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And Away We Go!
Give Orcas is off to a great start! We raised almost 10% of our goal in the first 24 hours--WOWZA! Thank you to the many of you who have donated so far. Annie Moss Moore won the first Golden Ticket and OICF added $500 to her gift to the Orcas Grange. The next Golden...
GiveOrcas Campaign Open May 1-18
The OICF’s Annual GiveOrcas campaign is up and running! Check out www.GiveOrcas.org to read and review the 20 proposals vetted and approved by the Community Foundation’s 13-member Committee. There is a full range of opportunities supporting the arts, social services,...
Keeping Orcas Clean and Healthy
The Great Island Clean Up is this weekend. I will be holding down the fort at the Olga Energetics Club from 10-2 Sunday, passing out empty garbage bags and collecting full ones. There will also be base camps at the Deer Harbor Community Club and the Orcas Hotel....
Community Loan Fund
San Juan County remains one of the most challenging places for working families to purchase a home. Many working families earn income that is above the threshold for owning an OPAL home, yet far below what is needed to purchase a home. OPAL Community Land Trust is...
Lu Leaves a Legacy!
Many of you smile when you think of Ginny Lu Wood, proprietor of Wood’s Cove and major Gal-About-Town. She loved this community and the waters that surrounded us. She always had a twinkle in her eye and was quick to hug and share her hearty laugh. Ginny Lu left her...
Happy Spring!
It was a very full house for the Medical Providers Forum last night at the Fire Hall; over 100 people in the audience and a full slate of providers including Dr. Shinstrom and Aimee Johnson from the Orcas Family Health Center, Dr. Alprin and Debra Gussin (by phone)...
Medical Providers Roundtable
The Orcas Island Community Foundation presents a Medical Providers Roundtable: Thursday, March 29, 2018 Eastsound Firehall 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to come and learn more about current systems and how a public hospital district will affect us. Presenters...
Big Smiles
The Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Clinic is back on the island this weekend, starting year number six serving Orcas. The Clinic has made 24 visits to Orcas, providing 642 patient visits to date. The total value of the care provided is over $379,000, not...
Finding Hope
It is hard to know how to respond to the increasing violence facing our Nation. The loss of 17 students and teachers is heart breaking and has left many feeling hopeless and overwhelmed. I’d like to think that this could never happen on Orcas and I sure hope I am...
Aging with Grace
One thing we know for certain in this community is that we are an aging population. As we grow older our needs grow larger for services like home health care, transportation, medical, and case management, to name a few. The current system to provide these services is...