2015 Community Needs Task Force Update

Here’s an update from Susan Matthews at the Community Foundation…

We’re off to a great start – come join us!

Over 75 community leaders and interested individuals gathered at the Community Theatre on March 30 to kick off the Community Foundation’s effort to define and address current needs on our island through the formation of a Community Needs Task Force.

Participants signed up to serve on workgroups that focus on the critical areas of social services, environment, education (secondary through college), education (childhood development), food supply, housing, community service, and emergency preparedness.

If you missed that first gathering, it is not too late to sign up for a workgroup and have your voice heard.  Each group will be meeting three times in the next couple of months, approximately two hours each time.   Work group leaders are dedicated to conducting efficient, productive sessions that lead to meaningful and useable outcomes.

Please come be a part of setting the direction for your Community Foundation in the coming years.  The fabric of our community becomes stronger when we weave solutions together.  We need you!

Here’s what you can do right now:

Get some of your questions answered by visiting our Frequently Asked Questions. Ask more questions by contacting Michel Vekved at 360-298-8268 or
michelvekved [@] sjicf [.] org.

View the meeting calendar here.

Join the workgroup of your choice simply by showing up!

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 general information about the Community Foundation, please call 378-1001 or visit our website at: http://sjicf.org/.

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