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$15K in Community Grants, more than $1M given this year

$15K in Community Grants, more than $1M given this year

The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation has awarded Community Grants totaling$15,000 to six park and recreation clubs and programs.

The Community Grants cap a big year for the Foundation, which has given $1.020 million in total support to the Bainbridge Island Metro Park District in 2023 for park and trail projects, programs and parkland acquisition.

Community Grants were awarded to purchase new kayaks for the Bainbridge Metro Parks recreation department; tools and equipment for Gear Grinders youth bicycle club, for their volunteer work on public trails; new sculling oars for Bainbridge Island Rowing; educational signage for a heron rookery along the Charles Schmid Waterfront Trail in Winslow; educational signage for dog owners in local parks; and support for future tennis courts at Sakai Park.

“This is why we’re here,” said Mary Meier, Parks & Trails Foundation executive director. “Island neighbors and clubs […]

$15K in Community Grants, more than $1M given this yearDouglas2023-12-15T15:04:12-08:00

Find winter peace in parks and trails

Find winter peace in parks and trails

We are in the approach of the shortest day of the year, Dec. 20. The winter months can feel like a long dark tunnel through which we must pass endless hours in low light and shortened days. The moistness of the air is heavy, and the mists cling and linger in the fir and cedar branches shooting skyward.

The cloud layer is soddened and gray, and the distant memory of summer flowers feel at their very farthest. It is time to harvest the gifts hidden among the shadows in the woods and within our beautiful parks and beaches.

Drip-drip-drip go the rain droplets falling from wet branches as the breeze loosens them and they fall to the ground. The thirsty soil drinks them up and laughs a cheerful splash back to the ear. Mushrooms, rotted wood dissolving in the rains, laden covered branches with gray furry lichen, fallen leaves, evergreen huckleberry, salal, […]

Find winter peace in parks and trailsDouglas2024-01-25T16:17:10-08:00

Got a project? Get a Community Grant

Got a project? Get a Community Grant

Got a great project? Get a great grant for parks and trails.

The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation’s 2023 Community Grants program is now open, with applications due by 5 p.m. Oct. 1.

Grants of up to $3,000 are available for qualifying park and trail projects.

Apply online, and find the grant guidelines with examples of past funded projects, at www.biparksfoundation.org/grants.

Community Grants are awarded to capital improvement projects that enhance our parks, trails and recreational opportunities. Since 1998, the Parks & Trails Foundation has awarded Community Grants totaling more than $879,000 supporting youth and adult park and recreation programs and facilities on Bainbridge Island.

Individuals or clubs that are not nonprofit organizations but want to apply must partner with Bainbridge Metro Parks on their project. Contact the Parks & Trails Foundation for assistance in […]

Got a project? Get a Community GrantDouglas2023-09-01T15:48:07-07:00

Great work for parks & trails in our 2021 Annual Report

Great work for parks & trails in our 2021 Annual Report

It’s all about positive impacts.

Read the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation’s 2021 Annual Report, out now. From KidsUp! Playground to the STO Sakai Connector, Blakely Harbor Park restoration to a $1 million donation to expand Strawberry Hill Park, together we did great things for our parks and trails.

We’re grateful for the swelling ranks of generous donors and volunteers who make all of our accomplishments possible. Thank you!

Great work for parks & trails in our 2021 Annual ReportDouglas2022-08-01T12:24:28-07:00