ARTS

Chamber Music San Juans - provide the finest quality of classical music.
Short Term Needs: Financial commitment for the November “Holiday” concert with the FH school children.
Long Term Needs: Funding to continue excellent programs in the face of rising costs.

Dance Workshop II – dedicated to the advancement of education in the arts, encouraging and assisting in the development of dance, for the community at large.
Long and Short Term Needs: funding for “Song and Dance”; scholarship funding for talented dance students from poverty backgrounds; financial support to sustain the studio space; and funding for special projects, such as “Dance West” with the FH High School.

San Juan Community Theatre - non-profit performing arts organization that enriches the lives of island residents and visitors by offering quality entertainment; encouraging participation in performing arts events, programs and activities; and providing opportunity for artistic growth for youth and adults.
Short Term Needs: volunteer recruitment and training; youth and family programming and grant writing
Long Term Needs: support facility for workshops, rehearsal, set and costume storage.

We Can Make a Difference Foundation – encourage world unity through humanities and the arts.
Short and Long Term Needs: funding to allow bringing several people who are doing good works in the world to retreat on our Island.

Visual Arts Museum of the San Juans – imspire, educate, challenge, enlighten and bring joy to the community through the visual arts.
Long Term Needs: Pagemaker software; captital campaign.

Island Artisans – raise scholarship funds for young artists within our community; the primary fund raiser is the Island Artisans Holiday Bazaar.
Community Needs: Museum/visual arts center .

San Juan Historical Museum – share and interpret the story of the peoples of San Juan Island.
Short Term Needs: Exhibit, general maintenance, technology, and furniture funding.
Long Term Needs: Operating expense, Barn project, King House restoration project, (note: deletion of archival) historic building maintenance.

San Juan Singers – provide quality choral music experience for island singers and audiences.
Short and Long Term Needs: Build the music library and personnel.

Westcott Bay Institute - Our mission is to protect and preserve the natural environment of the San Juan Islands for the benefit of the public: through education about rural island arts, culture and the environment.
Short and Long Term Needs: staffing for administration and education; funding for educational programs including Family Art Days and Artists in Action, Education Director, and lighting fixtures for new Island Museum of Art.

Island Stage Left – provide free theatre of professional quality that ensures equal access to the theatre arts for all members of the community and its visitors.
Short Term Needs: Housing for off-island actors, lighting cables.
Long Term Needs: Rehearsal space, lighting equipment, risers, fencing, funding for stipends .

ENVIRONMENT

San Juan Nature Institute – increase public understanding and appreciation of the unique natural history of the SJ Archipelago through education, research, and active involvement in stewardship.
Short Term Needs: volunteers, funding for summer children’s program.
Long Term Needs: NP Board training, funding, and volunteer time.

Washington Native Plant Society – promote the appreciation and conservation of the San Juan Island’s native plants and their habitats through study, education and advocacy.
Short and Long Term Needs: volunteer help with programs, meeting, and newsletter.

Master Gardeners of San Juan County – provide education and information about horticulture, environmental stewardship and community service to the citizens of San Juan County.
Short Term Needs: start-up construction support for a demonstration garden located on the Mullis Community Senior Center property.

Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation – promote the well being of wildlife and their habitats through rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife, public education and non-invasive research.
Short Term Needs: funds for public education program and supporting computer equipment.
Long Term Needs: an endowment plan for general operating use.

San Juan Audubon Society – enhance understanding of birds, their lives and habitats.
Short and Long Term Needs: funding for special projects as they arise, more volunteers .

The Whale Museum – promote stewardship of whale and the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research.
Short Term Needs: Museum grade lighting for the museum Gallery /Presentation Hall; van for the education program, engines for Soundwatch and stranding boats.
Long Term Needs: funds for capital improvements (building) and equipment; fund raising has been negatively impacted by economy and tourism.

Islands’ Oil Spill Association – provides community based response to and prevention of oil and hazmat spills in San Juan County and surrounding waters.
Short and Long Term Needs: funding for radar/GPS for response vessel; general operating funds to maintain equipment in safe, reliable working condition, periodic
replacement of equipment and boats, and funding for ongoing training, field tests and drills.

Animal Protection Society of the San Juans -
Short term needs:  Volunteer senior citizens to foster older cats (in lieu of adoption) as well as volunteers for other special projects, Major sponsor for expansion of low cost spay/neuter voucher program.
Long term needs:  Facility expansion/upgrade/facelift, Establishment of endowment fund for long term solvency.

Catspaw Foundation – dedicated to the felines of the San Juan Islands.
Short Term Needs: educate public regarding the importance of spay/neuter, provide low cost spay/neuter, assist in the management of feral colonies, and collaborate with Friday Harbor, Orcas, and Lopez APS.
Long Term Needs - alter every cat in the San Juan Islands and provide a sanctuary for unadoptable and special needs cats.

Friday Harbor Labs – supports education and research in the marine sciences, offers students and research scientist opportunities to seek collaborative solutions to environmental problems and provides the setting gathering basic scientific data.
Short Term Needs: support for equipment, supplies and staff for our K-12 program in SJI Schools.

Friends of the San Juans – protect and preserve the land, water, and marine ecosystem of the San Juan Islands through science, policy, environmental law and citizen action.
Short Term Needs: funding for the Endangered Species and Habitats Lecture Series; Project Mapping and analysis software; restoration materials and volunteers needed for the Westcott Bay eelgrass assessment project.
Long Term Needs: increase general operating funds, capacity building, and build endowment. Contractors with technical expertise to assist with project implementation in the following areas: legal, scientific, survey, public process/planning, events and training.

Marine Resources Committee – a citizen-based advisory committee dedicated to the protection and restoration of the marine environment in the San Juan Islands.
Short Term Needs: power point projector for wildlife education and outreach volunteers; educational materials and brochures.

Orca Conservancy – dedicated to enhancing awareness of the natural links between orcas and the full spectrum of life forms and processes that make up the Pacific Northwest ecosystem.

Orca Relief Citizens Alliance - reduce orca mortality in the Pacific Northwest and to further scientific knowledge regarding the recent decline of the Southern Resident pod of Orcas .

Center for Whale Research – promote and conduct benign research on whale, dolphin and porpoise populations; and encourage conservation activities that allow for their continued existence .
Long Term Needs: salary support for staff

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YOUTH/EDUCATION

Island Rec – offer wide range of recreational programs for people of all ages in areas of sport, music, fitness, art, entertainment, travel, hobbies, outdoor adventure, day camp, and school programs.
Short Term Needs: repair and upgrade the Skate Park.
Long Term Needs: after school and teen outdoor programs.

Spring Street School – provide capable young people in grades 6-12 with academic and personal challenge in a supportive setting. The school seeks, through an integrated approach to lifelong learning, to prepare students for the disciplined and compassionate exercise of the widest possible range of choices in life.
Short Term Needs: support for creation of a Visiting Artists program; science and technology basic equipment and supplies; scholarship funds.
Long Term Needs: add or continued development of music, dance, and drama programs; expand science and technology programs; acquire and implement physical site plans.

San Juan Public Schools Foundation – support and encourages innovation in and improvement of the public schools’ instructional programs and the achievement of academic excellence by all students.
Short Term Needs: funding for special projects.
Long Term Needs: build endowment, matching funds, large grant funding.

San Juan Island Sailing Foundation – advancement of sailing with the jurisdiction of SJ Island and its immediate vicinity in the state of Washington.
Short and Long Term Needs: more boats, creation of a sailing center at Jackson Beach.

Friends of the Library – focus public attention on the library; stimulate the use of the library’s resources, receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests, encourage volunteer activities.
Short and Long Term Needs: Financial support for capital expenditures, special project and programs.

Light House Preschool – provide early education for 18 months to 5 year olds.
Short Term Needs: inside Play Station.
Long Term Needs: scholarships, more out-reach to low income or troubled families.

Friday Harbor Athletic Association – sponsoring and assisting children (7-14) in a variety of athletic programs, football, basketball, cheerleading.
Short and Long Term Needs: playing fields, additional facilities to house program growth.

Friday Harbor Elementary School – provide high quality education program for students K-5 taking into consideration each student’s physical, intellectual, emotional, and social growth.
Short Term Needs: differentiated instruction projects, project based learning projects.
Long Term Needs: funding to support balance in curriculum (arts, PE, science); extended learning opportunities – field trips, enrichment.

FHES After School Study Club – provide after school support for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students, including organizational skills, homework help, and one on one support.
Short Term Needs: maintain funding to keep program operational.
Long Term Needs: extending the program for more days and hours.

Friday Harbor High School – offer rigorous and comprehensive college and technical preparation programs; teach students to think critically, work hard, be organized and self-disciplined, make good decision and problem solve, and utilize a social conscience.
Short Term Needs: special projects and on-time expenses for Enrichment Program i.e., Beyond Black and White.
Long Term Needs: Time for staff to work, plan, and coordinate programs; plan for the Senior Culminating Projects and Community projects as a coordinated program.

Friday Harbor Middle School Youth Intervention Program – 8th grade girls support group for 10 weeks.
Short and Long Term Needs: funding for Compass Health Therapist and for group supplies, snacks, and journals.

Band Family and Friends – enrichment programs for the band students 6th-12th grades; scholarship monies for a graduating senior(s).
Short Term Needs: repair and maintenance of school instruments; update the Jazz and Concert Band music library.
Long Term Needs: availability of larger and specialized instruments to rent to students.

4-H Youth Development Program – help youth and adults develop leadership skills and use research-based knowledge to improve their economic status and quality of life.
Short Term Needs: support for a Spanish version of the “Best Practice” Strengthening Families Program for Latino families on San Juan Island.

San Juan Head Start – social and educational support for children: birth to 5 years; birth to 3 years with home support and 4-5 years preschool.
Short and Long Term Needs: funding for storage cabinets and benches around sandbox.

Primary Intervention Program at Head Start – play therapy for 4 and 5 year olds.

Primary Intervention Program at FHES   (also known as Special Pal Program) – preventative, early intervention program for primary students who are experiencing social and/or emotional difficulties which may be interfering with their learning and success in school.
Short and Long Term Needs: funding for volunteer, training and a professional consultant.

After School Kids – childcare after school at the school in a safe fun environment with games, crafts, homework, gym.
Short Term Needs: more games and hands on activities.

4-H Youth Development-WSU Cooperative – 4-H clubs, school farm at FHES, after school enrichment, Judging Day at the Fair, special interest groups.
Short Term Needs: youth program funding, technical support, volunteers
Long Term Needs: adult and youth volunteer leaders, increased staffing to increase capacity to serve the public, development of 4-H endowment
*** One of many groups that excels at collaboration.

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HUMAN SERVICES

Compassionate Friends, Friday Harbor Chapter – assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
Short and Long Term Needs: books, pamphlets, travel expenses for educator.

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault – elimination of domestic violence and sexual assault through victim’s services, education and social change.
Short Term Needs: brochures, information cards, printing information packets
Long Term Needs: replenish Booklet for training and DV counseling for all family members encompassing anger management and self esteem building.

San Juan County Fair – educate and bring together the people of these beautiful islands.

League of Women Voters – nonprofit political membership organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influence public policy through education and advocacy.
Short Term Needs: funding for publication “They Represent You”.

Airhawk Aviators – assist young people in understanding and appreciating the education they receive by extending their classroom learning experience into the practical and rewarding area of flight; becoming a pilot.
Long Term Needs: funding to support the level of student interest in our program (currently averages 4-6 students per year completing the application/qualification process).

Private Industry Council – promoting business growth by assisting new and existing businesses that employ local residents, purchase local products and services, and contribute to our tax base.

FamilyUmbrella Group – provide preschool scholarships to children from families that need financial help. The Umbrella Group’s mission is dedicated to promoting needs-based quality child-care and optimal child development and to supporting other nonprofit organizations with a similar mission.
Long and Short Term Needs: funding for student tuition, grant writing assistance

United Way of San Juan County – helping people in need in San Juan County; continue the spirit of “taking care of each other”.

Friday Harbor Food Bank – feed the hungry.

San Juan Community Home Trust – provide permanently affordable home ownership opportunities to working, low to moderate income families on San Juan Island.
Long and Short Term Needs: funding to complete the five remaing home to be built in the Salal neighborhood.

San Juan Island Family Resource Center – to make a positive difference in the lives of children, youth, and families, primarily through professionally-supported relationships with trained and qualified adults.
Short Term Needs: funding for landscaping and play yard, including fence for play yard at the newly remodeled and occupied SJIFRC.

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HEALTH AND REHABILITATION

SJI Emergency Medical Technicians Association – The EMT group responds to over 700 medical emergency calls per year.

InterIsland Medical Center – to provide healthcare to San Juan Island community.
Long term Needs: increase diagnostic capabilities.
Short term Needs: DEXA bone scan machine.

Hospice of San Juan – providing, confidential, supportive care to the terminally or chronically ill and their caregivers.
Short Term Needs: laptop computer.