Non-Profits

Amabile Choir Of Bainbridge

Amabile, also known as Amabile Choir of Bainbridge Island, was founded in 2013 and is a mixed-voice ensemble of singers from Bainbridge Island and the Kitsap Peninsula. Amabile means tender and gentle, although some of our music is forte and triumphant. The choir membership includes teens as well as retirees who join voices to share love of music through choral singing under the guidance of Music Director Sylvia Cauter.

In an effort to provide a broad, meaningful cultural experience for the community, Amabile performs an eclectic repertoire which includes classical, international, jazz and religious works. It performs two concerts annually, one during the end-of-year holiday season and the other in late spring. These concerts have been held in the beautiful sanctuaries of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, and Bethany Lutheran Church.

We look forward to entertaining you at one of our performances, please visit our website below for more details!

Website:amabilechoir.org

American Red Cross

Every day, in communities big and small across King and Kitsap counties, the American Red Cross is at work alleviating human suffering. When a family’s home catches fire, we provide lodging, food, comfort and more, bridging the gap between despair and hope. When a community is threatened by a disaster, we mobilize to deliver relief including shelter, nourishing meals, health services, and comfort. When a cancer patient is fighting to survive, we deliver lifesaving blood, wherever and whenever it is needed. The availability of blood and blood products can mean the difference between life and death. When a service member has an emergency and needs to reach family back home, the Red Cross helps connect them. We provide exceptional care from the day they enlist through their lives as veterans. For more than 140 years, the Red Cross has helped neighbors down the street, across the country and around the world.

Website: www.redcross.org/local/wa/northwestregion

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Arms Around Bainbridge

The mission of Arms Around Bainbridge is to provide support to members of the Bainbridge Island community facing overwhelming financial and emotional burdens associated with a serious illness. Arms Around Bainbridge provides immediate assistance for basic human needs through direct person-to-person support and interaction with our beneficiaries. The all-volunteer organization accomplishes its work through community fundraising activities and partnerships, and by building local and regional awareness.

Website: www.armsaroundbainbridge.com

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Arts & Humanities Bainbridge

Arts & Humanities Bainbridge (AHB) is the cultural hub on Bainbridge Island. AHB bridges the arts and business communities by administering the Bainbridge Creative District (BCD), and promotes Bainbridge’s vibrant arts and culture through our online media platform, Currents. The BCD and Currents highlight the island as a cultural destination, attract visitors, and deepen appreciation for our cultural offerings and heritage. The arts and humanities enhance our quality of life and create a vibrant, attractive place to live, work, and visit. We provide opportunities for artists to prosper, our youth to learn through art, our community to enjoy art in public spaces, and engage in collaborative events. We convene a Poet Laureate, Directors’ Forum and Cultural Reps of more than twenty local non-profit cultural organizations, to nurture connections, collaboration and active communication. We also provide fiscal sponsorship to fledgling nonprofit organizations and grants to individual artists.

Website: www.AHBainbridge.org

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Assistance Dogs Northwest

The mission of Assistance Dogs Northwest (ADNW) is to provide professionally trained dogs that increase independence and enhance quality of life for children and adults with disabilities and other special needs. Our vision is to continue training and placing more Assistance Dogs in the Pacific Northwest that will help both the dogs and their partners realize their full potential. ADNW, with headquarters located on Bainbridge Island, improves the lives of over 10,000 people annually through the delivery of Assistance Dog Programs and Community Outreach Programs, including our Therapy Dog Program, Veterans Program, Workplace Readiness Program, and Education Program. Assistance Dogs and lifetime follow-up support are provided free of charge to ensure equitable access to our programs and services for those with the greatest needs.

Website: www.assistancedogsnorthwest.org

Bainbridge Arts & Crafts

Bainbridge Arts & Crafts fosters the creation and appreciation of fine contemporary art and craft by jurying, exhibiting, and representing the work of Northwest artists, and by offering arts education and outreach experiences to all ages throughout Kitsap County and the region. Founded in 1948 by a group of ambitious, forward-thinking artists, craftspeople, and art educators, we are one of the region’s largest nonprofit galleries. We support the livelihood of more than 200 Northwest artists while serving close to 10,000 youth, adults, and seniors each year through more than 100 free programs taking place inside and outside of our gallery space.

Website: www.bacart.org

Bainbridge Book Festival

The Bainbridge Book Festival is a celebration of the literary arts, and we invite you to join us as we prepare for the inaugural event in March 2024. As a community of writers, readers, and book lovers, we’re excited to build on Bainbridge Island’s rich heritage and contribute to its thriving cultural scene. We’re looking for supporters who share our passion for reading. Your generous contribution will help us bring together authors, publishers, and readers from around the region and the country to celebrate the power of words and storytelling. The festival will feature talks from a diverse range of authors, plus book signings and sales. With the natural beauty of Bainbridge Island as a backdrop, visitors can also enjoy the island’s dining, shopping, and many cultural and outdoor activities. We hope you’ll support the Bainbridge Book Festival and help us create a memorable and enriching experience for all ages.

Website: www.bainbridgebookfestival.org

Bainbridge Chorale

The Bainbridge Chorale began in 1971 when a group of like-minded Bainbridge residents got together to sing and soon after began presenting choral concerts. Since our modest beginnings, we have grown in our scope and mission in ways our founders could never have envisioned. Thousands of voices have joined our adult and youth choirs over the years, sharing music of all genres with ever-growing audiences. Hundreds of our neighbors have enjoyed coming together to participate in our annual community singing events, open to all. But our mission goes beyond hosting events. We offer quality musical education to singers of all ages, and perform professional-level concerts with repertoire ranging from a cappella to choral-orchestral masterworks. We remain committed to our conviction that sharing the act of singing together touches the hearts of all who listen or participate, transcending our differences and evoking a healing sense of our shared humanity.

Website: www.bainbridgechorale.org

Bainbridge Community Piano Association

Bainbridge Community Piano Association owns and maintains the Yamaha C6 grand piano in Huney Hall at Waterfront Park Community Center. The association presents professional concerts of jazz and classical music in the concert series First Sundays Concerts, Sing Along and Sounds children’s series and sponsors community student recitals.

Website: www.firstsundaysconcerts.org

Bainbridge Cooperative Nursery School (BCNS)

Bainbridge Cooperative Nursery School provides quality preschool education for children ages 3-6. Our community of caring families and exceptional teachers continue to provide an enriching environment that encourages children to thrive. We have been learning through art and play since 1963. Donations through One Call for All are used to supplement a scholarship fund for families in need of tuition assistance.

Website: www.bcnspreschool.org

Bainbridge Creative District

Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, with Bainbridge Island Chamber, Visit Bainbridge, Downtown Association, Lodging Association, Multicultural Advisory Committee, BIMA, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, Bainbridge Island artists and creatives, and City of Bainbridge Island, applied for and received designation as a Washington creative district by Washington Arts Commission (ArtsWa). Bainbridge Creative District (BCD) is the 10th creative district out of 11 in the State. BCD is a defined area of cultural and economic activity where people gather to enjoy their community’s arts and culture. It includes Downtown Winslow, “the glow” areas like Bloedel and BARN. ArtsWa provides support for arts, artists, arts facilities by paying administrative costs, and providing capital project funding. Designation promotes Bainbridge Island’s creative identity; grows jobs in the creative sector; boosts the creative economy by attracting cultural tourism; creates opportunities for makerspaces; redevelops historic assets; and makes Bainbridge Island a vibrant place to live, work and visit.

Website: Bainbridgecurrents.com/bainbridge-creative-district

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Bainbridge High School Band Boosters

BHS Band Boosters supports the Bainbridge High School Bands Program to provide students with a rewarding performing arts experience and to enrich our community with great performances and superior citizenship. The BHS Band Program features two concert bands, a percussion ensemble, two jazz ensembles, a competitive marching band, a competitive winterguard, jazz combos, a New Orleans Brass Band, and a robust chamber music program. Our students compete in, and routinely place highly in, regional and state music competitions. The program creates inspirational community events including our annual swing dance, performing at all home football games, hosting the Puget Sound Jazz Festival, and performing at area businesses and downtown festivities throughout the year. BHS bands are a wonderful place for students to strengthen music skills, learn leadership and team building, and give back to our community, and we are better with your support!

Website: https://www.bainbridgebands.org/

Bainbridge Island Amateur Radio Club

Bainbridge Island Amateur Radio Club (BARC) welcomes licensed ham radio operators and unlicensed individuals interested in learning about radio communications for fun and for emergency preparedness. We offer radio operator training, including FCC-licensing preparation and examination, a weekly informal “Amateur Hour” net, monthly presentations, and a monthly breakfast meeting. BARC members provide communications for community events such as the Chilly Hilly bicycle rally and the Rotary Auction. The club is affiliated with the Bainbridge Island Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service (BEARS) and Kitsap County Auxiliary Radio Service (KARS). Most club members are registered emergency workers through Bainbridge Island Emergency Management and/or the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management. BARC supports the Bainbridge Island “Map Your Neighborhood” program, encouraging neighbors to become licensed hams and to learn to communicate effectively during an emergency. BARC operates the W7NPC radio repeater, enabling island-wide UHF amateur radio communications.

www.W7NPC.org

Bainbridge Island Child Care Centers

BICCC has worked hard to remain nimble during Covid 19 so we can provide the type of childcare families need most. Despite a significant decline in revenue due to Covid 19, BICCC kept its doors open throughout the pandemic in order to provide childcare to the essential workers. We continue to struggle with lower than historic enrollment and are reliant on our community to partner with our mission. For over forty years, BICCC has been providing trusted childcare that fits the lives of working families. Your donations make a world of difference!

Website: www.biccc.org

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Bainbridge Island Downtown Association

We are a network of merchants working together to preserve and promote our downtown. We work to create a vibrant look and friendly feel. We create community while supporting the economy through our shop local efforts. We market through publishing our handy Walkabout Guide with over 100 businesses. We add beauty through our hanging Flower Basket program and work with the city to keep our downtown clean. We create events for our Island residents that are welcoming to our visitors. Since 1992, Bainbridge has been recognized as one of only 13 nationally accredited Washington Main Streets through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Website: www.bainbridgedowntown.org

Bainbridge Island FC

Bainbridge Island FC offer soccer programs for children and adults, promoting the love of the game of soccer by providing quality training and appropriate competition for all ages and abilities in a safe and supportive environment, while developing the highest standards of player growth and fair play.

Website: www.bifc.net

Bainbridge Island Film Festival

The Bainbridge Island Film Festival is an annual 4-day celebration of contemporary films and filmmakers across multiple venues on Bainbridge Island. A community-minded, artist-friendly festival, BIFF is about bringing together the robust audiences of the region in support of diverse stories and artists. With screenings at the historic Lynwood Theatre, Bainbridge Cinemas, and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, BIFF includes scripted features, documentaries, animation, short films, Q&A’s, panels, family programs, and more.

Arts & Humanities Bainbridge serves as fiscal sponsor for BIFF.

Website: bifilmfest.org

Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library

The Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library (BIFOL) supports Bainbridge Public Library by raising money through book sales. The books sold by the Friends of the Library are donated by generous Bainbridge Islanders. BIFOL holds three book sales per month (non-COVID times) as well as selling donated books online. This past year, the Friends focused on increasing the Bainbridge Public Library Endowment Fund which will provide a future steady stream of income for the library in the future. Further, BIFOL provided significant support for the children’s, teens’ and adult programs at the Bainbridge Public Library. Examples are the children’s summer reading program, the children’s story time, maintenance of the salt water aquarium in the children’s area, support for the ever-popular Great Decisions programs and other Library U events, plus materials for the library that the staff requests.

Website: www.bifriends.org

Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum works to spark curiosity and inspire people to connect, explore many perspectives, reflect, and celebrate the diverse stories of the Island. The primary gallery in the 1908 schoolhouse features a lively, beautiful, and provocative new exhibit. Our Community: Past to Present illuminates diverse, beloved, and previously untold and mistold stories about Bainbridge Island. The new exhibit showcases 13 individual Bainbridge communities, or groups of people linked by heritage, work, hobby, or other association. Each section is filled with authentic cultural materials, photos, oral and video recordings, and text. This new exhibit combines historical content and elegant design with sensory, hands-on learning activities for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. The next new exhibit, in the Bucey Gallery, will feature large-format photos of Trees of this Island. Please stop by for a visit Wednesday-Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free.

Website: www.bainbridgehistory.org

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association

BIJAEMA maintains a permanent memorial to honor the Bainbridge Islanders of Japanese descent and the friends and neighbors who stood by them when they were forcibly exiled under Executive Order 9066 and Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 during World War II. We honor them by creating a place of healing and learning, where the human rights lessons of their incarceration can be shared widely, and the foundational idea of Nidoto Nai Yoni, “Let It Not Happen Again”, can be made perpetually relevant to future generations.

Website: bijaema.org

Bainbridge Island Land Trust

The Bainbridge Island Land Trust’s mission is to conserve and steward the diverse natural environments of Bainbridge Island for the benefit of all. To achieve its conservation goals, the Land Trust acquires interests in lands having significant or potentially significant conservation values such as shorelines, streams, wetlands, forests, tidelands, and unique plant and animal habitat networks. These lands provide ecosystem values such as watershed protection, scenic vistas, and wildlife habitat. The Land Trust works with local and regional partners to acquire land for preserves, parks, trails, and public use or restore lands to enhance natural habitat values. Examples of this ongoing community effort have included Hilltop, The Grand Forest, Pritchard Park, Gazzam Lake, Agate Passage, Cougar Creek, Rockaway Bluff and Springbrook Creek Preserves. We also work with willing private landowners to protect their land using land protection agreements called conservation easements while being a partner in these lands’ stewardship.

Website: www.bi-landtrust.org

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

BIMA inspires curiosity, wonder and understanding by connecting people with the contemporary art and craft of the Puget Sound region. BIMA is committed to provide free general admission to the museum every day, made possible thanks to generous donors and BIMA members. We welcome visitors from all of the world to our ten gallery spaces rotated three times a year. The Museum’s Arts Growth Initiative advances a multi-pronged educational program, including field trips for students throughout the region, hands-on art projects for children of all ages, after-school art clubs, summer camps, workshops for adult learners, and programs for people going through Early Stage Memory Loss. BIMA’s year-round PRISM programming includes film series, concerts and lectures, as well as annual events such as the Momentum Arts Festival, Black History Month celebrations, MoJo Rhythm & Blues Festival, Within/Earshot Jazz Festival, and the Dia de los Muertos Celebration.

Website: www.biartmuseum.org

Bainbridge Island Native Food Forest

The Bainbridge Island Native Food Forest is a robust educational ecosystem restoration project in collaboration with Friends of the Farms, Bainbridge Prepares, and The Island School. We are building community resilience by eliminating invasive species and reestablishing native, primarily edible plants to benefit people, pollinators, wildlife, and the planet on 13-acres of publicly owned land. Following completion of a Master Plan in 2021, and with support from an EPA/IslandWood grant, over 5 acres of invasives have been cleared and 600 native plants established. This restoration is key to the health of Manzanita Creek, a potential salmon-bearing stream crossing the property, and one of the island’s largest aquifer recharge areas. Significant work still remains to transform the BINFF to the diverse, resilient ecosystem it has the potential to be, including restoration of native forest along the Manzanita ravine, maintenance for established trails for public enjoyment, and additional clearing of invasive species.

Website: www.friendsofthefarms.org/bff

Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation

Support the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation with a gift through One Call for All. Building on community creativity and inspiration, we mobilize resources to improve parks and trails islandwide. Our 2023 projects include the new Strawberry Hill Skatepark, Strawberry Hill Bike Park, Waypoint Woods gateway park, healthy forest projects at Moritani Preserve and Blakely Harbor Park, stewardship through Student Conservation Corps EarthCorps and Summer Trails Crew, and increasing mileage, connectivity and access on trails islandwide. Your gift through One Call for All makes this and so much more possible for our Bainbridge Island parks and trails. Thank you!

Website: www.biparksfoundation.org

Bainbridge Island Rotary Scholarship Foundation

The Rotary Club of BI Scholarship Foundation provides a unique scholarship opportunity for Island students seeking an educational or vocational education. The scholarships are based on an individuals giving back through community service and leadership. In 2020 the Foundation granted 10 scholarships totaling over $40,000 to Bainbridge students who had demonstrated a true commitment to community service and leadership. The Foundation is building principle to ensure continuation of our Scholarship Commitment regardless of the outcome of any one auction or events like COVID (The Foundation will use principle in 2022 to maintain the same scholarship grant amounts even though the Rotary Club had to cancel the public auction in 2021.)

Website: www.bainbridgeislandrotary.org

Bainbridge Island Rowing

Since 2001 Bainbridge Island Rowing has been growing a multi-generational Kitsap County rowing community from our home base at historic Eagle Harbor. Our mission is to build community through rowing. BIR supports the attainment of recreational, fitness and competitive rowing goals for all by providing outstanding coaching, equipment, and facilities in a friendly, collaborative, and social setting. Since the beginning, we have helped change hundreds of lives through the positive physical, psychological, social, and sporting impact of rowing. BIR does this by introducing the public to the sport through “Learn to Row” and provides programs throughout the year for high school students and adults for recreational and competitive rowing locally, regionally, and nationally.

Website: www.bainbridgerowing.org

Bainbridge Island Saddle Club

Bainbridge Island Saddle Club (Founded in 1948) is a volunteer membership organization whose mission is to promote good horsemanship and foster amateur equestrian sports for Bainbridge Island and the surrounding communities. On our 8-acre facility next to Manzanita Park, we host a variety of affordable family-friendly activities and events including hunter-jumper and dressage schooling shows, clinics and educational workshops for all ages, open to the community at large. Our members additionally enjoy year-round facility access, fun equestrian gaming events, demonstrations and special community gatherings. Our show season culminates in an annual fall awards banquet to celebrate and honor the achievements of our members. We tailor operations to offer youth leadership and community service opportunities, and partner with other equestrian non-profits, such as United States Equestrian Federation and Bainbridge Island Pony Club, to provide a path for teen equestrian sports lettering and further educational opportunities.

bainbridgesaddleclub.org

Bainbridge Island Senior/Community Center

The Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center seeks to empower and enhance the quality of life of people in our community as they age. We serve nearly 1,600 members and additional guests each year, providing unique opportunities for social interaction and recreation, plus information and resources to help seniors live independently. The Senior Center’s purpose is crystallized in its vision: “Bainbridge Island is a vibrant, compassionate, inclusive place to grow up and grow older.” This vision is consistent with the City of Bainbridge Island’s Comprehensive Plan, which emphasizes principles of a caring community, neighborliness as the foundation for all human services, and the importance of cooperation and coordination among service providers.

Website: www.biseniorcenter.org

Bainbridge Island Special Needs Foundation/Stephen’s House

Bainbridge Island Special Needs Foundation, also known as “Stephens House”, was established in 2002 to serve adults with developmental disabilities who reside throughout Kitsap County. BISNF’s affordable day program reflects our belief that adults with disabilities thrive through participation in a variety of community-based recreational and social activities. Our goals are to provide a space where our members can create community, develop friendships, improve their physical health and mental well-being, learn new skills, and increase their self-confidence and sense of belonging. Activities include, but are not limited to, special events in the community, swimming, CrossFit, yoga, art projects, computer activities, movies, music, grocery shopping, and cooking. BISNF is funded primarily through private and public grants and individual donations. We are a DSHS approved Respite Agency.

Website: www.bispecialneedsfoundation.org

Bainbridge Island Sportsmen’s Club

The Club is open to sports men, women, and families. BISC provides three ranges to members and the public: archery, shotgun, pistol-caliber. Operated and maintained by volunteers, BISC operates these outdoor venues to promote recreational shooting sports, gun safety and to educate the community in the safe, proper use of firearms and archery equipment for recreation, competition, hunting. BISC has a special emphasis on youth archery programs. In April, BISC hosts a free Kids Fishing Derby. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, BISC hosts holiday meals for those in need. Those wanting lessons, coaching, or practice for archery, shooting and fly-casting can contact the club. An Island tradition for over 90 years, BISC hosts 10-12 WDFW Hunter’s Education courses on site each year. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other groups needing a meeting space are welcome to use the BISC clubhouse. Each spring, BISC awards graduating BHS senior a scholarship.

Website: www.biscwa.org

Bainbridge Island Ultimate

Bainbridge Island Ultimate (BIU) is a nonprofit sports group organized and run by volunteers, a board, and coaches who are dedicated to teaching and supporting Ultimate frisbee opportunities for current and future high school players. Ultimate is a gender inclusive, multiage, self-officiated sport, known for its unique “Spirit of the Game,” which focuses on sportspersonship and fair play. While competitive play is encouraged, it isn’t at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play. Ultimate teams receive “spirit scores” from opponents, and are rated on characteristics such as kindness, friendliness, fairness, positivity, respect, and enthusiasm. Games often conclude with a “spirit circle,” where teams give each other high-fives and shout-outs in a group setting. Bainbridge Island Ultimate fosters a sense of belonging, self-worth, cooperation, confidence, fun, and camaraderie. At BIU we work to keep this “spirit” alive and well!

Website: https://www.bhsultimate.org

Bainbridge Island Visually Impaired Persons Support Group

Our organization provides education, social support, and resources that improve independence and maintain quality of life for blind and low-vision persons. For example, “How- To” information on minimizing household hazards, simplifying food preparation, improving reading skills, adapting to digital devices, and traveling techniques is offered to all who have vision problems. We also serve as an advocate for the inclusion of visually impaired persons in the broader activities of the community by emphasizing their problems, needs and capabilities. Regular meetings by Zoom or in-person afford opportunities for information exchange and network development among members. Support through One Call For All enables the organization to extend community outreach, strengthen educational programs, and acquire equipment that is used for demonstration and training, thereby improving the capacity of visually impaired persons to function more effectively in their daily environment.

Bainbridge Island Volunteer Firefighters Association

Proudly serving Bainbridge Island since 1942, the Bainbridge Island Volunteer Firefighters Association and its membership serve our community as volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians. Our mission is to safeguard lives, property and the environment through prevention, education & emergency response. Your generous donations support firefighting, emergency medical services, rescue, public safety, disaster relief, community education, and member training.

Bainbridge Island Water Polo Club

Bainbridge Island Water Polo Club (BIWP) is a co-ed organization that promotes the sport of water polo from Splashball, Club, High School and even Masters. The club offers year-round programs designed to foster a love of the game, develop skills, and build teamwork in a safe and positive environment. Younger players receive a fun introduction to water polo with an emphasis on sportsmanship, while older players have opportunities for more competitive play. The club also offers a Master’s program for adults of all skill levels, providing a supportive and social setting for those looking to stay active and engaged in the sport. The Bainbridge Water Polo Club is dedicated to helping players develop their skills, build confidence, and cultivate a love of the game, while instilling values of sportsmanship and teamwork.

Website: https://www.biwaterpolo.com/biwaterpolo

Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra

The training orchestra for musicians ages 7-18 on Bainbridge Island, BIYO provides students with the opportunity to perform orchestral music at a high degree of artistry while improving technical skills and fostering collaboration, teamwork and community involvement. Our three-tiered orchestra program allows students from beginner to advanced to benefit and grow from their involvement. We celebrate our performing artists with three annual free public concerts, collaborations with the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, an educational local school’s outreach program and a festival open to all area musicians. Thank you for your support.

Website: www.biyo.us

Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Islands Association

The Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Islands Association (BOSIA) began in 1986 with the mission of developing relationships and increasing understanding between the people of Ometepe, an island in Lake Nicaragua, and the people of Bainbridge Island. Over the years, connections have been developed in the areas of supporting education, health, people with special needs, coffee-growing, and community projects. But perhaps the work that best supports our mission is promoting people-to-people exchanges between Bainbridge and our sister island in Nicaragua. One Call For All donations help pay travel costs for Bainbridge students who need aid to be a part of our high school delegations to Ometepe and for Ometepinos who come to Bainbridge in various delegations – including health, English teachers, and anniversary delegations – who could not otherwise participate.

Website: www.bainbridgeometepe.org

Bainbridge Performing Arts

The quintessential heart of the island’s performing arts community, BPA, including the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, has offered year-round live entertainment on stage for over 60 years and is a gathering place for local talent in dance, music, and theatre. Our mission is to promote appreciation of and participation in the performing arts to build, educate, and inspire our vibrant, creative community.

Website: www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org

Bainbridge Prepares

Founded in 2011, Bainbridge Prepares prepares for and responds to natural and public health emergencies that affect Bainbridge Island and the greater Western Washington region. With over 19 specialized teams and 600+ volunteers from across the region, we work hand-in-hand with first responders, governmental agencies, and other nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations to build and educate communities prior to emergencies, and supplement the professional response if an emergency or disaster occurs.

Website: bainbridgeprepares.org

Bainbridge Pride

While there have long been LGBTQ+ Bainbridge Island residents, the formal Bainbridge Pride organization was started in 2015. The formation of this fellowship is the story of a small group of dedicated residents who transformed home-based social gatherings into a growing LGBTQ+ organization on Bainbridge Island. On June 28, 2015, around two dozen jubilant Islanders – members of the community and allies – gathered at Bainbridge Island’s Waterfront Park with rainbow flags and picnic baskets to celebrate the defeat of DOMA. New friendships formed that day as residents shared their personal stories with each other. Some even admitted that before this day, they had gone years without meeting other LGBTQ+ islanders like them. These candid admissions were enough to inspire the group to become an organization dedicated to bringing people together and making sure the island continues being a safe, accepting and loving place for LGBTQIA individuals, families and allies.

Website: www.bainbridgepride.org

Bainbridge Public Library

Bainbridge Public Library, a nonprofit organization, owns, operates, and maintains the Library building and grounds through community donations and grants. Kitsap Regional Library provides the library staff, collection, classes, and a virtual library at KRL.org with funding from property tax revenues. Together we provide the quality library our community wants and has come to expect. Thank you for your support.

Website: www.bainbridgepubliclibrary.org

Bainbridge Schools Foundation

Bainbridge Schools Foundation (BSF) is an independent, non-profit organization working in close partnership with our public school community. BSF’s core mission is to bridge the gap between government funding and the dollars needed for pivotal programs to fully operate. If these programs are not funded, many students are left behind. BSF funds crucial programs within the public school system including STEM Lab, Reading Club, Social Emotional Learning, and High School Academic Intervention. These programs provide meaningful contributions to the success of our public school educators and students. Your support is critical in retaining our highly-qualified educators and sustaining students in every school. Over two years of an unpredictable and challenging education environment, these programs have demonstrated their central role in the schools. Help us continue this work by contributing to Bainbridge Schools Foundation.

Website: www.bainbridgeschoolsfoundation.org

Bainbridge Student Loan Fund

DURING THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, THE BAINBRIDGE STUDENT LOAN FUND HELPED (3) BAINBRIDGE ISLAND STUDENTS PURSUE THEIR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION GOALS BY GRANTING (3) NEW $3500 LOW COST STUDENT LOANS. BSLF CURRENTLY HAS (12) STUDENTS WITH LOANS ENROLLED IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND (3) FORMER STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR EDUCATION AND ARE CURRENTLY REPAYING THEIR LOANS.

Bainbridge Youth Services

Since 1962 Bainbridge Youth Services (BYS) has been dedicated to the emotional and social well-being of youth by helping them feel seen, heard, and supported through a variety of programs and services. BYS offers confidential and professional mental health counseling to youth 13-21, peer-to-peer support groups, peer tutoring for all ages (K -12), a community jobs board and career exploration opportunities, the BYS Service Club, and the SilverTech Squad. Through BYS, young people get support, give support, learn and lead.

With generous community support, everything we offer is free to youth. This means that our services are accessible to all youth without barriers.

Website: askbys.org/

Bainbridge Youth Sports Access Fund

Youth sports are vital to the health and well-being of students. Unfortunately, on Bainbridge Island, many students cannot afford the cost of participation fees. The Bainbridge Youth Sports Access Fund was established as a fundraising vehicle to eliminate the financial barriers to Bainbridge High School youth participating in sports. Grant funds are distributed to Bainbridge High School and distributed to youth in need via the School’s existing confidential protocol.

Website: bainbridgecf.org

BARN — Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network

BARN is a makerspace and learning place, offering tools and knowledge that enable anyone to make, create, upcycle, and repair just about anything. This benefits our entire community, making us stronger and more resilient.

Your support will:

Expand tuition assistance
Create new accessibility initiatives
Offer free or low-cost classes
Enhance youth programming
Fund community service projects

Your gift will keep BARN’s community center open to everyone who would like to take a class, work on a project, or share their knowledge. You’ll make hands-on creativity accessible to an Island’s-worth of nonprofits, craftsmen, artisans, and makers! Make your gift today!

Website: bainbridgebarn.org

Battle Point Astronomical Association

The Battle Point Astronomical Association provides an observatory, planetarium, and telescopes dedicated to education of science and astronomy. BPAA’s mission is to increase public engagement in supporting the role of science and technology in our society by offering programs and services in astronomy, cosmology and space exploration to the general public, regional (PNW) educational institutions and researchers. Our programs include educational classes and lectures, star parties, “Hands on” with telescopes, virtual reality-based astronomy, and access to the Ritchie telescope, the largest telescope accessible to the public in the Pacific Northwest.

Website: www.bpastro.org

Bloedel Reserve

The costs of sustaining Bloedel Reserve go well beyond maintaining our legendary gardens, forests, and ponds. There are historic facilities to repair, free public programs to provide, volunteers to train, and employee livelihoods to support. Over 50% of these costs are covered by donations. We invite you to give today to sustain a community gem.

Website: www.bloedelreserve.org

Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island

Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island is a vital contributor to the Island community, with a long history of deeply impacting the Island’s young people and families. The Club keeps kids and teens positively engaged, provides a safe out-of-school environment, and maintains an important support system for kids and their families. Club programs range from afterschool care for kindergarten and early elementary ages, to robust enrichment and Friday night activities for older kids, and volunteer opportunities for teens. Over the longer term, we’re helping kids develop the skills, knowledge and habits for future success. Club programs are designed to help members stay on track to graduate from high school, demonstrate good character and citizenship, and live a healthy lifestyle. The Club serves hundreds of kids on the Island each year, extending reduced fees and scholarships to families in need.

Website: positiveplace.org

Coffee Oasis

The Coffee Oasis is a faith-based non-profit organization that exists to create pathways of opportunity for youth to be restored in heart, soul, mind, and body. We believe youth are the future of our community, but many are hurting, homeless, and hindered from living their full potential. The Coffee Oasis youth programs offer a place for the community to invest in their future—the youth. We do this through creating safe shared spaces, mentorship, street, and school outreach, goal setting, job training, shelter, and crisis intervention. The only way for our mission to succeed is through the support of the entire community—intentional inter-generational and cross-cultural investment. The Coffee Oasis offers all resources, services, activities, and programs to youth 13-25 years old without regard to religious beliefs, race, color, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, identity, or disability.

Website: www.thecoffeeoasis.com

Community Fund

If you are not sure which Agency to donate to, consider making your gift to this shared fund. ALL of the non-profits share in the money donated to this category. Give freely knowing that every group shares in your donation.

Compassionate Listening Project

“The Compassionate Listening Project has been working locally and globally for 30 years to empower individuals and communities to transform conflict and create cultures of peace and healing. We offer online trainings and free Compassion Circles, facilitator certification, and immersion healing Journeys to Alabama and to Israel and Palestine. Compassionate Listening accesses our deepest wisdom to transform separation and conflict into an opportunity for connection, healing and peace.

It is:
• A personal practice – to cultivate self awareness, self regulation and wisdom
• A skill set – to enhance interpersonal relations and navigate challenging conversations
• A process – to help people and groups to bridge their differences and transform conflict
• A healing gift – to people who feel marginalized or in pain

We have 45 certified facilitators and have trained thousands of people around the world and our curricula and practices are integrated into schools, universities, businesses and spiritual communities.”

Website: www.compassionatelistening.org

Dispute Resolution Center of Kitsap County

The Dispute Resolution Center of Kitsap County (DRC) strengthens relationships, families, and communities through mediation, facilitation, training, Restorative Practice services and Behavioral Health Ombuds services. The goal of the DRC is to build community through the power of effective dialogue. Our mediators help neighbors, businesses, families and agencies find resolutions to their conflicts. The DRC also offers a variety of training programs. The 40-hr. mediation training helps potential mediators meet requirements for certification. Our school based trainings help youth learn skills to deal with conflict in a positive way. All of our trainings offer participants the opportunity to look at conflict in a different way. Our Ombuds help bridge the gap between clients and their behavioral health providers, helping to ensure dignified quality services. And, our Restorative Practices team is available to work with schools, workplaces, families and HOAs to allow parties to work together to improve challenging situations.

Website: www.kitsapdrc.org

EcoAdapt

EcoAdapt supports Bainbridge Island, and communities like ours, in creating a robust future in the face of climate change, through education and collaboration with local government, community groups and concerned citizens. Our programs include Awareness to Action workshops, State of Adaptation syntheses, the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKEx.org), and the National Adaptation Forum. Past work includes guiding Bainbridge Island to a climate savvy comprehensive plan, the Bainbridge Island Climate Impact Assessment and the Climate Change Adaptation Certification (a tool for communities like ours to make climate savvy decisions). Currently EcoAdapt co-hosts the Bainbridge Climate and Energy Forum and Movies That Matter. Learn more at EcoAdapt.org.

Website: www.EcoAdapt.org

EduCulture

EduCulture is connecting place and taste with where we eat, live and learn for more than a decade on Bainbridge Island. We serve schools and community with educational programs that honor our Island’s unique cultural heritage. EduCulture situates our community to be curriculum that fosters scholarship, stewardship, citizenship, and sustainability. Contributions support EduCulture’s locally grown Edible Education initiative. Our edible education programs have been bridging local farms, gardens, classrooms, school kitchens, and Island food community. Contributions also support EduCulture’s Only What We Can Carry project, which produces heritage education programs that bear witness to our Island’s unique history with exclusion, inclusion, citizenship and community. Along with many local partnerships, EduCulture serves as the resident educator at Suyematsu & Bentryn Family Farms.

Website: www.educultureproject.org

Filipino American Community of Bainbridge Island & Vicinity

Built in 1928 by the Bainbridge Island Fair Association, the Filipino Community Hall has been used and maintained by the Filipino American Community since 1943. Formerly a receiving site for the National Canning Company during strawberry season, the Hall is now primarily used as a meeting and event center for residents of Bainbridge Island & Vicinity. The Hall was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Incorporated in 1990, the Filipino Community of Bainbridge Island & Vicinity (aka Fil-Am) maintains and uses the hall to practice and preserve the cultures, customs, and traditions of the founders. The hall is available for rent and is used by many community organizations. Fil-Am supports other non-profits and individuals in need through volunteerism. Our mission is to encourage and bestow these values to our families and friends for continued support of the community.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Cures start at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. For more than 45 years, our world-renowned scientists have been redefining what’s possible in cancer research, establishing an unparalleled record of excellence, and saving hundreds of thousands of lives. We’ve extended our Nobel Prize–winning development of bone marrow transplantation to lead the world in T-cell immunotherapy. We’re combining innovative thinking with revolutionary technologies to personalize cancer care. And we’re inventing tools to make cures more affordable and accessible for everyone. Our trailblazing research on HIV and other viruses positioned us to play a pivotal role in the global scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We work at the vanguard of science to discover and accelerate prevention, treatment, and cures to benefit patients and families around the world. Our mission: the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

Website: www.fredhutch.org

Friends of Bainbridge Island High School Sailing

Friends of Bainbridge Island High School Sailing is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that provides logistical and financial support to the High School Sailing Team and fosters youth sailing on Bainbridge Island in partnership with Park and Recreation District. Your contribution will be applied to the purchase and maintenance of competition sailboats and associated equipment for the Sailing Team and Park and Recreation District youth sailing programs. Park and Recreation District programs teach youth introductory and advanced sailing and seamanship skills. Their programs prepare young sailors for the Sailing Team. BHS sailors, in turn, are often employed by the Park and Recreation District as instructors teaching the next generation of sailors. We operate under the philosophy that every Team member is important to the Team’s success and is an asset to the Team’s efforts toward excellence in seamanship and good character.

Website: www.bhssailing.org

Friends of the Farms

Given challenges imposed by climate change, affordable housing for farmers, food security and resilience, equity, and succession planning, Friends of the Farms’ mission encompass the well-being of our entire community. We believe where and how food is grown affects our health, the health of our land, water and atmosphere, and the ability of people to make a living wage so that our community can thrive.

We envision a community-based food system on Bainbridge Island where:

• As much food as possible is grown, produced, processed, sold, and consumed locally
• Nutritious, fresh, local food is accessible and affordable to everyone
• Farms and related businesses are economically profitable for this and the next generation
• Food is grown and produced using environmentally beneficial agriculture
• Money stays on the island all across the supply and distribution chain
• What and how we eat is integrated in our culture … kids know where their food comes from

Website: www.friendsofthefarms.org

Gear Grinders: Bainbridge Island Mountain Biking Club

The Bainbridge Island Mountain Biking Club supports the Gear Grinders, the Island’s coed middle and high school level mountain bike teams. We raise funds for equipment, coaches, training for riders and volunteers, league fees and scholarships. The Club also supports the growth of mountain biking on Bainbridge Island. We propose and support new mountain biking facilities, such as Jay’s Pump Track at Battle Point. Our volunteers are major contributors to the building and maintaining of all the trails on Bainbridge Island.

Website: www.geargrinders.org

Give to Heal

Give to Heal is a nonprofit dedicated to funding wellness and holistic services that help women heal from trauma. Give to Heal contracts with culturally competent, trauma-informed practitioners whom women seeking help might not otherwise be able to afford. Access to healing services allows the residue of trauma to safely surface and be released through a variety of physical, mental, and energetic channels. In a safe and collaborative environment, therapeutic modalities like acupuncture, reflex-therapy, yoga, and massage can positively transform the lives of survivors. In order to serve more women and expand our network of trauma-informed, holistic healing arts practitioners who have the skills, sensitivity, and passion to work with this population, we respectfully and gratefully ask for your donation.

Website: www.givetoheal.love

Good Play America Foundation

Good Play America (GPA) Foundation was created in Bainbridge Island starting with the collection of soccer equipment from kids that play soccer in the USA and bring them to children in underserved communities in Colombia. We cultivate the connection between the two cultures which in turn increases awareness, diversity, equity, and exchange (e.g., soccer knowledge, language) to communities like Bainbridge Island, and bring joy and the potential of soccer to the children of Colombia by providing resources and giving them hope to turn their dreams into reality.

Website: goodplayamerica.org

Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County

Thanks to your support, we have built 100 homes in Kitsap County! We need your help to build 100 more! 15% of Kitsap County’s population is “rent overburdened” and struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Habitat provides these families a pathway to a secure home of their own. They build their homes alongside volunteers and pay a mortgage they can actually afford. The pick-up service offered to Bainbridge Islanders keeps about 150 tons out of the landfill each year. Your household donations help the Habitat Store support our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. With each house that becomes a home, a family builds a foundation. With each foundation supporting the next generation, Habitat builds community.

Website: www.kitsaphabitat.org

Happy Hooves Sanctuary

Happy Hooves Sanctuary is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of abused, abandoned, and neglected horses. We connect horses and people, and serve as a community resource to educate and support the public. Our mission is to rescue horses, protect them for life, and provide horse-human connections. Every horse is cared for, valued, and respected as an individual. We provide specialized care for each of our horses, which includes physical and emotional rehabilitation and training. We value our position to educate the general public through community education and outreach. Through volunteer opportunities, youth camps, and lessons, we connect our horses with the community. Happy Hooves Sanctuary provides a safe environment to learn horse handling skills, grooming, and stable keeping. We recognize the therapeutic nature of horses and their relevance to human healing. Several horses are training for therapy programs that support emotional growth and connection with their human friends.

Website: https://happyhoovessanctuary.org

Harmony Hill

Harmony Hill with a mission of, “Inspiring healthy living for all, and transforming the lives of those affected by cancer”, serves thousands each year. Among those served are people living with cancer, seeking a retreat from daily life or wanting to make healthy lifestyle changes. The core cancer program is the signature three day, two night cancer retreat which is free of charge to both the participant and their caregiver. In addition, Harmony Hill serves healthcare workers by providing healthcare renewal retreats. To help support the mission, the campus is available for rent to individuals and mission aligned groups. This social enterprise model is supported both by individual donations and campus rentals. We’re proud to be known for generous hospitality and nurturing staff, as well as delicious meals. The campus is located on a spectacular 11 acre site nestled just above the shores of Hood Canal in Union, Washington.

Website: www.harmonyhill.org

Helpline House

Helpline House is a community non-profit agency providing an umbrella of social services striving to help our Bainbridge Island neighbors meet essential needs. Basic services are provided cost-free, regardless of income. Needs are defined broadly and are not always financial. Any community member in crisis or in need of consultation is welcome. Services provided are: social work/case management appointments, supplementary food assistance, mental health counseling, assistance with health insurance (Medicare/Medicaid) questions, referrals to other resources, limited transportation and financial assistance, including rent and utilities and children’s programs.

Website: www.helplinehouse.org

Housing Resources Bainbridge

Founded in 1989, Housing Resources Bainbridge (HRB) is Bainbridge Island’s only nonprofit affordable housing provider and advocate. As a community land trust, we own and manage land for the purpose of providing permanently affordable homes for rent and sale to low- and moderate-income households. Our Independent Living program helps older income-eligible adults and people with disabilities age in place by performing home repairs and modifications free of charge. Our Permanent Supportive Housing and Housing Stabilization programs provide rental assistance and social services designed to increase earning potential. By making it possible for people of diverse backgrounds and incomes to live on Bainbridge, we are building a more equitable, inclusive, and healthy community.

Website: www.housingresourcesbi.org

Hyla School

Hyla School provides an interdisciplinary, personalized, and experiential program for grades 6-12. Thirty years strong, we believe that each developmental stage of adolescence comes with distinct gifts, needs, and inspiring potential. Our work with students is infused with optimism and appreciation for adolescence. We challenge and support the dynamic transformation of these years with redefined rigor and caring community. Hyla teachers truly know their students and personalize learning to propel growth. On our 13-acre Bucklin Hill campus, middle schoolers develop independence, voice, and critical thinking through our challenging and hands-on curriculum, joyful learning, and community traditions. At our high school campus in Winslow, students turn intellectual curiosity and courage into action and impact through interdisciplinary coursework and immersive experiences integrated with the surrounding community. Hyla values personal development as much as academic growth, and integrity as much as achievement. We are a close-knit community of respect, inclusion, and service.

Website: www.hylamiddleschool.org

inD Theatre

inD Theatre produces independent theatrical events in order to inspire social change, provide artist stipends and offer free admission so all community members may attend. We are a Washington State nonprofit corporation that is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike, a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that provides independent arts groups the services, resources, and opportunities they need for sustainable success.

Website: www.indtheatre.org

Indipino Community of Bainbridge Island & Vicinity

The Indipino Community of Bainbridge Island and Vicinity’s purpose is to create educational resources for BISD schools, BI libraries and the BI Historical Museum. Resources may include exhibits, text, films and in-person or zoom presentations for classrooms and community organizations. All resources will include the history and culture of the Indipino Community, Filipino American Community and Indigenous communities. Our mission is provide a forum for respectful communication that promotes a deeper understanding of mixed-heritage identity construction. In the early 1940s, 36 Indigenous women, from 19 different tribes migrated from Washington, Alaska and BC Canada to Bainbridge Island and married Filipino immigrants. Our research includes the impact of war, legislation and social conditions that influence cultural community development. We collaborate with BISD, Islandwood, Kitsap Regional Library, the Bainbridge Historical Museum and the City of Bainbridge Island to promote cultural and historical programs, presentations, events and exhibits.

Island Cooperative Preschool

Island Cooperative Preschool has classes for children ages 1-5 and parent education for the parents through Olympic College. Our mission is to nurture, inspire, and involve children and parents in the exploration of learning. We seek to grow children and families by building a community of learners. We focus on the natural world and sustainability and creating a community who cares for the world around us.

Website: www.islandcoop.org

Island Theatre

Island Theatre provides high quality theater in intimate settings for adults who like to think. Every other month we perform “scripts in hand” productions at the Bainbridge Public Library. The months in between, we host a potluck dinner and play reading in private homes. You’re welcome to just listen or to read a part. We also host our annual Ten Minute Play Festival, showcasing original plays by professional and aspiring Kitsap County playwrights, and featuring local actors and directors. Run entirely by volunteers, Island Theatre is supported by your individual donations, Bainbridge Community Foundation, COBI Cultural Funding, and One Call For All. Most productions are free to the community with donations gratefully accepted. Since its inception in 1994, Island Theatre has presented close to 200 plays at the library and on other community stages.

Website: www.IslandTheatre.org

Island Volunteer Caregivers

For 25 years, IVC has connected older adults and people with disabilities or medical conditions with a network of 200-plus caring volunteers to maintain their independence and dignity. Our free services include transportation for medical appointments and errands, walking groups and field trips, grocery and prescription pickup, yard and pet care, and phone buddies to over 400 clients. We also offer grief groups to anyone in the community. During the pandemic, we delivered over 400 holiday meals to our neighbors and partnered with the city, Bainbridge Prepares, Bainbridge Senior Center, and Bainbridge Community Pharmacy to vaccinate over 700 people aged 65-plus. We look forward to delivering hundreds of donated homegrown bouquets this summer through our annual Flowers From the Heart program—and keeping our neighbor-to-neighbor connections blossoming through helping hands and open hearts. Please join us as a volunteer or as a client!

Website: www.ivcbainbridge.org

IslandWood

IslandWood was founded in 2000 as an environmental learning center created to improve access to meaningful, nature-based learning experiences for our region’s children. In the nearly two decades since, we have expanded the ways our work is advancing innovative and inclusive education that fosters greater environmental health, a sustainable future, and social and ecological wellbeing for all. Our place-based, experiential learning programs offered on our 250-acre campus on Bainbridge Island, in Seattle neighborhoods, and at the King County Brightwater Center serve more than 12,000 students in a typical year. We have deepened our impact by co-developing science curriculum for Seattle Public Schools, providing teacher training in Next Generation Science Standards, offering an innovative Master’s level graduate program in education, and through policy engagement and authentic community partnerships. We are also a resource and gathering space for community-building and education, providing summer day camps and free and low cost community programs.

Website: https://islandwood.org/

Kathleen Sutton Fund

Cancer is a disease that knows no boundaries. The Kathleen Sutton Fund (KSF) has a single and simple mission: To reimburse transportation costs for women undergoing treatment for cancer, living in Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason Counties. Since 2003, KSF has been providing assistance to defer transportation costs for over 1200 women, with over $770,000. Many patients find themselves in dire financial difficulties, forced to choose between paying the rent or receiving treatment. The fund covers mileage, ferry fees, parking & other transit expenses while undergoing cancer treatment, providing some measure of financial relief during this difficult time, with a goal to allow them to focus on healing. In 2021: -Total number of women assisted: 168 women with $122,9475 -Amount distributed to Bainbridge Island residents: $13,398. Thank you for your support.

Website: www.kathleensutton.org

Kids Discovery Museum

Kids Discovery Museum (KiDiMu) is a nonprofit children’s museum that sparks children’s curiosity through play and experiential learning. Since 2003, families all over Kitsap and neighboring counties have come to rely on KiDiMu as a haven of educational play opportunities for their families. Focusing on early childhood education, KiDiMu houses exhibits that encourage imaginary play and scientific inquiry; offers art projects, special events, workshops, camps, educational activities, and programming.

Website: www.kidimu.org

Kids in Concert

Kids In Concert is 83 students strong – we provide an instrument, the instruction and the support in a four day per week free after school program. Our students learn music theory, to sing in a choir, a stringed instrument, percussion and in the Fall of 2022, a woodwind or brass instrument! KIC is much more than just a music program. We believe in creating compassionate citizens of the world through the healing and developmental power of music and, to that end, provide the positive youth experiences that are strong predictors of social and emotional learning and development. Our students graduate to go in to helping fields such as medicine, nursing, teaching and social work. To date, KIC has a 100% high school graduation rate and matriculation in to post secondary education. Success at KIC is leadership, compassion, resilience, kindness, and, yes, musicianship!

Website: www.kidsinconcert.org

Kitsap Audubon Society

The mission of Kitsap Audubon Society is to preserve the natural world through education, environmental study and habitat protection. Our Bainbridge members are among our most active supporters, sharing expertise and volunteer energy for the chapter and enjoying all of our Audubon programs. Our newsletter, the Kingfisher, is sent monthly to members, friends and community leaders. Our monthly membership meetings feature educational presentations. We sponsor birding field trips on Bainbridge Island, in Kitsap County and around Puget Sound. We offer Audubon Adventures packets to 4th and 5th grade classrooms. Our Christmas Bird Count includes Bainbridge Island. We offer scholarships to public high school seniors and to college students engaged in environmental studies. We support land conservation programs of Kitsap nonprofits including the BI Land Trust. Our website is www.kitsapaudubon.org We are a volunteer run organization, with no paid staff. All of our funds are spent on programs as described above.

Website: www.kitsapaudubon.org

Kitsap Foster Care Association

Kitsap Foster Care Association strives to support and inspire foster, kinship and adoptive caregivers through educational opportunities, enrichment activities and by advocating for foster children in our community. Fun outings (like movie nights, pumpkin patch trips and baseball games) allow families a chance to have fun in a relaxed atmosphere where they don’t have to worry about standing out. Our annual training conference help caregivers meet state requirements as they learn and grow together, ensuring safe and stable placements for the vulnerable kids in our community (which benefits the whole community). Other benefits offered include backpacks full of school supplies and holiday gifts. We honor foster families annually during May, which is designated Foster Parent Appreciation Month Our board is comprised solely of volunteers who are also foster parents.

Website: www.kitsapfostercare.org

Kitsap Humane Society

With the compassionate support of our local community, Kitsap Humane Society transforms the lives of thousands of homeless animals yearly. Our mission is to provide positive life changing solutions to people and animals in need. Our vision is that every adoptable companion animal has a home. In 2021, we successfully found homes 3,869 animals in need, performed 5,119 spay/neuter surgeries, transferred in 1,103 at-risk pets from overcrowded shelters and supported 1,094 pets in foster care. Our work has earned us recognition regionally and nationally as one of the most progressive animal welfare shelters of our size–with a 96%+ lifesaving rate for seven years in a row, since 2015! KHS greatly appreciates the more than 1,000 Bainbridge Islanders who help make this possible by adopting pets, utilizing our Animal Control services, serving on our Board, volunteering, or donating.

Website: www.kitsap-humane.org

Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center

Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center (KIAC) is committed to the well-being of immigrants and the development of a rich multicultural community. We work to educate, empower, and integrate immigrants into American life through advocacy and social justice. Our Immigration Legal Services program assists with citizenship, Green Card, and DACA applications, and represents immigrants in asylum proceedings. English language tutoring, citizenship classes, business resources and tax preparation are also available. Our Family Services program offers COVID-19 information, vaccinations, testing and mask distribution; guidance navigating housing, utilities, medical bills, insurance, and the public school system; medical, dental and prenatal care and support; youth support and empowerment. We administer an Emergency Assistance Fund which provides rent and food assistance to immigrants affected by the pandemic.

Website: www.kitsapiac.org

Kitsap Legal Services

At Kitsap Legal Services, we connect members of our community with volunteer and staff attorneys so that all may have access to justice. Our team of attorneys assists clients in family law, domestic violence fallout, housing and eviction defense, wills and estates, bankruptcy, and a myriad of other legal issues. As Kitsap County’s only volunteer lawyer program, the free civil legal aid we provide to hundreds of our low-income neighbors is statistically proven to increase positive outcomes. Guided by the principle that justice is not justice unless it is equal, we aim to provide the highest-quality legal services to those who are most vulnerable and in need. In these unprecedented times, Kitsap Legal Services will see an increased demand for our services. Your contribution will help meet that need and provide legal help to the most vulnerable in our community.

Website: www.KitsapLegalServices.org

Kitsap Mental Health Services

Kitsap Mental Health Services offers hope and opportunity to more than 6,500 community members each year by providing compassionate, recovery-centered behavioral health care. Our dedicated staff members are experts in delivering a broad continuum of mental health and substance abuse treatment for all ages. Services include crisis, inpatient, outpatient and residential treatment and services, with each designed to best support an individual’s recovery. We know recovery happens because we see it every day at our facilities in Bremerton, South Kitsap and North Kitsap. They include: the Crisis Triage Center for adults who need 24/7 care but do not require hospitalization; Pacific Hope and Recovery Center, which provides residential care for adults with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders, and Pendleton Place, which opened in March 2022 and is providing permanent, assistive housing for 72 chronically homeless individuals with severe mental illness, substance abuse disorders and chronic health conditions.

Website: www.kitsapmentalhealth.org

Kitsap Regional Library Foundation

Kitsap Regional Library Foundation supports Kitsap Regional Library’s mission to inspire our community to dream more, learn more, do more and be more. The Foundation raises funds to support programs including Summer Learning, To the Library, and One Book, One Community. But your gifts go beyond supporting enriching programs and ensuring access to vast resources. You create opportunities for our youth to excel in reading, ensuring they develop a life-long love of learning. You empower our teens to explore new ideas and learn first-hand about topics they find interesting, topics that can lead to future educational and workforce opportunities. You engage our community in conversations that lead to better understanding, compassion, and often new friendships. Your gift is an investment in the people in our community. Thank you for empowering our community to live their best life story.

Website: http://www.krl.org

Kiwanis Club of Bainbridge Island

Kiwanis is an international volunteer organization dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. For sixty years, the Bainbridge Kiwanis Foundation has supported and sponsored a variety of youth-oriented activities. Some important ones are listed below:

• College scholarships for graduating BHS seniors
• 3rd Graders to the Library program at Bainbridge Public Library
• Woodward Middle School Students of the Month
• Educator of the Year
• BHS Key Club and Woodward M.S. Builders Club
• Sponsor and staff the ever-popular All Comers Track Meet series
• Bainbridge Boys and Girls Club
• Fourth of July “putt-putt” golf
• Distinguished Citizens Memorial at Battle Point Park
• ShredFest, the second Saturday after “tax day”

We meet Wednesdays at 8 a.m. at the Bainbridge Boys and Girls Club often with interesting speakers and presentations. Breakfast is on us! Find us on Facebook and www.bikiwanis.org

Website: www.BIKiwanis.org

League of Women Voters Education Fund

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation of citizens in government. The League of Women Voters never supports or opposes any candidate or political party. LWVEF distributes voter registration materials, our yearly update of They Represent You and conducts candidate and ballot issue forums.

Website: http://www.lwv-kitsap.org/

Madrona School

Madrona School offers Waldorf education for children from babyhood – 5th grade. Our students experience a joyful, child-centered education that honors the human spirit, nurtures a sense of wonder and creativity, and develops resourcefulness, compassion and confidence. Our play- and nature-based preschools and kindergartens build strong foundations. Classical academics in grade school are fully integrated with music, art, drama and movement. In addition, our students take classes in world languages, handwork, physical education and outdoor learning.

Website: www.madronaschool.org

Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Northwest

Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer – Northwest was founded by a child fighting cancer. Our Northwest Chapter raises private research donations and helps to raise the awareness of these terrible childhood diseases. Administratively self-funded, all donations received are Granted to CAR T-cell immunotherapy research and clinical trials at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute, where efforts directed by Bainbridge Island’s own Dr. Michael C. Jensen continue to show great promise. Our efforts to date have resulted in Grants of over $400,000.00 thanks to private Donors. This immunotherapy research has been expanded to now include solid tumors such as Neuroblastoma and Sarcomas in addition to ALL and AML leukemia, brain and nervous system tumors. There are currently over 400 patients in clinical trials at Seattle Children’s. The demand for research funding is critical. Our Mission is to raise funds to support this exciting research.

Website: www.makenoise4kidsnw.org

Marge Williams Center

Marge Williams Center provides affordable office and meeting space to nonprofit organizations serving our Bainbridge Island community. Our red house on Winslow Way has been nurturing nonprofits since 2001 and is currently home to Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation, Bainbridge Island Rowing, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, PAWS of Bainbridge & NK, Sustainable Bainbridge, Madrona School, Bainbridge Youth Services, and One Call For All. We also provide meeting space and mailbox services to other nonprofits. Donations help keep rents low and fund the cost of utilities, building maintenance and capital improvements.

Website: margewilliamscenter.org

Martha & Mary

For over 130 years, Martha & Mary has cared for our clients like family, offering those we serve a safe place to grow and learn and an opportunity to live with dignity, honor and individuality. With 15 service sites, we are the provider of choice for families from Kitsap – including Bainbridge Island, Jefferson, Mason, Pierce and King Counties.

Martha & Mary provides exceptional care in:
• Child care, early learning, and school-age programs
• Home care • Senior independent and assisted living
• Long-term, custodial, and memory care
• Short-term rehabilitation and therapy services

Martha & Mary consistently wins awards in client satisfaction. Our robust mind, body and spirit activities, pet therapy, art classes, bus outings and intergenerational programs bring light and love to our residents and the children in our care. Our exceptional staff provide a nurturing, peaceful and engaging environment.

Website: www.marthaandmary.org

Mavericks Bainbridge

Mavericks Baseball was created to teach baseball skills and to inspire hard work, winning attitudes and respect for baseball. Our mission is to provide youth with baseball education and developmental training while cultivating good sportsmanship and love of the game. Our coaches nurture the pattern of striving for excellence while creating good citizens as these young people enter adulthood. Our indoor facility offers year round practice opportunities which can be used by Mavericks team members, Little League players and members of the high school team. With the generosity of our community through One Call for All, we are able to offer scholarships to players who wouldn’t otherwise be able to compete at the highest levels of the game. Now in our 9th year, we support baseball players from eight to eighteen years old.

Website: www.mavericksbball.org

Meals on Wheels Kitsap

Since 1973, Meals on Wheels Kitsap (MOWK) has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for Bainbridge Island residents, aged 60+ years through healthy, nutritious meals and more. Our mission is to “provide meals, nutrition, and support services to improve the quality of life for seniors and others with hunger and health needs in Kitsap County.” Our vision is a “community of people living well while aging in place with good nutrition, independence, and dignity.” We accomplish both through two primary year-round programs targeting mobile and homebound seniors–Community Dining and Home Delivered Meals. Mobile clients can pick up frozen “Meals to Go” once a week at the Bainbridge Senior Center, while the homebound have meals delivered directly to their homes by MOWK drivers. Additional services offered include: nutrition education, dietary counseling, telephone outreach, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

Website: www.mealsonwheelskitsap.org

Melanesian Women Today

MWT works to improve the lives of women, children, and families in the Melanesian nations of Fiji, Vanuatu, The Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia. We do this through service learning projects with the students of Bainbridge Island. The students learn culture, realities of life outside of Bainbridge Is., and how individuals and communities can make a difference. We have engaged students in girls scholarship programs and also helping to build libraries.

Website: www.melanesianwomentoday.org

Mobility for All

Mobility for All works to accelerate the implementation of equitable and sustainable mobility solutions throughout Washington. Our vision for the future includes the adoption of autonomous, connected, electric, and shared vehicle technology in a manner that improves people’s lives. In 2022, Mobility for All was awarded a WSDOT grant to establish an electric carshare service on Bainbridge Island. Working with the City of Bainbridge Island and Zero Emission Vehicle Cooperative this service is launching in May of 2023.

Mobility for All’s mission is to:

• Minimize reliance on single occupancy vehicles and increase shared-use alternatives.

• Champion zero emission modes.

• Foster interconnectivity of all modes of travel/transportation (i.e. pedestrian, bicycle, vehicle, transit, and other).

• Advocate for and support existing Kitsap Transit (and other regional) operations.

• Serve as an example of effective community engagement and solution-focused action.

Website: www.mobe4.com

Montessori Country School

For 50 years, we have offered a Montessori education on our beautiful, natural campus on Bainbridge Island. In mixed age classrooms, each developmental phase is supported in all areas of growth: emotional, intellectual, social, and physical. Our school offers a comprehensive Montessori program serving Parents & Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kindergartners, and a full Elementary program for grades one through six. One Call For All funds provide tuition assistance to families as needed.

Website: www.montessoricountryschool.org

Music Discovery Center

MDC is a countywide organization providing increased access to music through programs primarily aimed at youth and young adults in economic or social need.

• INSTRUMENTS FOR LIFE We collect and professionally refurbish good quality used music instruments and gift them to low-income middle and high school band and orchestra students in all Kitsap County school districts. The “new” instrument is theirs for life.

• “FIRST TOUCH” MUSIC PROGRAM Conducted weekly by MDC volunteers at a 350-student Bremerton public charter school that does not yet have a music program or music teacher.

• “MORE THAN MUSIC” SCHOLARSHIPS Offered annually at a sound recording studio to low-income or struggling teens and young adults searching for a different way to express themselves musically. These sessions can lead to a real job in the music industry.

• Every June 21st in downtown Bremerton MDC produces Kitsap’s version of the worldwide, free, open-to-all public event MAKE MUSIC DAY.

Website: www.musicdiscoverycenter.org

Nurse Meg’s Beacon of Joy Endowment Fund

Provide financial assistance to the Medical Unit’s patients’ families who need emergency assistance with food, transportation, temporary housing or other critical needs as determined by Seattle Children’s staff. Our daughter, Meg Reynolds-Gooch, during eight years as a nurse on the Medical Unit, effected calmness, joy, healing among her patients. A long-distance runner, Meg did not allow cancer to define her or how she lived her life. Cancer was an uninvited obstacle presenting hurdles that she literally ran through and flew over with infinite grace, speed, strength. Meg never dipped in zest for life overflowing with adventure, laugher, love. Her colleagues called her the “baby whisperer” for her special gift nursing sick children that left permanent imprints on innumerable lives—patients, familes, co-workers. Nurse Meg’s Beacon of Joy Endowment, annually distributing 5% of its value, honors Meg’s words from our last conversation: “I want to be remembered as a beacon of joy.”

Website: http://give.seattlechildrens.org/nursemeg

Olympic College Foundation

Olympic College Foundation partners with the community to transform lives through education. We remove barriers to educational opportunity by awarding more than $400,000 a year in scholarships and providing emergency funding for students in need. We also support student success by providing equipment, funding faculty development and supporting programs such as the Yama archaeological field school on Bainbridge. Because we believe higher education should be available to every student regardless of their circumstances, the Foundation is created and is now raising funds to expand the OC Promise to provide one tuition-free year at OC for high school graduates in Kitsap and Mason counties.

Website: www.olympic.edu/olympic-college-foundation

One Call for All

One Call for All runs an annual campaign to raise vital unrestricted operating support for nonprofits serving Bainbridge Island. We do so at no cost to the donor or the causes the donor cares about. We even pay the credit card fees so that the participating organizations can spend more time and resources doing what they do best – serving our community.

Website: www.onecallforall.org

One Heart Wild

The pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of people of all ages, particularly youth and families. Students are struggling, and parents and traditional school programs are finding it challenging to help them. In such a scenario, innovative approaches to mental health treatment are required to address the unprecedented need. One such approach is animal-assisted therapy, an evidence-based intervention that has been found to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, and improve mood and overall well-being. Our sanctuary environment offers experiential therapeutic learning that supports the process of healing and developing a deeper awareness of self. With the help of animals, our therapists, with specialized training, guide individuals to learn coping skills, improve communication, and develop healthy relationships. Animal-assisted therapy is a powerful tool that can benefit individuals of all ages. With your help we can continue to provide this innovative approach to mental health treatment in our community.

Website: OneHeartWild.org

Ovation! Performing Arts Northwest

Ovation! presents quality theatrical productions by and for our community while engaging all age groups in enriching theatrical and arts education experiences. Ovation! produces two to three mainstage productions per year and operates education programs that span multiple stages of life and foster interaction between diverse age groups. Programming includes Crescendo, an adult vocal ensemble; the Northwest Young Actor’s Studio; and summer GLEE camps for youth and adults. Founded in 2003 as a volunteer run organization, Ovation! has produced thirty-five shows in nineteen years. As a teaching organization, Ovation! has produced top-notch talent nurtured by first-class educators.

Website: www.ovationmtb.com

P.A.W.S. of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap

For 47 years, PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap’s purpose has been to provide the community with programs, not only offering animal companionship through adoption but also enhance relationships between people and their pets with programs designed to increase pet retention. PAWSBINK has two adoption facilities in the region-Kingston and Bainbridge Island. Adoption Center pets come from situations like family surrenders, abandonment, or feral colonies. They are not only from Kitsap County but also from high kill/overpopulated shelters all over Western Washington. Other programs include: • Low-income Veterinary Assistance and Spay/Neuter services, • Right Dog Right Home-dog match/adoption, • Kitsaplostpets.org-online site to help reunite pets and people, • SafeHarbor-housing animals of families in crisis, • Cat Sanctuary- housing senior cats deemed unadoptable, • PALS-senior individuals permanently fostering senior animals: offers veterinary and pet care, • Feral cat management, • Pet food bank serving eight local foodbanks, • Education programs including pet care and emergency preparedness.

Website: www.pawsbink.org

Peacock Family Services

Peacock Family Services’ vision is that the children of North Kitsap County will reach their full potential, nurtured by families and caregivers who feel supported, informed, and connected. We actively support families in need through our Tuition Assistance Program, which is sustained through fundraising, filling the gap between the cost of care and what families can afford. Peacock’s Early Childhood Development Center is licensed through WA Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to care for infants through 5-year-olds ready for kindergarten. Peacock’s experiential and inclusive curriculum is designed with all children in mind. Also DCYF licensed, Peacock’s Nature Nuts program provides after-school and seasonal day camp experiences for children grades K-3. Nature Nuts also offers Outdoor Families Nature Club, part play date; part family hike, for families of all ages. Peacock’s Partners for Early Learning workshop series is a collaboration of community organizations, delivering educational opportunities throughout the year.

Website: www.PeacockFamilyCenter.org

Peninsula Community Health Services

Peninsula Community Health Services is a nonprofit community health center providing services for primary medical care, preventive and restorative dental services, pharmacy, behavioral health and substance abuse treatment to the uninsured/underinsured of Kitsap, Mason and Pierce Counties since 1987. With clinics in Poulsbo, Kingston, Silverdale, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Belfair, Shelton, Gig Harbor and a mobile medical clinic, providing services to our communities with our patient-centered approach to health care. We use an integrated care model that believes in treating the whole patient; primary medical care, mental health counseling, dental care and pharmacy all under one roof and working hand-in-hand with the patient for the best possible outcomes. Donations collected go into our Patient Assistance Fund, not operating expenses.

Website: www.pchsweb.org

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky provides essential reproductive health care and sexuality education to people in the states of Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana and Kentucky. while advocating to protect reproductive rights and increase health care access both locally and nationally. We operate over 40 health centers across our 6 states, including 17 in western Washington. More than 200 people come through the doors of local Planned Parenthood health centers every day. It’s support from people like you that ensures every single one of those people will get the care they need – no matter what.

Website: www.ppgnhi.org

Puget Sound Restoration Fund

Puget Sound Restoration Fund (PSRF) works collaboratively to restore marine habitat and native species in Puget Sound. Based on Bainbridge since 1997, PSRF spearheads native oyster, abalone, and kelp recovery efforts, operates a conservation hatchery, and also develops strategies to mitigate ocean acidification and re-forge connections between people and marine resources. Support from OCFA boosts our local engagement activities and keeps us barreling forward to restore a healthy ecosystem that supports human habitation along this wonderful coast of ours.

Website: www.restorationfund.org

Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Trust

The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island is a 75-year-old island nonprofit. Our mission is to benefit the community and our world through action, integrity, service, and fellowship. Together, through a collaboration of business, professional, and community leaders, we take action to create lasting change. Since 1947 we have been a trusted partner working to improve lives locally and globally through grants, scholarships, and helping hands. 100% of our annual Auction & Rummage Sale proceeds are distributed back to the Community through our Trust fund. All of our operational expenses are funded by member fees and dues. In everything we think, say, and do, we use a 4-Way Test to measure our actions: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Website: www.bainbridgeislandrotary.org

Saint Cecilia Catholic School

Saint Cecilia Catholic School serves pre-kindergarten through 8th grade students. Our program is rich in academics, rooted in faith. We embrace, educate and empower students. Students are known, their strengths are celebrated and they are supported in their areas of growth. Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Curiosity and Critical Thinking are developed across the curriculum. Students, teachers, staff and parents foster a culture of care as we learn and grow together.

Website: www.saintceciliaschool.org

Salish Sea Expeditions

This spring, the sailing vessel Carlyn will resume her pivotal role as the platform for student learning, science explorations, and discoveries of the sea for Salish Sea Expeditions (proud program of the Northwest Maritime Center). We’ve nearly booked a full schedule of schools ready to engage in 3- to 5-day learning expeditions this coming year! And thanks to a generous donor, NWMC purchased the 40’ power catamaran, Admiral Jack. Conversion to a floating lab was completed last summer, and we just finished our first fall season of programs! The pilot program provided 6 weeks of on-board vessel operations field days for the inaugural class of Maritime High School students. With your support, Salish Sea Expeditions can continue to provide inquiry- and boat-based marine science experiences that instill curiosity, confidence, and critical thinking in young people who step into the role of scientist and mariner.

Website: www.salish.org

Scarlet Road

We believe in a vibrant life of freedom for every person. Through holistic care Scarlet Road offers the hope of freedom to those who have been sexually exploited. We intervene and educate in order to prevent victimization, we provide survivor-led crisis intervention and resources to exit the industry safely, and we journey alongside survivors to find full healing from exploitation. Scarlet Road is the only community advocacy agency offering critical services to survivors of sexual exploitation locally. We also offer the first and only safe haven drop-in center where those needing support can come and rest. The need is great and we rely on generous contributions from our community! Will you join us in paving the way from sexual exploitation to wholeness?

Website: www.scarletroad.org

Sound Works Job Center

Our program is to provide a wide spectrum of employment support services to Veterans, low-income and homeless individuals such as: Providing labor market information and job listings, job placement assistance, career counseling and individual mentoring. Access to high speed internet for job searches. Preparing and writing professional civilian and government resumes and cover letters. Providing interview training. Providing Access to additional information and contacts for additional health, food, youth or community services through other non-profit agencies throughout Kitsap County. Provide employment assistance to Kitsap County TANF clients. Our purposes are both immediate and far ranging. Our immediate goal is to provide every unemployed worker the compassion, encouragement and tools he or she needs during their job search. Our long-range goal is to promote community strength through individual job search success. Our clients and their families develop stability and dignity through consistent support services and ultimately, a living wage job.

Website: http://userwebs.donobi.net/soundworks/

Stillwaters Environmental Center

Stillwaters Environmental Center is an environmental science and education center in the Carpenter Creek watershed of Kingston, WA, on the shores of Puget Sound. Stillwaters was established in 1999 to advance scientific research, education and restoration in Puget Sound lowland streams and estuaries. Acting as stewards of the Carpenter Creek estuary, Stillwaters spearheaded the removal of two culverts which once choked the system. The new bridges serve commuters and migrating salmon traveling through this unique ecosystem. Since then, we have collaborated with volunteer citizen scientists, college interns, and graduate students to monitor estuary recovery and implement restoration strategies. Our education programs serve the schools, libraries, and community groups of North Kitsap, and promote awareness and understanding of our local environment and how we can help it thrive. We welcome you to join us as we dive into our next twenty years of stewardship and community connection.

Website: stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org

Sustainable Bainbridge

Sustainable Bainbridge promotes actions to increase social, economic and environmental sustainability of our community. Our programs include Zero Waste, Bainbridge Beach Naturalists, Climate Action Bainbridge, Watershed Council, Weed Warriors, Bainbridge GreenWays and more. In addition to our ongoing programs, we function as an incubator to support the development of new sustainability-related initiatives in the community. We also collaborate with partner organizations on special projects, such as Earth Month, coordinating the Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup, the annual Bainbridge Environmental conference, the Climate and Energy Forum and the Trashion Show.

Website: www.sustainablebainbridge.org

Suyematsu Farm Legacy Alliance

Suyematsu Farm Legacy Alliance (SFLA) is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the living legacy and heritage of Akio Suyematsu and his family’s original farm as a community asset involving a center of active farming, interpretation and education. Founded in 1928, this forty acre property is one of the oldest, continuously farmed working landscapes in the region, the largest production farm on Bainbridge Island, and a unique private-public partnership. The SFLA is committed to cultivating strong working relationships focused on honoring the legacy of historic Suyematsu Farm. Please support our efforts to stabilize and restore the Historic Preservation District, place the farm on State & National Historic Registers, and improve the welfare of the current farmers who are Akio Suyematsu’s agricultural legacy. To help us achieve our goals, we are guided by Akio’s principles and traditions of “clean living” for generations to come. EduCulture is the fiscal sponsor of the SFLA.

Website: SuyematsuFarmLegacyAlliance.org

Teen Talking Circles

One of the most powerful gifts we can give our youth is a safe space to speak their truth. A space where youth can tell the truth about their lives, look at the issues they’re living with, realize they’re not alone, and practice the essential skills necessary to create and maintain healthy and thriving relationships throughout their lives. A space where they are not alone. Teen Talking Circles has provided this crucial space to youth on Bainbridge Island & in the Kitsap County community since 1993. Circles transform youth by establishing a framework of emotional and relational skills. Participants witness each other as full human beings, discover the wholeness in themselves, and learn to relate to the world around them *inclusively* rather than exclusively. We provide teen & family workshops, community events, and focus on training new Circle Facilitators to provide even more circles for our communities. We pledge to cultivate a connected, confidential, and inclusive world for all youth.

Website: www.teentalkingcircles.org

The Island School

Nestled in the woods of Bainbridge Island, The Island School is an independent kindergarten through fifth grade elementary school educating students from across Kitsap County. Founded in 1977, the school engages the mind and heart of every child in a culture that values excellent education, innate curiosity, joy in learning, and respect and appreciation for others. Our teachers are caring and accomplished educators who model a love of lifelong learning. Teachers know each child deeply and devote tireless effort to meet children’s individual needs. Art, music, physical education and Spanish are core parts of our educational program. Kids love to learn at The Island School. We are a community of students, teachers, staff, parents, grandparents, relatives and friends working together. We are committed to a strong financial aid program to maintain economic diversity in our school community. The Island School is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools.

Website: www.theislandschool.org

Troy & Baden Biddle Foundation

In memory of father and son, Troy and Baden Biddle, who were killed by a drunk driver in November 2017, we support and further youth education and development through providing scholarships for post-secondary education, supporting youth sports leagues and other community organizations and activities.

https://tbbfdn.org/

United Way of Kitsap County

Since 1937, we’ve been making investments that build partnerships, leverage resources, and strengthen communities; focusing on long-term solutions for our three key initiatives Health Education and Financial Stability. 2 years ago we brought 2-1-1 into our office, which provided critical resources for those seeking food, rental and utility assistance along with vaccine clinic locations. We expanded upon that by working with community partners to host vaccine clinics for children and adults. But we knew our work wasn’t done so we continued to meet the needs of our most vulnerable population with West Sound Free Mobile Clinic prescription vouchers for homeless and extremely low income in our community. Now we have found another program that meets one of our key initiatives Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Providing a free book every month for children birth to 5 years old in Kitsap County. With your continued support we can all Live United.

Website: www.unitedwaykitsap.org

Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island Medical Center

Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island Medical Center offers high quality, primary care for adults and children in a modern, well-equipped facility. Specialties include cardiology, orthopedics, dermatology, sleep medicine and neurology. The Medical Center includes a pharmacy, laboratory, radiology and medical imaging. The health and well-being of our community are important to us and we are doing everything possible to provide care to those who need us. We are adding providers to our team and establishing an online waiting list so we can follow up with new patients as our capacity increases. Whether you choose to donate to give thanks, fight back against a disease, or pay forward an exceptional experience, we are grateful for your gift. Red Envelope donations are used to serve the health care needs of the local community, helping to fund new equipment and support the programs that best serve the needs of Islanders.

Website: https://www.virginiamason.org/

Vitalize Kitsap (formerly Island Time Activities)

Vitalize Kitsap’s mission is to empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead lives of meaning and self-determination. Our vision is that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are embraced and valued by their communities. Vitalize Kitsap provides opportunities and guidance for its members to set and achieve goals, build relationships, learn and practice art, life and work skills, and to be involved community members. Empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate in local events, have a job, and interact socially, ultimately produces a stronger, more inclusive community, which benefits everyone. Contributing to Vitalize Kitsap through the One Call For All will help us continue to offer personal development, one-on-one mentoring, scholarships, and public access for our members who all live in Kitsap County.

Website: www.vitalizekitsap.org

WEAVE Presents

Based out of Rolling Bay Hall, WEAVE Presents is a nonprofit performing arts and education organization that hosts international musicians, showcases our local independent arts community, and invites audiences to celebrate the multi-racial, multi-ethnic roots of American culture. WEAVE ignites curiosity by increasing exposure to the communities that built this country and continue to make it strong and vibrant. WEAVE partners with Bainbridge Island artists and nonprofits who resonate with our mission by offering them an all ages venue, high quality bar service, supplemental marketing channels, and access to our growing fan base. We host fundraisers for nonprofits and performances for artists across the island. and beyond. WEAVE fosters connection by creating an intimate, welcoming, and cozy ambiance. In contrast to our high-tech, touch-screen world, we are committed to gathering often around intentional programming in an inclusive environment to strengthen friendships and facilitate new bonds within our community.

Website: weavepresents.org

West Sound Treatment Center

Improving lives and restoring hope, together we move forward. That’s West Sound Treatment Center’s motto and how we conduct the business of providing treatment and services to people struggling with substance use disorders. We don’t just wait for people to come to us – we have programs that reach out to unhoused and/or incarcerated members of the community to determine what they need, and then we help them to meet those needs through case management, housing, education, job placement, and court-involved services so that they can become healthy, whole, and productive. Our office in Poulsbo serves Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap, and we also have Bremerton and Port Orchard locations, with counselors who work in the courts and the jail, as well. Supporting treatment defeats addiction!

Website: www.westsoundtreatmentcenter.org

West Sound Wildlife Shelter

The West Sound Wildlife Shelter provides injured, orphaned and sick wildlife a second chance at life through expert medical care and promotes the well-being of wildlife and their habitats through outreach, education and involvement.

Website: www.westsoundwildlife.org

Youth Experience Support (YES) Fund

No student should have to cope without the basic needs of food, shelter, and clothing. Beyond that, positive educational, recreational, and extracurricular activities can make all the difference in the lives of young people. And sometimes helping to relieve even a minor financial barrier can open the door to participation in meaningful activities. The Youth Experience Support Fund is a partnership of Bainbridge Community Foundation, Bainbridge Schools Foundation, Bainbridge Youth Services, and Helpline House. BCF will provide grant funds for students at all Bainbridge public schools. When students, counselors, or administrators identify a student with a need, a quick and confidential application process is all that stands in the way of saying “yes” to kids when they need help.

YWCA Kitsap County

YWCA is the only state certified domestic violence service provider in Kitsap County – working to advance justice through direct service programs, safety planning, advocacy, case management, emergency shelter, permanent housing, criminal and civil justice court navigation, support groups, prevention, education, and community outreach. Our community and our clients are owed respect, justice, and healing. Here, a woman is empowered to leave an abusive relationship. Here, a family breaks the cycle of violence. Here, we bear witness to a survivor’s dignity, and celebrate their victories. Here, a mother and her children escape their abuser, avoid homelessness, and access safe, permanent housing. Here, community leaders learn how to interrupt the cycle of generational violence and empower young people to form healthy relationships. But we don’t do it alone. It takes a community to end domestic violence – and Kitsap County CAN interrupt the cycle.

Website: www.ywcakitsap.org