by Tera Andaya | May 22, 2017 | News
For the very first time every proposal submitted to the Give Orcas Grant Catalog will be fully funded.The Orcas Island Community Foundation is grateful to all who contributed to this year’s successful campaign. SOURCE: Islands’ Sounder | Give Orcas 2017...
by Tera Andaya | May 17, 2017 | News
Small homes are popping up all over the country, and a group of Orcas High School students have spent the past year constructing their own.At 14 feet tall, 160 square feet and resting on a trailer that was built to highway specifications, the tiny house is solid and...
by Tera Andaya | Nov 16, 2016 | News
GiveOrcas Holiday Catalog 2016: Who will be the new “Flat Person” representing the Orcas Island Community Foundation’s GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign? The mystery will be revealed on December 6, and this Flat and Real Person will champion the nonprofits listed in our 2016...
by Tera Andaya | Sep 29, 2016 | News
Whenever I ask someone about joining one of the nonprofit boards I serve on, this is the reaction I receive: a panicked look, a quick shake of the head and “No, I am already on a board and I volunteer a lot. There is no way I can possibly take anything else on.”...
