‘From Lyme to Light’

By: ANNIKA BAHNSEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

Santa Barbara native Caroline DeLoreto will be at Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St., at 6 p.m.

March 21 for a talk and signing of her book “From Lyme to Light.”

Ms. DeLoreto said the book, which was released this past November, is “my spiritual and physical healing journey with the neurological Lyme disease.”

After a tick bite that led to dementia, a stroke and a near death experience, Ms. DeLoreto was diagnosed with Lyme disease. The book walks through how she overcame the disease as well as shares the “Diamond of Healing Philosophy” that Ms. DeLoreto created.

This philosophy addresses “all aspects of what makes us who we are: the physical body, the mental and emotional body, the social body, and the spirit body.”

Ms. DeLoreto shared her aspirations for the book: “My goal is to empower you and to catalyze your innate ability to heal and maintain wellness far into the future- finding your light from Lyme!”

Originally from Santa Barbara, Ms. DeLoreto currently lives in northern Vermont with her spouse, Adam. She is a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, a licensed marriage and family therapist, remote energy practitioner, educator, and inspirational speaker. Before moving to Vermont, she worked at a Santa Barbara counseling center, assisting patients with their own personal journeys. email: abahnsen@newspress.com

She has written many articles for PsychAlive as well as the one other book titled “The Yawn that Went Around the World”, a children’s book that explores the whereabouts of yawns. For more information, see carolinedeloreto.com.

Organic Soup Kitchen awarded GuideStar’s 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Santa Barbara-based Organic Soup Kitchen has received the 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar (formerly Candid), an acclaimed source for information on nonprofits.

This rating puts Organic Soup Kitchen among the top 0.1% of charities nationally to receive Guidestar’s highest level of recognition, which recognizes full transparency regarding goals, strategies, capabilities, achievements and metrics that show progress and impact.

“We are honored to achieve the Platinum Seal of Transparency on GuideStar,” said Andrea Slaby, chief operating officer at Organic Soup Kitchen. “We know that our donors have a choice when contributing and often turn to GuideStar to understand an organization’s metrics and progress. We are proud to provide 100% transparency into our operation and impact.” GuideStar introduced the Seals of Transparency in 2013 to provide visible recognition of information provided by nonprofits. More than 750,000 organizations have earned seals making a GuideStar seal the most widely adopted symbol of transparency in the U.S. social sector. The type of information a nonprofit provides determines its seal level and its progressive achievement with bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

Organic Soup Kitchen is committed to organic food for all. Through education, advocacy and programs, the agency provides nutrition and food security to cancer patients, chronically ill and low-income individuals throughout Santa Barbara County. The organization has served more than one million bowls of nutrient dense SoupMeals since 2009.

Organic Soup Kitchen’s mission is in direct alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals set forth by the United Nation’s Environmental, Social and Governance policy including Zero Hunger, Good Health and Wellbeing, Climate Action and Partnership for the Goals. For more information, visit www.organicsoupkitchen.org.