This week, the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Committee visited our local post office to express our sincere gratitude to the postal workers who make our program possible. For 18 years, they've diligently delivered over 155,000 books to children in Stanwood and Camano Island. Their hard work and dedication bring the magic of reading to so many homes.
Please extend our appreciation for our mail carriers as you see them out on their delivery routes. They work hard in all kinds of weather.
Thank you for being terrific partners!
For more information, please contact Heather at hcourlas@gmail.com
5,000 smiles are on the way! This week, our Rotary Club teamed up with the Imagination Library of Washington and G.H.E.A. to deliver 5,000 toothbrushes to our community partners.
1,000 to Safe Harbor Clinic
1,000 to Stanwood-Camano School District
500 to Stanwood-Camano Food Bank
500 to Josephine Caring Community
500 to Lincoln Hill Retirement Community
500 to the Camano Center
500 to Community Resource Center
500 Divided between Warming Shelters and Others
The 2025 Stanwood-Camano Rotary Parade is casting its spell and inviting you to be a part of this enchanting community event!
This year's theme is Magic, so get ready to unleash your creativity and showcase your most spellbinding floats, costumes, and performances.
Sponsorship letters have already been sent out to several businesses, but there's still room for more magic to happen! If you're interested in sponsoring this beloved community event and helping to make it a success, please reach out to Kathy Moe at stanwoodrotaryparade@gmail.com.
Spread the word and let's make the 2025 Stanwood Camano Rotary Parade the most magical one yet!
For the first time in 15 years you can purchase a picket for the fence at Rotary Adventure Playground at Freedom Park!
The playground turns 15 this May and unfortunately the fence must be replaced.
Replacing the entire fence is a huge project and expensive. Our plan is to replace the posts and skirt boards with recycled plastic materials that have a 50 year warranty!
Purchasing a picket helps to offset some of the cost but not all of it. Each picket is $45
Limited to 850 pickets, but enough to buy one for each family member!
We are excited to connect with all the new families with this opportunity! If you originally purchased a picket in 2010, you will need to purchase a new picket if you want to keep a name on the fence.
Freedom Park is looking for a welder / fabricator to help build a frame on the back of the welcome sign. FPA would like to hang plywood across the entire back.
This will become the home for the original park pickets from 2010 to honor all those that helped build the playground.
Hopefully we can add some art and turn the eyesore into something amazing!
Btw...PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE ANY PICKETS FROM THE FENCE! It's a safety issue and we need to keep the fence functional.
Last week at the Rotary Board Retreat, the Community Grants Committee reviewed the latest bunch of applications. The committee decided to award The Caring Place with $1,000 to restock their shelves with much needed products for teens and women.
A new Community Grant Cycle is open, please share the link below with any non-profit organizations you would like us to consider.
If you would like to be part of the Community Grants Committee please reach out to Steve at sgoforth.northcountyfireems.com
Follow the link below to the Stanwood Camano Area Foundation to Apply:
https://s-caf.org/high_school_scholarships
Stanwood-Camano Rotary Foundation 7 scholarships @ $1,000
Rotary Eligibility Requirements:
Minimum 3.2 GPA, community involvement, financial need (complete “Other Considerations” essay in the Standard Application and describe financial need).
General Eligibility Requirements
These scholarships are for high school seniors who either reside within the boundaries of the Stanwood-Camano School District or attend high school within the District. Home-schooled students residing within the District are eligible, as are private school students who attend a school outside of the area but live in the Stanwood-Camano School District.
Rotary honors a teacher and mentor with the 2025 Sylvia Whitlock Leadership AwardThis Turkish Rotarian has promoted women’s financial literacy, funded scholarships for girls, and
This week, our Rotary Club teamed up with the Imagination Library of Washington and G.H.E.A. to deliver 5,000 toothbrushes to our community partners.
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