SJI 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 and support eight special community projects. Every dollar raised during the four days of the Fair will 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 new shelter
• Women’s Fund membership drive – goal of 25 new members
• Family Resource Center’s senior household essentials program
• Friday Harbor Elementary School’s young scholarships enrichment program
• Spring Street International School scholarships for local students
• San Juan Preservation Trust’s summit accessibility project for Mt. Grant
• Friday Harbor Athletic Association ballfields project
• Peace Island Medical Center’s Cancer Care support programs

You can contribute cash, check, or credit card. Nonprofit 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 $1,000 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.

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