Grants & Projects We Are Involved With Our primary fundraiser is our Thrift Shop. We enjoy the support of the community both in terms of continuing donations and their patronage of our store. After paying the expenses required to run our Thrift Shop and club, all our earnings are plowed back to the community to support various programs, projects, organizations and major initiatives. We give back to the community in the following major areas: (1) Scholarships; (2) Grants and Awards (3) Community Service donations; (4) Committee Donations and (5) Major Projects. Scholarships: We provide an average of $100,000 annually in competitive scholarships. They cover various areas including academic, technical & vocational, health, music, foreign language and the arts. All scholarship funds are forwarded to the schools of choice by the scholarship recipients. More details are available in the Scholarship page in this website. Please follow this link: Scholarships Grants and Awards: We provide an average of $15,000 in grants and awards each year where the funds are given directly to the recipients to spend according to the need defined by the requirements of the grant or award. More details are available in the Awards page in this website. Please follow this link: Awards Community Service Donations: Our club provides $65,000 to support various programs and initiatives in the community. About $30,000 is budgeted annually among eleven organizations including the Anacortes Family Center, Boys and Girls Club, Gentry House, Friendship House, Hospice of the Northwest, Meals on Wheels, the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank, Relay for Life, Island Hospital Pre-Natal care, and also cover our annual club giving to the Federation. In addition, we also allocate another $35,000 to requests for donations from the community which can range from supporting a girl’s softball team, the Robotics Club, programs at the Senior Center, field trips for school kids to farmlands or a concert—and many other programs and activities. Committees of Service Donations: Our club is run by committee to allow each member to become involved in the area of service that they prefer. We have eight committees of Service who each have a budget of $5,000 (total of $40,000). Each committee consists of about eight members and they decide the programs that they would support each year. These committees are:
Major Projects: The club budgets $40,000 per year for major projects. These are defined as programs requiring $5,000 or more and has long term impact. Some of the major projects we have funded are:
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