by Hilary Canty | Jun 14, 2019 | Hilary's Update
Today was the Celebration of Success, where scholarships and awards are presented to the graduating class. All in all, over $126,000 in 44 awards was distributed by 25 organizations to 29 graduates. One of the highlights was the Henigson’s Scholarship award, $8,000...
by Tera Andaya | Jun 8, 2019 | Hilary's Update
One of the joys of living and working in a small community is that we can often see the impact of our work in the lives around us. A few months ago, I was visiting with my hair dresser, whose family was having housing challenges, as they recently left a job that...
by Hilary Canty | May 31, 2019 | Hilary's Update
Joining a nonprofit board can be a great way to meet new people, use your professional skills, and contribute to causes that you are passionate about. With over 100 nonprofits serving the Orcas community, there is no shortage of opportunities to plug in. But…. ...
by Hilary Canty | May 17, 2019 | Hilary's Update
The generosity of this community is breathtaking. The 2019 Give Orcas campaign has reached the final day. We did indeed meet and then beat my goal of 500 donors and are are now at 572 donors who have contributed over $209,000, fully funding 11 proposals. THANK...
by Hilary Canty | May 10, 2019 | Hilary's Update
What a remarkable week! We knocked the socks off our old record on unique donor game day with 432 donations raising $24,500 (last year was 302 donations for $20,000). Fantastic! Congratulations to the Early Childhood Education folks for top place with 92 donors,...
by Hilary Canty | May 3, 2019 | Hilary's Update
Wowza! What a great start to the Give Orcas campaign! So far, we have had 114 individual donors contribute $57,000 in just TWO DAYS! The grantees are doing a great job engaging the community and seem to be having fun, as demonstrated in this video from the Senior...
