Local members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) along with the Whatcom Community Foundation and United Way of Whatcom County are providing educational and professional development opportunities for organizations serving the community through
Igniting Philanthropy, a luncheon speaker series. To read the press release, click
here. To register online visit the AFP Washington website
event calendar to choose your workshops and register.
Blaine Pavilion Design by Douglas Landsem Architect AIA
Donations are being accepted through the Whatcom Community Foundation, fiscal sponsor for the new
Blaine Pavilion. The Foundation is working with The City of Blaine, staff of the Blaine Senior Center and Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County to raise approximately $275,000 to build an open-air pavilion on the east side of the Blaine Community Center, which houses the Senior Center and Boys and Girls Club.
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More information at
blainepavilion.org.
Part of understanding local needs is to understand the experiences of local people living in poverty. Using demographic indicators such as gender, age, race and geography, among others, we gain a picture of those needs as well as of the barriers to prosperity. The
2011 Prosperity Projects are a continuation of the 2006 work conducted by the Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities. The study explores experiences of poverty in Whatcom, San Juan and Island Counties and was sponsored by United Way of Whatcom County, Whatcom Community Foundation, Island County, San Juan County and the Opportunity Council.
