The Main Street Story
Have you ever had a lovely vacation in a delightful town with a charming Main Street? Maybe you have fond memories of a Main Street in the community where you grew ...
Member Spotlight: Happy Pastures and The Council On Aging & Human Services
This is a story of Skeeter, Hammie, and a place called Happy Pastures. It is also a story about community and how nonprofits weave together services for people in need.
Paige Collins serves as ...
Member Spotlight: West Seattle Timebank – Going Beyond Volunteering
Would you be willing to drive a neighbor to the airport? What if you could exchange that hour of driving with an hour of guitar lessons, or help fixing up your bicycle, or for a neighbor to feed ...
Member Spotlight: Mid-Columbia Arts Fundraiser – Collaboration Lifts All
If you live in the Mid-Columbia area, you might be looking forward to buying your tickets for the 4th Annual Mid-Columbia Arts Fundraiser. What a great way to support four organizations with one ...
Member Spotlight: Volunteer Methow – Volunteer Innovation & the Elusive Generation Gap
There’s got to be a way that we can do this on a smart phone, someone thought.
“This” was the connection of community members with nonprofits needing help: specifically, the millennial ...
Member Spotlight: Washington State CAP – The Beginning of Our Boldness
Have you recently asked a policy maker for something that would make a positive difference in your community? The Washington State Community Action Partnership (WSCAP) did just that when they ...
Member Spotlight: The Wishing Star Foundation – Mission Meets World (and baby goats)
How did baby goats get involved with the oldest wish granting organization in Washington State? Dan Curley, Executive Director of the Wishing Star Foundation, tells the story of how baby goats ...
Member Spotlight: NPIP – Taking care of nonprofits by creating stability
Nonprofits need insurance to protect their people and assets. The Non Profit Insurance Program (NPIP) has been expanding access to insurance in Washington State for over a decade. Sarah ...
Member Spotlight: Blue Mountain Humane Society – How collaboration can strengthen a community
For the Blue Mountain Humane Society, an animal shelter is the “happiest place on earth.” It’s where pets and owners are reunited and meet for the first time. Executive Director Sara Archer ...
Member Spotlight: NAMI Yakima – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on a Nonprofit Board
Why work for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion on a nonprofit board? What are the benefits? NAMI Yakima can answer that. With their transformed board, community relationship improved, ...
Member Spotlight: Treehouse, Setting a BHAG and Achieving It
We didn’t know how we would do it, we didn’t know how we would fund it, but we knew it was our responsibility.
This is a story about a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) and a dramatic ...
Member Spotlight: Baked goods, changed lives, & social enterprise
“What’s more welcoming than hot, fresh baked goods?”
Transitions, a Washington Nonprofits organizational member since 2011, works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in ...
