San Juan Island Community Foundation County Fair Match!

The San Juan Island Community Foundation invites all Fairgoers to visit its Fair booth in the main hall this week to learn about eight critical community projects. This is far more than information sharing – it’s an opportunity for every dollar raised during the four days of the Fair to be matched 50% by the Community Foundation.

The eight community projects to be featured at this year’s Fair are:

• Friday Harbor Animal Protection Society’s medical support for shelter animals
• Women’s Fund membership drive – goal of 180 new members
• Friends of Lime Kiln Society’s volunteer training
• Islands Museum of Art’s K-12 art education program
• SJICF General Scholarship Fund benefitting local students seeking advanced education
• Hospice of San Juan volunteer training
• SJICF Career Training Fund benefitting islanders seeking new careers or job skills
• San Juan Agricultural Guild’s Brickworks project

Each gift will be matched at the rate of fifty cents on the dollar up to a preset cap per project. The booth will be set up to receive contributions by cash, check, or credit card. Non-profit representatives and Community Foundation staff and Board members will be on hand to answer your questions on each project.

BONUS !! On the last day of the Fair a drawing from all Fair donors will allow the winner to designate an additional $1,001 (the last four digits of the Foundation’s phone number) to be awarded to any of the eight featured projects.

The San Juan Island Community Foundation serves as a non-profit philanthropic umbrella organization helping donors, non-profits and public organizations to achieve their goals through direct grants, organizational assistance and philanthropic resource management. For further information about the Community Foundation, call 378-1001, write to PO Box 1352, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 or, visit the office located at 640 Mullis St., Suite 104, Friday Harbor, WA.

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