The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island will bestow 36 community grants from the proceeds of its 2017 auction and rummage sale, the nonprofit has announced.
The grants total $159,403 and will be given to 33 nonprofit organizations located on Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap County.
Officials said award checks are being presented to the grant recipients at regular Rotary Club meetings over a three-month period.
“We had a most successful auction and rummage sale last July and it’s great to be able to give this much back to our community,” said Community Grants chair Mike Lewars.
“It is always difficult to select our grant recipients from the long list of worthy applicants. This year we set an all-time record of 36 grants awarded to wonderful nonprofits,” he said.
The grants cover a wide range of projects, from tumbling mats for the Bainbridge Cheer team to new computers for the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum.
In the last seven years, the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island has awarded 189 Community Grants totaling more than $847,000 to 85 local nonprofit organizations. The auction and rummage sale provided funds for these grants, officials said.
The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island has a long and proud history of providing grants to support diverse community projects, dating back to the club’s founding in 1947. Members of the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island are stewards of funds we raise at its yearly Rotary Auction and Rummage Sale.
The 2018 Community Grants Award recipients that will receive full or partial funding for their projects:
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge: Office Computer and printer
The Art Project (Bainbridge Arts & Crafts): Mobile, rolling art panels
Bainbridge Cheer Team: Tumbling mats and rolling cart
Bainbridge Chorale: Performance attire and music binders
Bainbridge High School Instrumental Music Boosters: Band equipment; keyboard; speakers and cart; percussion field rack; mixer cart
Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce: Telephone and communication platform equipment
Bainbridge Island Historical Museum: New computers and software for technology update
Bainbridge Island Land Trust: GPS/GIS technology modernization
Bainbridge Island Masonic Center: Emergency shelter equipment – two defibrillators and “push button” doors
Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation: Aquatic Center pace clock upgrade
Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation: Technology package for three locations
Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation: Teen Program facility equipment: table tennis; air hockey table; furniture
Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation: Multi-sport adventure trailer
Bainbridge Island School District 303: Auto floor-cleaning scrubber
Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center: Visual presentation equipment: projector; long lens; screen; blackout blinds
Bainbridge Island Water Polo Club: Various equipment; game caps; balls; ball bin; weight belts
Bainbridge Performing Arts: Building exterior painting
Bainbridge School Foundation: Water distiller for science laboratory
Bainbridge Special Needs Foundation: Furniture, games and manipulative, computers
Bainbridge Youth Services: Chrome books
Bloedel Reserve: Truck with windshield and canopy
Boy Scout Troop 1496: Utility trailer
Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island: Soundproofing at the Bainbridge Island Club
EMPACT Northwest: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) and weatherproofed tablet
Friends of the Farms: Restoration of Picker Cabin at Historic Suyematsu Farmstead
Helpline House: Information technology and business process improvements
Housing Resources Bainbridge: Updated computer for staff
Kids Discovery Museum: Technology and safety upgrades
Kids in Concert: New and used instruments
Kitsap Humane Society: Surgical area lighting
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center: TV, Blue-ray DVD player, folding chairs, desktop scanners, public access computers, printer
North Kitsap Fishline: Generator for Healthy Foods Market and Comprehensive Service Center
Olympic College Music Program: Tuba
One Call for All: Computer system upgrades: laptop, desk, laser printer, and desktop check copier
PAWS of Bainbridge and North Kitsap: Remodeling Cattery laundry room
West Sound Technology Association: Computer equipment
