Funds Distributed from Kick Ash Bash

By Kelly Mahan Herrick | June 7, 2018

Montecito Fire chief Chip Hickman accepts a donation check and plaque from the founders of One805 (photo by Priscilla)

Earlier this week, One805, the team that organized the massive February 25 concert fundraiser at the Nesbitt Estate, the Kick Ash Bash, distributed the funds raised by the event to various organizations.

More than $2 million was raised from the Kick Ash Bash, which drew 2,500+ people to a large-scale, celebrity-filled concert and kid-friendly carnival; $1.3M was distributed June 4, as the remainder had already been distributed to various first-responder organizations through the purchase of emergency response equipment.

Beneficiaries included Santa Barbara City Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Montecito Fire Protection District, Carpinteria/Summerland Fire Department, Santa Barbara City Police, Santa Barbara County sheriff, At-Ease, Direct Relief, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation for SB County First Responders’ kids, Santa Barbara Equine Evacuation Program, Santa Barbara Search & Rescue, the U.S. Forest Service, and the 93108Fund. The majority of funds are intended to purchase MCUs (Mobile Command Units) and various pieces of emergency equipment to further prepare the various agencies for future emergencies.

For more information, visit www.One805.org.