The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island has announced that 26 local nonprofits will benefit from the organization’s auction and rummage sale.
Club officials announced it will bestow 27 grants totaling $152,654 to nonprofit organizations located on Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap.
Award checks are being presented to the grant recipients at regular Rotary Club meetings over a three-month period.
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 raised at its yearly Rotary Auction & Rummage Sale.
“We had a most successful Auction and Rummage sale last June and it’s great to be able to give this much back to our community,” said Community Grants Chairwoman Angela Tinker.
“It is always difficult to select our grant recipients from the long list of worthy applicants,” she said. “This year 27 grants were awarded to wonderful nonprofits.”
In the last 10 years, the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island has awarded 243 Community Grants totaling more than $1.1 million to 93 local nonprofit organizations. The annual Rotary Auction & Rummage Sales provided funds for these grants.
The 2019 Community Grants Award recipients will receive full or partial funding for their projects are:
Arts and Humanities Bainbridge: computer and Currents online support;
Bainbridge Chorale: purchase vocal score of Brahms German Requiem;
Bainbridge Community Tennis Association: benches for BHS tennis courts;
Bainbridge Island Child Care Centers: covered play area for school-aged programs;
Bainbridge Island Land Trust: utility trailer with magnetic locator and power equipment;
Bainbridge Island Little League: path and landscaping around monument and batting cage;
Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District: gymnastics pommel horse and parallel bar matting system;
Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District: RS Tera-like sailboats for outdoor program;
Bainbridge Island Rowing: MAAS double sculling shell;
Bainbridge Island School District: new tables and chairs for library for Woodward Middle School;
Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center: bus wheelchair ramp and safety improvements;
Bainbridge Performing Arts: new lighting control system (challenge grant);
Bainbridge Schools Foundation: custom-made marimba for Sonoji Sakai Intermediate School band;
Bainbridge Youth Services: Chromebooks, monitor, printer;
Battle Point Astronomical Association: childhood robotics and computer science curriculum;
Bloedel Reserve: partial funding of 20,000-gallon water storage tank;
Boy Scout Troop 1565: new fiberglass canoes;
Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island: prep sinks for kitchen upgrade
Friends of the Farms: computer, software and printer;
Friends of Fort Ward: banquet tables and chairs;
Helpline House: ADA building access ramp;
Housing Resources Board: iPad, moisture meter, infrared thermometer, borescope inspection cam, thermo-hygrometers;
Island Time Activities: computers, software, printer, locking file cabinet and desk chair;
Kids Discovery Museum: desks, computer and office improvements;
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center: whiteboard, printer, large folding table and roll-up sign;
Odyssey Parent Teacher Organization: reading spaces furniture and reading loft materials; and
PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap: remodeling of Pleasant Beach adoption center pet area.
