Local Non Profits and Charities (arranged alphabetically)
Consider a donation to a local charity in your gift recipient’s name. For a great list of 501(c)3 organizations on Bainbridge Island visit One Call for All at www.onecallforall.org
Bainbridge Community Foundation. A donation to BCF gives back to our community. Choose from the Community Response Fund, an urgent needs fund for social service agencies; the Housing Action Fund for affordable housing projects; or the Bainbridge Fund, from which BCF makes grants to local nonprofits. Also, our “Gifting Opportunities” webpage lists the most recent giving needs in our community. Visit www.bainbridgecommunityfoundation.org to see where help is needed this holiday season. 206-842-0433.
Bainbridge Island Historical Museum. The Museum Gift Shop has local history-based gift ideas including reproductions of antique toys, Bainbridge Island historical notecards and ornaments, thousands of historic photos that can be printed as gifts, and locally authored/published books and CD’s about Bainbridge Island. Or consider a museum membership. Bring your out-of-town guests by for a tour! 215 Ericksen Avenue NE. 206.842.2773. www.bainbridgehistory.org
The Bainbridge Island Land Trust encourages Islanders to give the gift of membership in BILT, or donations to its Heart of the Forest acquisition project in honor of associates/loved ones. Other gift ideas: The book Walks on Bainbridge, as well as an array of t-shirts, sweatshirts, notecards and coffee mugs. 206-842-1216.
www.bi-landtrust.org
Bainbridge Public Library. Buy gift certificates, gently used books, CD's, DVD's and VHS tapes at the Bainbridge Friends of the Library Book Sales. Special Christmas stocking stuffers: 2010 Booklovers' Calendars. Gift Certificates also available online at www.bifriends.org. Sales: 12/3, 12/12 and 12/22. 1270 Madison Ave. N. 206-842-4162. www.bainbridgepubliclibrary.org
Bloedel Reserve. Give the gift of membership in one of America’s most highly acclaimed public gardens. Benefits include: unlimited visits for up to 4 persons plus invitations to lectures, concerts, guided botanical walks, and special Library reading hours. Also: give a matted, framed photo of Reserve landscapes, plants, and flowers by former Executive Director Richard A. Brown (on exhibit at the Bainbridge Athletic Club during December). 7571 NE Dolphin Drive. 206-842-7631. www.bloedelreserve.org
Global Team for Local Initiatives, a Bainbridge-based nonprofit, is selling gift products (beaded bracelets, goatskin belts, Xmas ornaments) made by the Hamar tribe of Ethiopia, one of the world’s oldest cultures and one of the most endangered. The proceeds help the tribe to buy food. Available online at www.gtli.us and at the Grange Holiday Craft Sale, Dec. 4 & 5, 11am – 5pm, 10340 Madison Ave NE. 206-780-4353.
IslandWood. Give the gift of an experience in the woods this holiday season with IslandWood camp gift certificates. IslandWood offers a variety of fun and exciting family adventure weekends as well as spring break and summer camp programs for kids ages 4-18. Programs focus on themes related to nature, art, sustainability, science, and outdoor fun and adventure. 4450 Blakely Avenue NE. 206.855.4305. www.islandwood.org
Puget Sound Restoration Fund. Purchase your loved one a shellfish garden. For $200, a staff member of PSRF will install a shellfish garden on your beach and teach you how to maintain it. Oysters grow to an edible size in just one year! Beaches must be on or near Bainbridge. 206-780-6947. www.restorationfund.org
West Sound Wildlife Shelter. Sponsor the care of an injured animal in a gift recipient’s name. When the animal has recuperated and been released, we’ll send your giftee a certificate of sponsorship, a photo, and a short history of the animal’s stay with us. Also: our 2010 calendar, with photos of some of our recent patients. Available at Eagle Harbor Book Co., Paper Products, or online at www.westsoundwildlife.org. 206.855.9057.
YES! Magazine. $20 Gift Package includes a 1-year subscription to YES! Magazine and a 2010 YES! wall calendar – all printed on 100% consumer waste paper. 284 Madrona Way NE, Ste. 116. 206.842.0216. www.yesmagazine.org
Donate to Trust for Working Landscapes in your gift receiver’s name. www.trustforworkinglandscapes.org