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The San Juan Island Community Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a variety of scholarship programs to assist high school graduates and adults wishing to continue their education at accredited colleges and universities, community and two-year colleges, and in accredited career and vocational training programs.

For support of the creation of a county-wide Arts Council whose Vision is – where arts flourish, community prospers and lives are enriched - and whose Mission is to work to promote and integrate the artistic resources of the county for the creative economic development, education and overall well-being of the community.  http://www.sanjuanartscouncil.org    $2500

Public and private foundations traditionally follow similar models when it comes to investing and distributing their funds. Assets are, for the most part, invested for return in standard financial instruments such as publicly traded equities and bonds using national markets such as those found on Wall Street in New York. The returns are then distributed to support charitable works. In the case of community foundations, those distributions are in the form of grants to local nonprofit organizations for local community projects.

The Women’s Fund (WF) of the San Juan Island Community Foundation announced its 2011 grant program after counting the ballots. The recipients are 

Community Foundation Board Member Barbara Cable won the Lions Club Annual Shopping Spree at King’s Market.  In four minutes, she collected $738 worth of items such as flour, sugar and paper towels and donated everything to our Food Bank.  Way to go Barbara!

A partnership between the San Juan Nature Institute, The San Juan Preservation Trust and the Whale Museum. Environmental education for 60 students at Camp Eagle Rock as part of its summer program. $750.

For secondary and post-secondary nurse assistant on-island education. Friday Harbor High School/Skagit Valley College, $4000.

High speed digital technology is a fundamental component to future economic health and community infrastructure for our Island community.

Transportation support for low-come residents, including seniors who have necessary medical, unemployment and other types of appointments on the mainland.  San Juan Family Resource Center, $2000.

To purchase books to distribute to children from low and moderate income families as part of the San Juan Family Resource Center “Read to Your Child 20 minutes a Day” initiative. $1500.

Continuing in its leadership role to provide better access to healthcare, the Foundation has to date awarded over $5Million in grants to the PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center for the construction of the new integrated medical center that will be located in Friday Harbor.  Peace Island Medical Center is scheduled to open in late 2012.

The Foundation booth at the 2011 County Fair invited nonprofits to showcase their projects and raise funds at the same time. The Foundation provided a 1:1 challenge grant for dollars raised at the Fair. After four days, over $5,000 had been raised. A few of the featured projects included an interactive website for Dollars for [...]

The Foundation’s Critical Needs Task Force Broadband Group received a grant for $5000 to hire a local consultant to develop a funding plan that will support the installation of high-speed infrastructure with the goal of over 95% coverage for the islands. To date, over $10 Million in guaranteed loan and other grants have been found.

Arts education promotes creative problem solving and critical thinking, benefiting all areas of core learning. Leading the way, the Island Museum of Arts (IMA) saw arts classes for elementary and middle school students threatened by budget cuts and championed a program to retain and improve these classes. With the help of Foundation donors, art courses [...]

The San Juan Island Community Foundation is proud to announce that the goal of $10,000,000 in philanthropy for the new PeaceHealth – Peace Island Medical Center (PIMC) has been achieved, assuring an on-time completion of the project by the scheduled opening date of December 2012.

Perhaps you have noticed the BIG construction project just west of the airport, between Franklin Drive and San Juan Valley Road. Ground was broken late in July for both the new medical center and the new EMS building. Construction is right on schedule for opening at the end of 2012.