by Hilary Canty | Jul 17, 2020 | Hilary's Update
The Economic Resiliency project was launched to expand the conversation about how this community could learn and grow through this crisis. We held a multitude of virtual meetings over the last 10 days with over 200 participants who together generated a remarkable...
by Hilary Canty | Jul 6, 2020 | Events, News
What ideas do you have for the Orcas Community to recover and move into the future? During the past four months, the San Juan County unemployment rate has grown to 38%, the Food Bank and the Senior Center nutrition program have seen the number of clients quadruple,...
by Hilary Canty | Jul 2, 2020 | Hilary's Update
Due to our incredible partnership with All In Washington, all donations from now through July 8th to the Orcas Island Community Foundation Emergency Response Fund will be matched 100%. All In WA is statewide campaign working to address COVID recovery and racial equity...
by Hilary Canty | Jun 26, 2020 | Hilary's Update
Caption: The summer harvest has begun. One of the bright spots for me this week was talking with a young mom who had just learned she will be moving into one of the April Grove Town Homes in September. She was so grateful she was weeping….me, too. This opportunity...
by Hilary Canty | Jun 19, 2020 | Hilary's Update
This past week was focused on getting the Economic Recovery and Resiliency process configured to be able to work with the over 70 community members who applied. We now have two primary groups, one a steering committee and one a workgroup. The steering committee was...
