Grant recipients and Rayonier representatives, front row, left to right. Priya Jayadev, Christy J. Smith, Pat Soderlind, Astrid Raffinpeyloz, Gary Vihinen, Christina Wheeler, Kim Sartor, Rob Fleck, Dennis Cox, Deborah Dillon, Pam Cantrell, Dan Stransky, Griffin Ollar, Mike Mackelwich, Brenda Jacobson, Linda Middleton, Lambros Rogers, Neris Biciunas, Mike Leavitt, Mike Chapman H D 24-1, Tyler Murray, Sena Engeseth, Evan Herbert, Steve Tharinger H D 24-2.
Rayonier has awarded $60,500 to 30 local nonprofit organizations serving Olympic Peninsula communities. Recipients of the grants were recognized at special awards breakfasts held recently in Aberdeen and Forks, Washington.
The recipients will use the funds to address a range of community needs, including civic, cultural, educational, environmental, natural resources, and health and human services programs. The Rayonier Community Fund empowers local nonprofits to continue their mission of strengthening their communities.
Grant recipient, Concerned Citizens, left to right. Brenda Jacobson, Linda Middleton, Lambros Rogers, Dan Stransky.
“When you look at what you do in our communities – preserving history, improving literacy and education, providing access to healthcare, food and shelter – it’s amazing what we can accomplish by working together,” said Rayonier’s Pacific Resource Unit Leader, Mike Mackelwich, in closing to the 2022 grant recipients. “It’s very impressive. We honor you and appreciate all your dedicated work.”
Present at the awards breakfast in Forks were state Reps. Mike Chapman and Steve Tharinger from the 24th District, City of Forks attorney and planner, William R. Fleck, and Rayonier representatives from Forks, Hoquiam, Poulsbo and Wildlight, Florida.
The following organizations in the Olympic Peninsula received support through the Rayonier Community Fund:
Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation
Forks Community Food Bank
Appelo Archives Center
Grays Harbor College Foundation
Camp Victory for Children
Grays Harbor Youth Works
Chehalis River Basin Land Trust
Grays River Grange
Chimacum Backpacks for Kids
Hoquiam Association for Kids
City of Hoquiam
Martha & Mary Lutheran Services
Coastal Harvest
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Concerned Citizens
NatureBridge
Dispute Resolution Center of Grays Harbor & Pacific Co.
North Kitsap Fishline Food Bank
Family Promise of Grays Harbor
North Kitsap Schools Foundation
Pacific Education Institute
United Way of Clallam County
Polson Park & Museum Historical Society
United Way of Grays Harbor
South Kitsap School District
United Way of Kitsap County
The Caring Place of West Clallam County
Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County
YMCA of Grays Harbor
Grant recipients and Rayonier representatives, left to right. Julie Grenfall, Lynda Dillard, Irene Kennedy, Sulema Zerr, Pat Englund, Lisa Fellows, Kendall Prichard, Heidi Smith, Amanda Dragon, Quinn Hall, Jessica Molina, Wendi Lubinus, Phil Zerr, Cheryl R. Brown, Kim Sartor, Tamar Yakovich, Janie Redifer, Roger Redifer, Kevin Pilemalm, Brian Shay, Becki Rollins, John Larson, Bill Monahan, Mike Machelwich, Phil MacNealy, Darci Jewitt, George Brulotte, Glen Melin, Lisa Smith.
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