Happy Summer, Neighbors! In keeping with the spirit of optimism that maximum daylight brings, we’re continuing our focus on economic opportunity in Whatcom County with a spotlight on employee ownership. As an option for business owners that brings a variety of both individual and collective benefits, employee ownership offers a lot of upsides. Read on for...
Hello Community Builders! How is it almost Memorial Day already? Time flies when you're breaking ground on our county's first community benefit project! More on that in a later issue. For now it's neighbor time: backyard BBQs, front porch visiting, summer concerts, farmers markets and all the other ways we get outside and get to know the...
The Whatcom Community Foundation is currently the Lead Agency for the “Emergency Food Assistance Program” (EFAP) for Whatcom and San Juan counties. The Biennial Spring Meetings have been set! The purpose for these meetings are to give existing EFAP food pantries an opportunity to vote and voice their opinion on how the funds would be...
Help Make a Difference Before Disaster Strikes Along with our partners, Whatcom Community Foundation is working to ensure that if we as a community are not responding to a disaster, we are preparing for one. Our goal? Rapid, orderly, sufficient and equitable care for neighbors in the face of our next community crisis. Are we a resilient...
Hi Neighbors - We’re focusing this and the next two issues of THRIVE on economic opportunity in Whatcom County. With such a big topic, it’s good to start at the beginning — so let’s talk about babies! After that, we’ll look at the many benefits of employee ownership and then conclude with the Millworks, a community...
The Whatcom Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy Program (YPP) has been created for students to engage in knowledge and experiential based learning opportunities that foster leadership, technical and critical thinking skills. YPP connects youth to the community through charitable giving in relation to local, environmental needs. Students will focus their time and effort on powerful impact...
Greetings Friends - It’s been a slow start to the growing season, but here’s to the berries and beans that are finally on their way — and the full bounty of summer just around the corner. Most of us want everyone in our community to enjoy abundance at the table. Sadly, we’re far from that reality;...
