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Bruce and Peggie Reichard met 50 years ago in the 7th grade and lived in the same neighborhood off Fairview Avenue in Goleta. They went to High School together and started dating in the 12th grade at Dos Pueblos High School. They worked together at Joclyn Electronics doing assembly line work (remember those good ‘ole days!). They also worked together at the Hamburger Habit when Bruce and his brother, Brent, bought the Original Habit in old town Goleta. It took Bruce a while to settle down and realize he wanted to marry his high school sweetheart! So finally, in 2001, they were married and started their family and the rest, as they say, is history.

Bruce and Peggie have a genuine, warm-hearted sentiment toward the special needs community. Peggie’s nephew, JC, 28, has intellectual disabilities and currently lives in one of Devereux Foundation’s Residential Living Houses and is thriving in his community.  

When we started this project, one of our dreams was to have a place where JC and his friends could be a part of the Santa Barbara community. The day we heard that Slingshot would be working out of our facility, we were thrilled to know that we could be helping Alpha Resource Center with such an important project for our community. This honestly has been a labor of love to see this project from beginning to end (finally! three years later!). It has always been about helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community.