ABC Conservation Education Foundation
The ABC Conservation/Education Foundation encourages and supports public education on the protection and preservation of the environment and natural resources of Bainbridge Island and its surrounding areas.
Non-Profits
Amabile Choir
The Amabile Choir of Bainbridge Island, founded in 2013, is a mixed-voice ensemble of 55-plus singers from Bainbridge Island and the Kitsap Peninsula. The choir’s members range in age from teenagers to retirees – all music lovers who enjoy singing. From its founding, Amabile’s purpose has been to express love of music through choral singing. The Amabile Choir provides musical education and choral performance fostering a genuine love of singing with a clear understanding of the value of music in people’s lives. Amabile draws from an eclectic repertoire including classical, international, jazz and religious works. Amabile aims to provide meaningful cultural experiences for the community. It performs two concerts annually, in late spring, then during the holiday season, in the beautiful St. Barnabas sanctuary, which the church generously provides in keeping with its own spiritual commitment to community service.
American Red Cross
Every day home fires take seven lives in the United States. Home fires kill more people than all other natural disasters combined in the U.S. Your gift to One Call For All will help stop this loss of life because it will be used to support the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign. We’re going door-to-door to install free smoke alarms, replace dead batteries, and help families develop two-minute escape plans. Since launching the nationwide Home Fire Campaign in October 2014 we have: • Installed more than 2,055,000 smoke alarms in vulnerable communities. • Replaced more than 86,000 batteries. • Saved 699 lives. This year we plan to install 5.500 free smoke alarms in the Northwest Region. This is only possible with generous support from donors like you. Thank you for supporting One Call For All and the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign.
Website: www.redcross.org/local/wa/northwestregion
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
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge supports, promotes and fosters cultural organizations and local artists of all disciplines through a variety of vehicles and opportunities via our three pillars – Currents Online, Arts in Education and Public Art. Currents Online, (currentstonline.org) our community cultural website, hosts an extensive events calendar, stories, blogs & videos, local artist and cultural organization profiles, public art, an arts education sub-site, and links for artistic and cultural resources. Our second pillar, the Arts in Education program serves over 2,000 students by bringing teaching artist residencies into the public schools. And our third pillar, the Public Art program brings art to public spaces, through collaborations with the City of Bainbridge Island and various private investors.
Website: www.AHBainbridge.org
Assistance Dogs Northwest
Assistance Dogs Northwest (ADNW), located on Bainbridge Island, trains and provides highly skilled Assistance Dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities and other special needs. ADNW is also committed to serving people with special needs through our Community Outreach Programs, which include the Therapy Dog Program, Wounded Veterans Program, Workplace Readiness Program and Education Program. All Assistance Dogs and lifetime follow-up support are provided free of charge to recipients.
Website: www.assistancedogsnorthwest.org
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts is a nonprofit art gallery that illuminates our corner of the world through monthly exhibitions, free art education, and outreach. 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 Chinese Culture & Arts
Learn the language and culture of one of the world’s great civilizations. Bainbridge Chinese Culture & Arts is a non-profit organization that provides Mandarin Chinese language training and an introduction to Chinese culture and arts to students and interested adults on Bainbridge Island and nearby communities in Washington State.
Website: bainbridgechinese.org
Bainbridge Chorale
The Bainbridge Chorale began bringing members of our community together to sing and enjoy the power of choral music in 1971. 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 sing at our annual community singing events, open to all. But our mission goes beyond hosting events, offering quality musical education to singers of all ages, and performing professional-level concerts. The Bainbridge Chorale organization is committed to sharing the power of singing and choral music to touch our hearts, to evoke 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. It sponsors community student recitals and presents eight professional concerts of jazz and classical music in the concert series First Sundays Concerts.
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 Food Forest
The Bainbridge Food Forest is a thriving, diverse, and sustainable, edible ecosystem created by a joint venture between Friends of the Farms and Bainbridge Prepares. We build resilience in our community by leveraging regenerative farming practices to improve soils, protect watersheds and build habitats for native species. Guided by experts from Biohabitats, Northwest Meadowscapes, the Department of Fish & Wildlife, the Audubon Society, the Xerces Society, and more, the BFF will foster the health of all species and be a:
• Community hub for hands-on experiences to grow ideas and inspire curiosity in children and adults
• Living classroom and shared space for regenerative local food production and innovation in habitat preservation and restoration
• Edible public park open to all
• Sanctuary free for all to gather, nourish, explore, and share
• Replicable model for food security and equitable distribution of locally grown, nutritious, fresh food”
Website: www.friendsofthefarms.org/bff
Bainbridge Island 4H Club
4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization. Bainbridge Island 4H is led by adult volunteers who focus on the development of life-skills in youth 5-19 years of age through a variety of projects, following the 4H slogan of “Learn by Doing”. Head, Heart, Hands, and Health are the four H’s in 4-H .
The 4H pledge:
– I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
– my heart to greater loyalty,
– my hands to larger service, and
– my health to better living,
– for my club, my community, my country and my world.
Our 4H members can also participate at the county and state level in multiple events: the Kitsap County Fair; if they qualify, the Washington State Fair; county public presentations; summer camp (as campers and counselors); community service projects; and WSU based leadership conferences.
Website: http://www.bainbridgeisland4h.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 special interest group meetings at BARN, and a monthly breakfast meeting. BARC members provide communications for community events such as the Chilly Hilly bicycle rally, the Rotary Auction, Bainbridge Community Emergency Response Teams (BI-CERT), and the Bainbridge Emergency Operations Center. The club is affiliated with the Kitsap County Alternate Communications System (ACS), RACES, and ARES, and most Club members hold identification cards from the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management. BARC supports the Bainbridge Island “Map Your Neighborhood” program, encouraging neighbors to become licensed hams and learn to communicate effectively during an emergency. BARC operates the W7NPC radio repeater making possible island-wide VHF and UHF amateur communications.
Bainbridge Island Child Care Centers
BICCC opened the doors last September for our beautiful new campus! We are thrilled to have enrollment nearly at capacity and watch as our families fill the buildings and outdoor plaza.Our capital campaign is still under way to provide much needed funding for outdoor lighting, a bus shelter, and an expanded playground.We are thrilled to have such a pristine and beautiful place to call our own and look forward to these improvement being made.We appreciate the support of our community as we push through the second half of our campaign. Your donations are making a world of difference and we couldn’t do this without you. Please stop by and see our progress!
Website: www.biccc.org
Bainbridge Island Downtown Association
BIDA’s mission is to build and sustain community through a vibrant downtown economy. Since 1992, Bainbridge has been recognized as one of only 12 nationally accredited Washington Main Streets through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Website: www.bainbridgedowntown.org
Bainbridge Island FC
Bainbridge Island FC provides soccer training and playing opportunities for over 1500 members from Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County and the Olympic Peninsula. We offer quality training, game and program opportunities for children (3-19 years) and adults (20+ years). Visit www.bifc.net for information for all program offerings. The club’s Mission Statement is to “promote 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 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 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 Fruit Club
The Bainbridge Island Fruit Club was founded in 2014 with the purpose of enhancing our gardens, our community, our sustainability, and our pride through growing fruit. We strive to bring together new and experienced fruit growers who will promote the science, cultivation, and pleasure of growing our own local fruit. Our members range from seasoned local farmers and hobby orchardists to backyard fruit growers and aspiring novices. We pass along knowledge and experience through education, fruit shows, orchard tours, meetings, workshops, and publications.
Website: https://bifruitclub.wordpress.com/
Bainbridge Island Girls Lacrosse Association
We are a not-for-profit group organized and run by volunteers dedicated to teaching the game of lacrosse to girls from the third grade until they graduate from high school in a positive environment. Each level is taught by the best available coaches who are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about helping players find excellence in themselves and their team mates. Playing lacrosse helps girls with increasing self esteem, self confidence, and an ability to work as part of a team.
https://bainbridgegirlslax.sportngin.com
Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum aims to preserve and share the stories of Bainbridge Island to promote a greater understanding of our community and the world in which we live. Through rotating exhibits, public programs, and docent-led tours, visitors connect with one another and explore different perspectives as they celebrate the diverse stories of Bainbridge Island. In 2019, the Museum experienced a 40% increase in visitation from 2018 as first-time visitors and members came in record numbers. The Museum remains free to the public and the staff is working to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive museum experience through new collaborative partnerships. As the primary historical collecting organization, the Museum is also actively engaged in gathering and preserving cultural material and first-hand stories as history is happening today. Now, more than ever, the Museum recognizes this unique responsibility to document the present.
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 the internment 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 works to secure property for preservation and public use such as Hilltop and the Grand Forest, the Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve and Pritchard Park. Additionally, the Land Trust stewards the lands already preserved, securing it for long-term enjoyment by everyone. The Land Trust works with private landowners as well as community and regional partners to restore our shorelines, streams, forests, and wetlands. The Land Trust regularly offers opportunities to train and inspire islanders of all ages to help battle invasive species and plant native plants.
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 Parks Foundation
Now more than ever before, our parks and trails are the places we all share for recreation, reflection and fun. The Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation enhances our community by supporting a thriving system of parks, trails and open spaces. Your gift helps us plan for new park features and fund a wide array of park improvements, including building new playgrounds, restoring the environment at Blakely Harbor Park, Moritani Preserve, Waypoint Woods, Williams-Olson Park and others. We fund the Student Conservation Corps and Summer Trails Crew, giving young people exciting, meaningful work in park restoration. Your family has probably been touched by our Community Grants, which have benefited the Bainbridge Aquatic Center, the Rowing Club, youth gymnastics and many other organizations. Together, we can improve parks and trails our most beloved public resources. Your gift makes these places even better for the enjoyment and health of our community!
Website: www.biparksfoundation.org
Bainbridge Island Pony Club
The Bainbridge Island Pony Club (BIPC) provides a program of education in horse care, riding and mounted sports of all kinds. A club of the United States Pony Club since 1965, we’ve been developing responsibility, moral judgment, leadership and self-confidence in young people for over 50 years. Today we are also a multi-generational resource for equestrians of all ages. Our educational program places equal emphasis on teaching riding skills, horse-care fundamentals, team participation and sportsmanship. We offer local, regional and national opportunities, supporting a wide range of mounted sports including show jumping, eventing, dressage, fox-hunting, games, polo/polocross, tetrathalon, vaulting and more. We support our local equestrian clubs and resources with volunteer work.
Website: biponyclub.org
Bainbridge Island Rope Skippers
The Bainbridge Island Rope Skippers are a competitive jump rope team that has been on the island for over 20 years. We promote the exciting sport of competitive jump rope as well as exercise, leadership, and sportsmanship for today’s youth. We offer jump rope classes for youth ages 6-18, an annual summer camp, occasional community shows, and love to wow the crowd at the annual 4th of July Parade. Our team has competed in local, national, and world competitions and we host a large tournament on the island every Spring which brings about 150 visitors to the island.
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 2019 the Foundation granted 13 scholarships totaling over $37,000 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.
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
Founded in 1948, Bainbridge Island Saddle Club 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.
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 from all of Kitsap County. BISNF’s affordable day program reflects our belief that adults with disabilities thrive through participation in community-based recreational and social activities. Our goals are to increase physical health, mental well-being and social interaction for our participants, as well as to provide respite for caregivers. Activities include field trips, swimming, CrossFit, yoga, art projects, computer activities, movies, menu planning. grocery shopping, cooking and gardening. We employ two full time staff members. 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 Swim Club Boosters
Bainbridge Island Swim Club is recognized by USA Swimming and offers a year-round competitive swim program to 130 swimmers ranging from 7 to 18 years of age. Our swim club fosters a safe training environment and positive sportsmanship for every member. From our Novice swimmers to our National level training groups, BISC develops a team of individuals with strong leadership skills who enjoy the thrill of healthy competition at all levels.
Website: www.biswimclub.org
Bainbridge Island Visually Impaired Persons Support Group
We provide education, support, and encouragement to blind and low-vision persons, thereby helping them cope with daily challenges: for example, minimizing household hazards, simplifying food preparation, improving reading, developing travel skill, using digital devices, etc. We work to inform the community about the problems, needs and potential of visually impaired persons. Regular meetings include wide-ranging discussions such as accessing cultural resources, using the free talking books library, sharing news of progress in vision research. A monthly flyer available to anyone through email or snail mail announces the current topic for the meetings of the Visually Impaired Group.
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 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 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
Bainbridge Prepares supports our community through communication and awareness about emergency preparedness, because when we’re all connected and informed, our island thrives. A collaborative blend of individuals, organizations, and local government, Bainbridge Prepares is actively making our island more resilient. In the event of a large natural disaster like an earthquake or a public health emergency such as a pandemic, our brave first responders will be overwhelmed and we may be on our own in our neighborhoods. That’s when community is vital—neighbors helping neighbors—with everyone taking care of each other. Join your friends and neighbors to ensure our island is ready for anything; learn more at our website.
Website: bainbridgeprepares.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 brings the island together to invest in initiatives that inspire and strengthen the educational experience for each BISD student, from kindergarten through graduation. Our schools rely on BSF funding to pay for innovative programs, recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers, and academic support for all students.
Website: www.bainbridgeschoolsfoundation.org
Bainbridge Student Loan Fund
Bainbridge Student Loan Fund is a local, non-profit corporation founded over 50 years ago to help local students to pay for their post-secondary education costs. Students can apply for (3) $3500 loans during their higher education years for a total of $10,500. Loans are interest free until the students complete their higher educations. Repayment of these loans begins five months after the students end their full time enrollment and carry a 4% interest rate for a period of three years. Repayment options include (36) equal payments, (35) minimum payments with a 36th balloon balance payment, or a single payment of the full amount. Bainbridge Student Loan Fund currently has (10) students enrolled in school with approximately $50,000 of loans and (9) former students with loans in repayment with a total outstanding balance of $23,000. Loan applications for the current school year are available at dawcsw@aol.com and close on June 30th.
Bainbridge Youth Services
Since 1962 Bainbridge Youth Services (BYS) has been working to ignite hope and promote and support the emotional and social well-being of youth and to help them build strengths through a variety of free programs and services. BYS offers free, confidential and professional mental health counseling to youth 12-21, free peer tutoring for all ages, summer employment internships and career exploration, a leadership program, Lead From Within, to help young people strengthen their own well-being so they can support others in doing the same and a Diversion program which is a restorative justice program that diverts juvenile offenders out of the court system to meet with a community accountability board. BYS is working to attain the aspirational vision that, by 2025, all graduating high school seniors on Bainbridge Island will score “highly hopeful” on the Healthy Youth Survey Children’s Hope Scale.
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 – Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network – is a maker space and learning place. BARN offers classes in everything from woodworking, metalworking, fiber arts, printmaking and cooking to building robots and using 3D printers. It’s a place to build a garden bench, make a necklace, weave a rug, learn to code, or experiment with spices. BARN features 10 well-equipped workshops where people of all ages and skill levels learn from one another while working on personal and community service projects. To serve people beyond high school who are searching for a career or a career change, BARN now offers nine-month, full-time Certificate of Craft programs in woodworking and jewelry making to prepare people for a variety of jobs in these industries.
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 specifically. Our programs include monthly planetarium shows, special kid programs with BPAstro kids, school field trips and other outreach programs.
Website: www.bpastro.org
Bloedel Reserve
Bloedel Reserve is a public garden and nature reserve situated on Bainbridge Island. Our primary focus is the sustainable operation of our 150-acre, waterfront public garden in accordance with 4 organizational priorities: excellence in horticulture & design, commitment to stewardship & conservation, promotion of nature & well-being, and stimulation of inspiration & creativity. Approximately 60,000 people enjoy the grounds year-round through: walks on more than 2 miles of groomed trails, guided tours, lectures and facilitated discussions, community concerts and readings, and special events. We offer two signature programs at no cost to participants: Strolls for Well-Being programs (which use the garden as a therapy modality) in partnership with Virginia Mason and Island Volunteer Caregivers as well as the Creative Residency (an artist-in-residence program). Founded by Prentice and Virginia Bloedel in 1974 and opened to the public in 1988, Bloedel Reserve is a place to find refreshment and tranquility in nature.
Website: www.bloedelreserve.org
Bloodworks Northwest
For over 75 years, Bloodworks Northwest has served a critical role as the cornerstone of our region’s healthcare system. Together with our donors, volunteers, investors and community partners, we are working to provide the best care — every hour, every day, for everyone. Bloodworks is the partner of choice of 100 hospitals and a recognized leader in healthcare and biomedical research. Our world-renowned team of researchers are leading the charge in personalized medicine. Our innovations continue to transform the lives of hemophilia, transplant, surgical and cancer patients —anyone who needs blood.
Website: impact.bloodworksnw.org
Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island
Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island is a safe, affordable, and fun place for kids and teens during critical out-of-school time. We provide after-school programs; summer and holiday day camps; and leadership and service opportunities for teens through volunteerism. The Club serves hundreds of kids on the Island each year, extending reduced fees and scholarships to families in need. Club activities center on our three key outcome areas: academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. Every day, the Club prepares young people for great futures.
Website: positiveplace.org
Carden Country School
A small interdenominational Christian school, Carden offers a proven, rigorous, incremental curriculum for grades K-8 while cultivating character through the daily practice of respect, courtesy, and service to others. Located on a small working farm on Bainbridge Island, Carden Country School’s ideal scale and setting fosters playfulness, creativity, and learning. The individualized approach found at Carden meets the needs of each student so they might find joy in every lesson and reach their highest potential. Carden Country School uses the gifts received through OCFA to help fund the scholarship program. Thank you for supporting Carden Country School through One Call for All!
Website: www.cardencountryschool.org
Coffee Oasis
The Coffee Oasis mission is to change the world for homeless youth in one community after another through a strategic continuum of services supported by sustainable coffee businesses. Since 1997, The Coffee Oasis has provided the core services needed both to prevent homelessness and to help homeless youth 13-25 years old off the streets. We accomplish this through street outreach, drop-in centers, case management, housing, crisis intervention, mentoring, and job training.
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.
First Years Children’s Center
First Years Children’s Center has been educating and caring for children on the Island for over 24 years. We have children as young as 4 weeks, all the way up until the day before they start kindergarten. Our teachers are thoughtful, and they strive to nurture each child’s cognitive, social/emotional, language, and physical development at his or her own pace. We offer scholarships to our families, and employees, for our child care center. We also award an annual college scholarship to a graduating Bainbridge High School student who plans to further their own education in the Early Childhood Education field, courtesy of donations and fundraising efforts. Our employees have easy access to an Early Childhood Education grant that covers everything from their state certifications to an associates degree. We understand the importance of quality education, and believe it’s never too early, or too late, to start!
Website: firstyearschildrenscenter.com
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
For 45 years, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been redefining what’s possible in cancer research, establishing a record of unparalleled excellence and saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Our world-renowned researchers work at the leading edge of science to discover and accelerate lifesaving prevention, treatments, and cures to benefit patients and families around the world. Tremendous advances in genomics, immunology, and computing are accelerating our pace of discovery. 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 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
Your contribution to the Friends of BI High School Sailing provides direct support to the Bainbridge High School Sailing Team, and will be applied to the periodic purchase of replacement sailboats so the Team remains fully competitive. These sailboats are shared seasonally with youth sail training programs on Bainbridge Island, so your donation also provides indirect support to community sailing, generally. BHS Sailing sails at the elite competitive level, having raced at the national championships 17 of the last 20 years. The Friends of BIHSS provides the sole source of financial and logistical support to the BHS Sailing Team.
Website: www.bhssailing.org
Friends of Fort Ward
Friends of Fort Ward is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization committed to historic preservation in the Fort Ward neighborhood on Bainbridge Island, WA. We provide educational outreach and sharing with local schools, community organizations, and individuals interested in island history, and promote neighborhood social activities and service projects. Our signature project is restoration of Fort Ward’s historic bakery building as a community hall and a hub of neighborhood life.
Website: www.fortwardhall.org
Friends of the Farms
Because of your support, children and families will have a deeper connection to the food they eat and learn to make food choices that are good for their bodies, good for their community, and good for the planet. You make possible programs that support local food, farms, and community, such as our new Farm to School initiative and the Bainbridge Food Forest. Because of you FotF will continue advocating for farmland preservation, providing educational programs, such as the annual Edible Garden Tour, and bringing community together on historic farms at events like our Sunday Soup Supper in the Barn and Harvest Cider Pressing.
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, rider and coach training,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
Girls on the Run Westsound
Our mission at Girls on the Run is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. We embolden girls in 3rd through 8th grade to recognize their inner strength and celebrate what makes them one of a kind as they are facing social pressures and conflicting messages about how they should act and who they should be. Our trained volunteer coaches facilitate a ten-week program, helping the girls develop essential skills so they can understand themselves and their place in the world, all while establishing a passion for health and fitness. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5K. We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.
Website: www.girlsontherunwestsound.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 who provide services at no cost to women beginning their healing journeys. 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 that have the skills, sensitivity, and passion to work with this population, we respectfully and gratefully ask for your donation.
Website: www.givetoheal.love
GoRun!
GoRun! is a non-profit that organizes a running program for 4th, 5th and 6th grade girls. Our mission is to build key life skills (goal setting, teamwork, etc.) while encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and fitness.
Website: facebook.com/runhavefun
Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County
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 everyone living in a decent home. 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
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, monthly legal clinic, medical equipment loan and children’s programs.
Website: www.helplinehouse.org
Hospice Care in Kitsap County (MultiCare Health Foundation)
Respectful, Compassionate End-of-Life Care Sunsets are a testament that endings can be beautiful too. Amid difficult times, thank you for providing care, comfort and compassion to many in your community. When the time for aggressive treatment to cure your illness is over, MultiCare at Home Hospice services are there to help you live as fully and comfortably as possible, with dignity and respect. We also support family, friends and caregivers by answering questions, discussing concerns and offering comfort. Your gift today will have an impact in the lives of those who need Hospice care. Last year, nearly 20% of the patients we served were from Kitsap County. This includes comfort therapy visits ranging from massage, aroma and music therapy as well as reiki.
Website: https://www.multicare.org/hospice/
Housing Resources Bainbridge
HRB works to preserve the diversity and vitality of Bainbridge Island by providing and maintaining affordable housing opportunities in the community. HRB owns and operates 103 units of rental housing and stewards 42 homeownership properties as part of our Community Land Trust. Our housing programs, Independent Living, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Housing Stabilization keep Bainbridge Islanders safely and affordably housed. We provide affordable rental and homeownership opportunities that keep Bainbridge a healthy, diverse and balanced community where everyone is welcome. Even islanders who never need our services will likely be touched by someone we serve.
Website: www.housingresourcesbi.org
Hyla Middle School
Hyla Middle School creates an educational environment where 6-8th graders are intrigued with learning. Our pedagogy is infused with challenge, freedom, choice and collaboration to engage students in their own academic growth through hands-on experiential learning. With small classes, students and teachers develop the close, caring connections that are the foundation of all learning. Our culture of respect, kindness, inclusion and responsibility develops young leaders with character. We are a community that works together to help students grow as individuals into their best selves. We value personal development as much as academic growth and integrity as much as achievement.
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. inD Theatre is 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
Our work is focused on creating educational texts, films and forums that include the history, culture and traditions of Indigenous peoples, Filipino Americans and mixed heritage individuals and communities. We collaborate with the Bainbridge Island School District,Islandwood, Kitsap Regional Library Bainbridge Island Branch, the Bainbridge Historical Museum and the City of Bainbridge Island to promote programs, presentations, events, activities and exhibits that include the Filipino Community, the Indigenous community and the Indipino community of Bainbridge Island. Indipinos are the mixed heritage children of Aboriginal (Indigenous) women and Filipino immigrant fathers who intermarried in the 1940’s and 1950’s on Bainbridge Island.
Island Children’s Montessori School
Island Children’s Montessori School Island Children’s Montessori School has been serving families on Bainbridge Island for the past 30 years and offers a safe, nurturing environment where children get a quality preschool education in preparation for all future learning. OCFA money supports our scholarship program. Website: www.islandchildrensmontessori.com
Website: www.islandchildrensmontessori.org
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
We enable life-enriching connections between caring people and the elderly and persons with disabilities to enable their independence, dignity, health and well-being. Volunteers provide transportation for medical and therapy appointments as well as to social and recreational activities. Other services are companionship, errands, respite care, in-home help such as light housekeeping or yard care, assistance with pet care, visiting Pet Therapy, and more. We offer a Caregiver’s Support Group and 2 Grief Support Programs which are open to the community. Our special Flowers From the Heart Program delivers hundreds of bouquets of donated flowers to homebound every summer.
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 every 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 provide assistance with transportation costs for women with cancer, living in Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason Counties. Since 2003, KSF has been providing assistance to defer transportation costs for over 900 women, with over $500,000. Many patients find themselves in dire financial difficulties, forced to choose between paying the rent or receiving treatment. The fund covers gas, ferry fees, parking & other transit expenses while undergoing cancer treatment.; providing some measure of financial relief during their treatment of cancer, with a goal to allow them to focus on healing. In 2019: -Total number of women assisted: 126 women with $89, 579 -Amount distributed to Bainbridge Island residents: $11,532 Donate today or join us at our annual fundraiser on Saturday, October 3rd, at the Bremerton Conference Center.
Website: www.kathleensutton.org
Kids Discovery Museum
Founded in 2003 by dedicated volunteers, the Kids Discovery Museum (KiDiMu) bridges the gap in local early learning opportunities. It is the only nonprofit children’s museum on the Kitsap Peninsula and serves families from Bainbridge Island and the surrounding region. At KiDiMu, children and their grown-ups experience the power of learning together through play. They explore art, science and culture through hands-on exhibits, activities and programs, all of which follow the Early Learning and Development Guidelines established by the State of Washington. Research shows that such play-based, multi-sensory environments inspire a lifelong desire to learn in children. (Recommended for children birth to 8 years of age.)
Website: www.kidimu.org
Kids in Concert
An el Sistema-inspired program dedicated to building community and relationships and making beautiful music. Kids in Concert is an after-school program for ages 5-18 that ignites creativity though choir and string ensembles at absolutely no cost to families.
Website: www.kidsinconcert.org
KidsUp! Playground
KidsUp! Playground needs YOU to make The Next Generation of Play a reality with a gift today! A generation of kids have grown up with KidsUp!, our wonderful “destination playground” at Battle Point Park. After years of play and weathering, the playground is worn out – it’s time to build a durable NEW KidsUp! Island kids and parents (with a little help from Bainbridge Metro Parks and the Landscape Structures, Inc., professional design firm) have dreamed up an amazing new playground – bigger and better than ever – one that’s safe and accessible for EVERYONE regardless of ability. Imagine a giant “ferry boat” play structure with climbable orca whales swimming by, exciting spinners and swings, a trike track and many other colorful features – kids will enjoy at the new KidsUp! Help us raise $600,000 for the new KidsUp! Join the campaign through the Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation, www.biparksfoundation.org/kidsup.
Website: kidsup.fun
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. Other benefits offered include backpacks full of school supplies and holiday gifts. 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. In 2019, we successfully found homes 5,879 animals-in-need, performed 5,996 spay/neuter surgeries, transferred in over 1,700 at-risk pets from overcrowded shelters and supported over 1,150 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% + save rate. 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 is committed to the well-being of immigrants and the development of a rich multicultural community. We work to empower, educate, and integrate immigrants through advocacy and social justice. Our Immigration Legal Services program helps with citizenship, Green Card, and DACA applications, as well as representation for deportation proceedings. English language tutoring, citizenship classes, and tax preparation are also available. Our Family Services program offers free medical and dental clinics, and support resolving conflicts with landlords and communicating with schools. KIAC’s “Grupo de Mamas” gathers Latinx and Guatemalan mothers for connection and important education in their native languages with prenatal and public health professionals. KIAC also serves as a vital information hub for immigrants during the COVID-19 crisis.
Website: www.kitsapiac.org
Kitsap Legal Services
At Kitsap Legal Services, we connect members of our community with volunteer attorneys so that all may have access to justice. Our team of volunteer attorneys assists clients in family law, wills and estates, domestic violence fallout, bankruptcy, and a myriad of other legal issues. Additionally, through our weekly Housing Justice Project tenant clinic at the Kitsap County Superior Courthouse, our volunteers ensure the rights of all tenants are respected in landlord-tenant matters. Often, we help tenants and landlords reach an agreement that prevents individuals and families from becoming homeless. 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.
Website: www.KitsapLegalServices.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
Kitsap Rescue Mission
Kitsap Rescue Mission (KRM) operates the only year round, low barrier, overnight shelter in Kitsap County, serving individuals from all areas of Kitsap. The Mission also operates a day room Monday through Friday. The COVID virus pandemic has severely stressed the staff and the operating budget with all the precautions, for necessary protective clothing, washing, disinfection, food provision, to keep the staff healthy while maintaining services for our guests; with the shutdown of local food services and other resources. KRM is now operating 24/7 during the COVID emergency, to keep individuals experiencing homelessness safe and sheltered. Funds are urgently needed to meet these needs and care for those who have no home to shelter in. None of this would be possible without giving from individuals like you!
Website: www.kitsaprescue.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 7a.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/
Lesser-Known Players
Never heard of it? That’s our specialty! Familiar favorites and famous titles are well-represented by other local performing arts groups. We aim to provide our local community with exposure to rare, unusual, and/or out-of-mainstream theatrical works which for various reasons would not find a home at other local venues. Through these lesser-known works we seek to foster community engagement, dialogue, and understanding of history, politics, and the different ways of living, thinking, believing and behaving in society, and to provide more opportunities for inclusion in the performing arts to traditionally underrepresented groups.
https://www.lesserknownplayers.org
Living Life Leadership
Living Life Leadership is a youth empowerment program through which youth explore history and culture, develop skills, build community, and engage in service learning as active leaders in their communities. Living Life Leadership is a program of New Life CDA, a 501c3 nonprofit agency, which creates a strong sustainable community where disadvantaged children, families, and businesses can achieve their highest capacities. New Life CDA and its programs cohesion, unity, and opportunity for all residents and empower our youth and young adults to build productive futures.
https://www.facebook.com/Livingartscultrualheritagecenter/
Madrona School
Madrona School offers Waldorf education for children from babyhood – 8th 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 for world languages, handwork, strings ensemble (4th – 8th grade) and outdoor learning.
Website: www.madronaschool.org
Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Northwest
We raise private charitable funding for childhood cancer research and raise awareness about pediatric cancers. Administratively self-funded, 100% of donations received go directly to research. Our efforts have provided the CAR T-cell immunotherapy research under the direction of Bainbridge Islander Dr. Michael C. Jensen at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute with over $350,000.00 in funding. Recent expansion of Clinical Trials show encouraging promise in numerous target areas. The need and the support continue.
Website: www.makenoise4kidsnw.org
Marge Williams Center
Marge Williams Center provides affordable administrative offices 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 Chinese Culture & Arts, Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation, Bainbridge Island Rowing, BI Football Club (Youth Soccer), PAWS of Bainbridge & NK, Sustainable Bainbridge, One Call For All and YWCA of Kitsap County. We also provide meeting space and mailbox services to other nonprofits. Donations help fund the cost of utilities, building maintenance and capital improvements. Website: http://margewilliamscenter.org
Website: http://margecenter.org/
Martha & Mary
For over 125 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 and care management
• 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
Currently celebrating 47 years of service to Kitsap County seniors, Meals on Wheels Kitsap (MOWK) has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for Bainbridge Island residents, aged 60+ years through healthy and nutritious meals served at its community dining meal site located at the Bainbridge Island Senior Center and directly delivered to homebound seniors. Last year, MOWK provided 3,312 meals to 166 unduplicated Bainbridge seniors. Additionally, the organization distributed Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) vouchers to 67 low-income island seniors to purchase $40 worth of fresh produce at local farmer’s markets from June 1-October 31. Ten island residents also volunteer with the organization.
Website: www.mealsonwheelskitsap.org
Montessori Country School
For over 48 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
NatureBridge
NatureBridge provides hands-on environmental science programs for children and teens in the world’s best classrooms—our national parks. Our multi-day, overnight programs take place in Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California; Olympic National Park in Washington State; and Prince William Forest Park in Virginia. Founded as Yosemite Institute in 1971, today NatureBridge welcomes more than 600 schools and 35,000 students and teachers each year. In Olympic, every year more than 5,000 students and teachers explore and experience ancient forests, alpine terrain, coastal marine habitats and the largest river restoration in U.S. history.
Website: www.naturebridge.org
Nurse Meg’s Beacon of Joy Endowment Fund (at Seattle Children’s Hospital)
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 $300,000 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 creating 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
Olympic Performance Group
We provide dancers and performers of all ages and levels as well as artistic choreographers the opportunity to be involved in professional level productions and workshops. We strive to enrich the community by increasing dance appreciation through these events as well as to develop life skills in local youth who join OPG. Skills such as dedication, work ethic, team work and professionalism are learned through participation in the caliber of performance we achieve all while spreading the spirit of dance as a dynamic art form. With a fourteen year history, OPG has touched the lives of thousands in our local community and is continually looking for ways to partner with other organizations to bring even more, the joy of dance. Website: olympicperformancegroup.org
Website: olympicperformancegroup.org
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 Therapeutic Sanctuary
One Heart Wild Sanctuary is a unique animal based therapeutic services organization serving the Kitsap Peninsula; offering animal/equine assisted therapeutic services, a vibrant volunteer program, outreach to schools serving at-risk students, standard life/health coaching, and therapy, student internships for UW, WWU, WNMU, OC, as well as an animal assisted certification program for therapists, educators, and those working in human-animal interface jobs. One Heart Wild partners with many local human and animal service providers to collaborate on programs to serve our two and four-legged community. One Heart Wild is dedicated to providing equity in access to care for all who need it through our fundraising efforts, and program fees. We stretch every dollar so cost won’t prevent a cow with serious medical neglect from finding a forever home, and it won’t prevent a homeless teen, or foster youth from getting the unique support they need to address their trauma.
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-two shows in fifteen 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 45 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. PAWS has two adoption facilities in the region-Kingston and Bainbridge Island. Adoption center pets come from situations like family surrender, 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’s 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 are dedicated to promoting the healthy social and emotional development of children by providing nurturing and enriching care and family resources. We do so through our organization’s programmatic strands – our Childhood Development Center (childcare and preschool, ages 1 – 5 years old), our Nature Nuts outdoor educational opportunities (after school and day camps, grades K – 3), our Partners for Early Learning educational series, and our Community Family Resource Directory. Peacock values Health, Inclusiveness, and Community. We actively support families in need through our Tuition Assistance Program, which is sustained through fundraising to fill the gap between the coast of care and what families can afford.
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 and Mason Counties since 1987. With clinics in Poulsbo, Kingston, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Belfair, Shelton, and a mobile medical clinic, we provide accessible, affordable, quality health and wellness services for all members of our communities. 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 of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands provides essential reproductive health care and sexuality education to people in the states of Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and Idaho, while advocating to protect reproductive rights and increase health care access both locally and nationally. We operate 30 health centers across our 4 states, including 19 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
Raising Resilience
Founded by volunteers in 2003, Raising Resilience supports the Bainbridge Island community with parenting education, resources, and connections to help families thrive. We bring parents together in person and online through speaker events, documentaries, panels, and workshops, where they can learn from experts and each other. Our vision is an empowered, vibrant community where all youth and families flourish.
Website: www.RaisingResilience.org
Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Trust
100% of our annual Auction & Rummage Sale net proceeds are distributed to the Community through our Trust fund, not a penny goes to support Club operations that are funded from fees and dues. The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island’s mission is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance local community and world understanding, goodwill, and peace through a fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Since 1947, we have been a trusted partner working to improve lives locally and globally. We offer volunteer service and grants to community projects on Bainbridge Island, North Kitsap and beyond, including Africa, Asia and Latin America. Projects are funded by Club committees. Our key Avenues of Service are: Community Service, Youth Service, Scholarship, Community Grants, Large Grants, World Community Service, and Emergency Preparedness We use a 4-Way Test to measure our actions. In all the things we think, say and do: 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 preschool through 8th grade students. Our program is rich in academics, rooted in faith. Students are known, their strengths are celebrated and they are supported in their areas of growth. Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking are developed across the curriculum.
Website: www.saintceciliaschool.org
Salish Sea Expeditions
Salish Sea Expeditions serves students in grades 5-12 by inspiring a passion for learning through hands-on marine science and STEM-focused exploration, maritime skills training and leadership development aboard a 61-foot sailing research vessel on the waters of Puget Sound. Students design and conduct experiments, deploy oceanographic equipment, gather and analyze data, plot a course for data collection, handle sails and boat navigation, and work as a team to better understand the environmental health of the Salish Sea and its connected waterways.
Website: www.salish.org
Scarlet Road
Scarlet Road is a faith based non-profit organization serving individuals exiting sexual exploitation and human trafficking. We serve individuals who are looking for support exiting the legal and illegal sex industry. We provide crisis intervention outreach and comprehensive holistic aftercare services. We aim to meet the basic and long term needs of the most vulnerable people in our community, to equip them with skills to gain independence and find success and healing from their past trauma.We also offer the first and only safe haven drop-in center where those needing support can come and rest. Additionally we provide interactive school training to help students recognize, avoid and safely report sexual exploitation as well as learn about healthy relationships. We also provide comprehensive prevention and awareness programming for adults; both are designed to empower our community and create a network of resources and support for our clients.
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/
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 coordinating the Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup, the annual Association of Bainbridge Communities’ Environmental conference, the Climate and Energy Forum and the Trashion Show.
Website: www.sustainablebainbridge.org
Teen Talking Circles
“Girl’s Circle saved my life” – Zosia, past Circle participant. Even though we’ve been hearing back from young people for over 26 years, we are still humbled every time a participant tells us that being in a circle saved their life. Teen Talking Circles are safe spaces 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. With the expert assistance of teens, we also provide workshops and trainings for adults to lead teen talking circles in their own organizations and communities. Recognized as a pioneer in modern circle methodology, TTC has been incorporated into schools, hospitals, organizations, community centers, after-school programs, and youth-serving organizations worldwide. Dedicated to adapting to our ever-changing world, we cultivate a connected, confidential, and inclusive space, in-person or online.
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.
Tyler Moniz Project
We launched the Tyler Moniz Project to celebrate the life of Tyler Moniz, who we lost to suicide in April 2016 when he was 21 years old. We carry out this mission by creating awareness about suicide and depression, especially in young people. Because suicide is the leading cause of death in young people in Kitsap County, we offer free crisis counseling and support groups to those touched by mental illness. We are committed to supporting ideas that promote happiness, well-being, and hope, so we have introduced bright blue TMP Conversation Benches in our community, local parks,and schools. TMP also sponsors two annual scholarships for BHS students who consistently demonstrate kindness and sportsmanship. This year our goal is to establish a youth centered Café in the Pavilion, that offers job training, mentorship and more to our community and youth. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Website: www.thetylermonizproject.com
United Way of Kitsap County
Since 1937, we have been making investments that build partnerships, leverage resources, empower communities, and create long-term solutions. In December 2019, our local Crisis Clinic services were moved to Everett, leaving 211 without a home. Recognizing the need, the Board voted to bring 211 into the offices of United Way of Kitsap County, giving them a permanent home. Currently, call center operators work 8:30 to 4:00 Monday through Friday. The people who work for 211 live in Kitsap County and know the resources available.
The most requested needs in 2019 were: housing/low-cost housing, legal services, utilities, rent/mortgage assistance, and transportation. 211 of the Peninsulas’ (which began as InfoLink 20 years ago) is a program of United Way of Kitsap County, supporting Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson, Mason, Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties. Your support ensures that all calls for help will be answered.
Website: www.unitedwaykitsap.org
Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island Medical Center
It may be across the water from our main campus in Seattle, but Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island Medical Center is connected to the Virginia Mason Health System in every way – from our integrated medical records to experienced, professional staff to our commitment that our patients always come first. We offer primary care for adults and children and specialty services including cardiology, orthopedics, dermatology, and neurology. Same day, evening and weekend appointments available. Pharmacy and laboratory on site. 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 the Islanders.
Website: https://www.virginiamason.org/
Vitalize Kitsap (formerly Island Time Activities)
Vitalize Kitsap’s mission is to empower people with intellectual disabilities to lead lives of meaning and self-determination. Our vision is that people with intellectual disabilities are embraced and valued by their communities. We 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 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.islandtimeactivities.org
WEAVE Presents
Based out of Rolling Bay Hall, WEAVE Presents is a nonprofit performing arts and education organization that values curiosity, connection, and collaboration by showcasing our local independent arts community and inviting audiences to celebrate the multi-racial, multi-ethnic roots of American culture. America was woven from beautiful threads of varying colors and traditions. WEAVE Presents brings this fabric to life. We attract curious minds with our intimate atmosphere, intentional performances, and well-poured cocktails. We entice performance artists with our hospitality, great sound, and fair compensation. We foster new connections and strengthen our friendships while sharing music, theatre and community. Our unique programming honors the diverse communities that built this country and continue to make it strong and vibrant. Together we can begin to realize the ideals that make America an experiment worth fighting for. Supporting WEAVE advances social and economic justice in our own community.
Website: weavepresents.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
Wilderness Land Trust
The Wilderness Land Trust is headquartered on Bainbridge Island, and works to protect wild places for all Americans, including the residents of the island who enjoy hiking, camping, horseback riding, hunting and fishing in designated or proposed wilderness areas. People live, work and raise their families on Bainbridge Island because of the proximity and access to public lands. Washington’s designated wilderness is a wildlife safe-haven for threatened and endangered species, a reservoir for clean air and water, and an opportunity to experience the profound beauty of nature. Our lands program currently has five active projects just a short drive from the island, specifically in the Wild Sky Wilderness and Henry M. Jackson Wilderness. Our goal is to systematically acquire private inholdings to remove the threat of residential and resort development, road construction, mining and logging, stitching together the fabric of the wilderness and eventually making it whole for future generations.
Website: www.wildernesslandtrust.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 YES Fund is a collaborative partnership of the Bainbridge Community Foundation, the Bainbridge Schools Foundation, Bainbridge Youth Services, and Helpline House. BCF has provided grant funds that will be available to students at Bainbridge High School, Eagle Harbor High School, and Woodward Middle School. 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