I'm working again, your site makes it easier for me to keep up on famly-related events and activities. Thanks!"

"LOVE the website... I visit quite often and always refer it to friends and family, even people out of town! It's packed with the best info, tips and lots things to do - in fact, just found a story-telling event I can take my 2 year old to at the downtown library this morning... since the sun seems to be eluding us once again! So thanks! "

"Thanks for the tip on Albertson's.com (it was a lifesaver in the first few weeks after we came home from the hospital with our newborn)."

"Thank you for offering this wonderful website- I don't feel I've connected with other parents until I take my daily look at this site!"

"We had the best Open House to date, & credit the attendance to you & your website. Very interested, involved parents with many questions about the program; just the kind we hope for! --Sherwood Montessori"

"I am a kindergarten teacher in Carpinteria and I am always looking for great things to do with my students. Thank you so much for having a site like this for us to look at."

"What a fabulous website this is. I have found so many great kids classes and some fun restaurants."

"As a first time dad, I find your site a great resource for most all of my questions! Thanks."

"I am so thankful for this site! We have found a wonderful caregiver for our son through the classifieds. After having a bad experience with a previous caregiver, it is such a relief to have a wonderful person we can depend on."

"I got your message by telephone and email. Thank you soooo much and God Bless you and your family for connecting us with the resources we needed. This will bring us alot of Joy into our hearts and home. Thanks again."

"We live in Toronto and are considering moving to SB. With two kids, this site is a great resource!"

"I just wanted to tell you how much I love your website! I was wondering which Halloween events to send the girls to with my mother, and the website had it all right there!! Plus, I received a call yesterday about buying my changing table, and I had just put the ad in that day!! It's really nice to have it as a resource - you're awesome!"

"What's great about this site is that it oncorporates dads, too. It allows fathers to experience parenthood and lets moms get an insight to what dads are feeling, thinking, and doing."

"You have all the resources a local family needs...links to local educational resources, family friendly restaurants, an awesome calendar section for what's going on, classified section to sell or find just what you're wanting locally, and the Website administrators have a heart of gold for philanthropy in our commuity and beyond."

"This site is the best! We have never had anything like it before. It allows us all,parents, to not only get enormous amounts of information but it also allows us to participate in community outreaches that are otherwise not available to individuals.Such as aiding personally the hurricane survivors.Everyone I know in town with children uses it.Every town in America should have access to this site."

"I had a call-in program years ago that I called "Parenting for Survival." I've just visited sbparent.com and am stupefied. It's too absolutely amazing. Too wonderful a resource for words. What a gigantic difference it must be making in the lives of our Santa Barbara parents. And the website is so stuffed with marvelous information. Just scrolling around in wonderment, I discovered something for my 72-year-old self: I can stop my mail online (I travel a lot)."

"I love your website and use it frequently and will be on it even more now that we are expecting a second child. Finding Due Maternity was a relief since I had to find something nice to wear to an event last week."

"Thank you for the email that mentioned the open house for the Sherwood Montessori on Cathederal Oaks - My husband, son and I walked over for the event and found the PERFECT school we had been looking for! Without your email, I would have never known about it - thanks very much for the great resource of info, tips and good news!"

"I read your news letter and I wanted to say thank you for encouraging fundraising activities and donations for Hurricane Katrina victims. I am sending money to the Red Cross through my brothers company as they will match dollar for dollar any contributions employees or their families donate. That being said, I also wanted to donate some baby stuff but it's good to know that I can drop off the stuff in SB and they will sell and donate the proceeds for me. However, your write up in the news letter has given me an idea ....to have a neighborhood garage sale where I'd coordinate with the neighbors for one weekend day and suggest that we all donate the proceeds to the Hurricane Katrina victims as well. What a great idea! I'll let you know if I get any interest and what the outcome is."

"Thank you for your service! It has been very succesful for me...just minutes after I posted my add I recieved tons of phone calls...in fact I am overwhelmed with the response I have recieved. Thank you and I hope to use this service again in the future. It will definitly be a highly recommended site for my friends and family."

"Recently you allowed me to "advertise" myself as a nanny looking for a position. I want to thank you for that opportunity and let you know that I was able to secure a good position through this service."

"We will be relocating to the Carpinteria/Santa Barbara area from Arizona. I have a 3 year old and a 6 month old and desperatley need info on daycares/preschools. I look forward to using your website. Thanks."

"I love my biweekly news letter. Just went to see You're a good Man Charlie brown with the kids and they loved it!!!"

"I want to thank you so much for helping my little family. There have been a few ladies that have talked with and one that has came by to help us. I feel really blessed that there are people who don't know us, but that they understand what we are going through and want to help! Thank you!! SBParent.com and every one who has helped will always be in are hearts and prayers!"

"I have been receiving e-mail newsletters for a while now. always enjoy receiving them and gaining some insights on things."

"Will be moving to SB in @ 1 year! You have a great resource here! Thanks!"

"We are seeking nanny services and thought this site may be of some help. Thanks."

"I think that it is nice that you can do this for the parents who dont know very much about santa barbara. we just moved here so i realy like it!"

"I love and use your classified section but feel the postings are too long- most items have sold. Would be helpful to have items listed by the dates they were posted- to see what is hot on the market :) One more thing- a list of child friendly charities to donate items for kids, babies would be wonderful too!"

"Thanks for all the great summer camp info. We are all set now because of your site."

"I learned a lot (from the Parent Tips) its hard to deal with kids at the same time with diferent ages but with your fresh ideas it helps so much thanks"

"You were so supportive an encouraging on the phone...you just don't know how much I appreciate that. I can't wait to work with you guys more. I just love the website, and I rely on it all of the time. Thanks for doing such a great job!"

"Thank you so much (for the Father of the Year Prize). He was so happy and proud yesterday. He had his chemo earlier this week and wasn't feeling well but when he heard the news from you and received his prize he just lit up. And true to his character he asked what "we" could spend the gift card on. "We" his children and wife had to tell him that his prize was to be used on himself and only himself, nothing for the house and nothing on us. He reluctedly agreed to spend it all on himself. You have made our family and especially my father very happy this Father's Day especially since we will not know how many more he will be able to be with us. Thank you again"

"Thank you for your site. It is Saturday morning and I am logging on to check what is up for the weekend! So, thank you"

"Can't wait 'til there's a ventura site!"

"Totally cool site. I will continue to check it out and if I need to sell any thing I will advertise again. Thanks a lot."

"Thank you so much for posting our events, we had a few parents mention that they had seen the information on your website and that's how they learned about our meetings!"

"Thank you so much for the fun Mother's Day 5K & Family Festival. It was a superb event - extrememly well organized. Thank you for caring so much about the families in our community and for doing so much to support them."

"Thanks for the huge effort that you and your team made to produce this event. It was so much fun and served good causes, too! I am continually amazed and so grateful for the support that you give families in our community. You are appreciated!"

"Thanks so much for a the best 5k event I've ever been to."

"This is a great resource for all parents. I am professional and a mother. It's nice to be able to have all this info at my fingertips."

"Thank you for your kind hearted service to others. I had a blast at the Mother's Day 5K and family festival. Your well organized volunteers share your passion."

"Wonderful site! As a preschool director I visit it a lot and talk about it with all my families. You are doing an amazing job."

"I know most of my real estate clients LOVE your site, especially the parents who buy from out of town. Wonderful job!"

"We are thinking of moving to SB and am thrilled to find your site."

"Yesterday I went and checked out that new kid's clothing store, Naartjie, that I heard about on your website. I looked at their website before I went there to see what kind of clothes they had and got a code for 15% off my purchases! They have cute stuff for good prices. Thanks!"

"I will be caring for my grandson (16 months) and I am trying to locate resources to help keep him healthy and happy while mom and dad are away! As my youngest children are now 14 and 16 things have changed!"

"Thanks for helping us discover new businesses and things to do with our kids. Rachael is doing a great job."

"Here are 3 things I learned about through SBParent.com: Big Dog Parade which the kids and I attended for the first time (even though we've lived here for 8 years), and loved it. Sweet Alley: which I've never heard of, but will take my kids after seeing it in your email, Sesame Street Live: which we attended after learning about it on your site."

"What is most useful to me on the site: Classifieds, Event Calendar and finding out about albertsons.com, Breakfast with Santa at Nordstrom and that Sweet Alley does birthday parties!"

"The three things that I have learned or use frequently are: The annual events is awesome, I love to see what is happening in my community on a month to month basis. Z-Squared Graphics, what a cool site! My Gym, heard about it here!"

"I submitted my baby's announcement and received a great discount from Pizza Mizza (which was put to much use!) I found my nanny through your classified ads and I am so excited to learn that Artesia Medi Spa has childcare!! What a treat! Great site!"

"I found "A Stork Was Here" via your website! Marietta is fantastic and we have used her to help celebrate friends' new arrivals. I plan many of our family events using the Weekly Calender and I always check the Local Perks page."

"Things I learned about on sb parent...Pizza Mizza and their great deals, Hopscotch, free day care at the artsia medi spa."

"First, i found out about the halloween swap at la cumbre mall last fall and found the cutest, most perfect halloween outfit for my daughter, second, i found a babysitter through the sbparent classifieds, third, i learned about special holiday events during the month of december. These have all been helpful to us, since we are fairly new in town and weren't aware of all that is available to families with small children!! Thanks for the resource!!"

"Very useful info on sbparent.com: info related to bday parties (had one at Art From Scrap and another at Zodo's!), read through all of the afterschool activities and signed up for a class at the Natural Hist Museum and got a zoo family membership, used Iuliana's dinner making service which helped out since I teach nights at SBCC."

"I have found out about: Boxtales activities and classes, Travel ideas with children and This Little Piggy sale on sbparent.com"

"Things I learned from SBParent.com are: Valentino's heart pizzas for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day 5k, Albertson's.com (a lifesaver in the first few weeks after we came home from the hospital with our newborn)."

"Thanks for the info on Complimentary childcare at Artesia Medi-Spa and the Albertson's delivery service."

"I have used your site for many different things. I loved the costume exchange you sponsored. I found out about Hopscotch and have shopped there for things for myself and gifts for others. I went to Pizza Mizza for the first time because of your bookmark and now we love them. I discovered your classified section recently and I will use it in the fall when I need to hire a babysitter. I have referred other friends to your site when they are looking for things to do in town. Thanks for keeping such a great resource available to SB families."

"Thanks for all you are doing to keep the community together and informed. It is a tight and VERY informational website. I enjoyed looking all around it."

"Thank you, keep up the good work I LOVE your web site- I use it every day!"

"My husband and I moved to Santa Barbara 8 months ago from Australia with our two children. When we arrived the only people we knew were those from my husbands company. Someone mentioned your website to me and it has been an absolute saviour. I guarentee everything I know and everywhere we go is the result of your website. It is here we found our sons preschool, and programs for our children such as My gym and swimming lessons. We used the event calender everyday and attended many of the events throughout summer and the Christmas period. We found our Pediatric Dentist, Hairdresser and our Speech Pathologist here also. All of the parks we go to we found here and this is how we have made many friends. Thank you xxxxx sbparent.com!!"

"Your classifieds are AWESOME! I sold my crib in just 4 days"

"My husband, 16-month old son, and I moved to Montecito from LA one month ago. Your site is amazing since I didn't know anything about the area!! It's helped me tremendously."

"Thanks so much for providing this free service to us in Santa Barbara. I have been successful at selling some of the bigger items that I didn't want to hassle with posting and shipping over ebay. Not to mention ebay's fees."

"I just wanted to thank you for such a great web site, it has been my main stay since moving here. I also "studied" it before moving here so I knew where parks and restaurants were. I am surprised how many people I met here who have not heard of it- I've passed on your web site to at least 15 people locally. Truly a great site. Love the classifieds, and advertising for babysitters. Thanks keep up the GOOD WORK!"

"Thanks for making alot of parents here in our community idea come true. Im a parent of a 5th grade daughter and 6th grade son."

"Thanks for your newsletter, I love it and look forward to getting it each time. Hope you continue to offer this service!"

"Thanks for this wonderul and useful web site. I tell everyone how good it is. As a dad, I find myself using it often. I especially love the weekend calendar. "

"Just visited your site for the first time last week and already have it saved on the menu bar of my computer. I'll continually check in. Thanks for such a nice resource."

"I had the opportunity to meet you guys at the costume exchange - may I say you guys are fabulous!! Very classy and professional! You truly are bringing the community together with this website. If you are ever in need of volunteers, please notify me! Also, I must say the costume exchange was a hit! Just one suggestion - next year number the tickets as the costumes arrive. That way - first come, first serve. Thank you for all that you do! Your efforts do not go unnoticed!!!!! "

"Thanks for the great site! I've gotten lots of responses for sitters through your classified, and I enjoy the resources. I learned about the site from a recent newspaper article, and I've referred several friends to it since."

"Today I needed to know what week Fiesta was this summer and my sister needed to know where Hopscotch moved to. Thank you so much for doing the work for me."

"We come to town several times a year with our kids-this site has made it easy for us to plan activities & pick restaurants."

"Wow, this is such a great site! I just heard about it this morning on KRUZ with Bill & Bonnie when they were interviewing Rachael and I was so excited to log on. Three areas I find helpful right off the bat: the classifieds, because I'm all about buying second hand things! and the parent chat to get feedback from others (invaluable resource!) and finally the ability to advertise for free something to sell or if you are needing babysitting services, etc... I hope many, many parents take advantage of this website. Let's spread the word--the more info. shared, the better!"

"This site is great for those of us visiting beautiful Santa Barbara. A friend of ours told us about your site when we were planning our weekend. It was helpful to view the calendar of family events and to find out about some of the great activities."

"Thank you for your reply. My 10 year old little brother will be visiting me for two weeks this summer and I was nervous as to where to put him. I found the links section of your web page, called him (he lives up north with our mother) and we talked at great lenght about what he may want to do. He is now enrolled in a camp. Your site was a terrific help, thank you."

"Your web-site is incredible!! There is so much useful information here. Thank you for taking the time and care to make this awesome web-site"

"Great new site. I an expecting my first in October and I sent this to all my mommy friends. It seems to have a ton of info on there, much needed!!"

"Thanks for this web site and for making it free for parents."

"THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADVERTISING OUR GARAGE SALE ON SBPARENT.COM. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. YOUR WEBSITE IS TRULY SO HELPFUL IN SO MANY AREAS. THANKS!"

"Thanks so much for all the work you do to make your website a valuable resource for me! Although my son is just 22 months old, your site helped me find entertainment for his 4-year-old cousin while she was here for a week. Keep up the good work!"

"I just registered for the FANTASTIC S.B. Parent Source newsletter. You have such a fantastic idea. I'm all about information and, of course, your website/newsletter is right up my alley. Thank you so much for providing such a wonderful service. I look at your website all the time because viewing S.B. Parent Source saves me a lot of time and effort looking for things to do, places to go and people to meet! I will pass the word around to those moms at our Preschool."