The Grays Harbor Community Foundation has invested more than $271,000 into the community through its Community Building Grants program.
The organizations that were funded through the discretionary grants program this cycle include:
Aberdeen High School AVID for college campus visits, Beyond Survival for Healing House, Breast Cancer Alliance Fund for Assistance with PUD bills for cancer patients, Catholic Community Services for Feed the Hungry, Children’s Advocacy Center of Grays Harbor for preventive maintenance project, City of Aberdeen Parks Department for Peterson Playfield remodel, Cosmopolis School District for playground equipment, Friends of Nisqually NWR Complex for Grays Harbor Shorebird Education program, Friends of the Elma Timberland Library for Building Renovations Grays Harbor Sea Scouts — safety upgrades and training materials, Green Lantern Lunch Program for Kids Lunch Program, Hoquiam School District for summer Book Mobile, Montesano Youth Soccer for field development and lights, Pediatric Interim Care Center for Infant Withdrawal Program, Port of Grays Harbor for Friends Landing playground equipment and YMCA of Grays Harbor for Camp Bishop kitchen equipment replacement.
Grants Chairman Dr. Dave Westby commented: “As the foundation has continued to grow in the past several years, we wanted to make sure our awards grew as well. This year, we condensed our grants program down to two cycles in order to accommodate larger-scale requests that make a higher impact on Grays Harbor. We are pleased with the great response from the community and had a record-high number of applications this cycle. With our growth comes the ability to offer new and creative ways to give back to our local organizations with programs like our capacity building and endowment grant initiatives we offered last year. We look forward to continuing to find innovative ways to partner with our nonprofit community.”
For more information, check the foundation website at www.gh-cf.org, call (360) 532-1600 or e-mail at info@gh-cf.org.
