2015 Fruit Sale
The 2015 Fruit, Chocolate and Coffee Fundraiser has begun! Orders by November 11 are guaranteed, but we continue to take orders until delivery weekend Dec 4-6, as we order extra! Please support our worthy local social and environmental nonprofit organizations that are helping our community so much!
It is time once again for the Community for Interfaith Celebration (CIC) annual fundraiser. We are selling grapefruit, juice
oranges, organic satsumas, organic fair trade chocolate and two fair trade coffees. As usual, we pass on all of our profits to
others – our beneficiaries this year provide food, clothing and shelter in our Community as well as protect our
environment and animals. This year's worthwhile beneficiaries are:
- Meals for the homeless at the Community Kitchen – Each month, CIC buys food and volunteers cook and serve dinner for
over 200 individuals. The Community Kitchen is open seven days a week for three meals a day and is operated by Catholic
Community Services. http://www.ccsww.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homeless_communitykitchen
- Pie Baker’s Guild – Support will underwrite facility rental for their annual pie baking contest and fundraiser in February 2016
to benefit Thurston County Food Bank and Senior Nutrition Program. Almost $9000 was raised last year at this event.
http://www.olybakers.com
- Interfaith Works Overnight Emergency Shelter - Support will be used to support the program, currently in need due to an
$80,000 shortfall in state and local funding this current program year. This has been reduced to $10,000 gap in funding through
quickly rallying county officials. Since November 1, 2014, the shelter has served adult guests assessed to be most vulnerable.
The program has been a great success: beds have been full every night, seven nights a week, since they opened. There are
professional staff working with volunteers to provide shelter , as well as coordination with mental health, housing and medical
providers. This vulnerability-based shelter is a progressive approach to sheltering and housing, helping lead the way for
homeless services in Thurston County. http://www.interfaith-works.org
- Community Youth Services-Rosie’s Place Drop-in Center - Support will be used to buy lockers for the drop-in center. The
lack of storage available to youth experiencing homelessness creates a barrier that delays youth from exiting street life and
meeting their needs. Rosie’s Place is a program within CYS that serves youth experiencing homelessness or who are street
dependent, ages 18-24; 20-60 young people are welcomed each day, provided assistance for immediate needs and given access
to case managers. http://www.communityyouthservices.org/p_rosies_place.shtml
- The Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County - Support will be used to fund a pilot project to promote conflict
resolution skills and restorative justice practices through an afterschool program in a partner school serving the middle grades.
The Dispute Resolution Center helps approximately 4,000 people work towards peaceful solutions to their conflicts through
conflict resolution and mediation services, and trains South Sound community members in those skills. http://mediatethurston.org/
- The Olympia Free Clinic - Support will be used to purchase commonly disbursed medications to stock the small Olympia Free
Clinic pharmacy to allow patients immediate access to the medication they need. The Olympia Free Clinic exists so that
uninsured or underinsured adults have access to quality, appropriate medical care and mental health counseling services and
linkages to community resources. http://oly-wa.us/OlyFreeClinic/
- Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail - SPSSEG helps coordinate teachers and school field trips, pay for school buses, organize and
support volunteer docents, and maintain our region’s premier salmon-viewing trail. Over 5000 students and local residents visit
the trail each year to view tens of thousands of wild chum salmon spawning in their natural environment. They have requested
funds to pay for docent backpacks and educational materials. http://spsseg.org/kennedy-creek/
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