Boys and Girls Club (Heidi Roberts, Carmen McFadyen): Boys & Girls Clubs programs are rooted in the Youth Development Strategies, which assure that all members have positive experiences that build self-esteem. Our Youth Development Strategy is a strength-based approach. We nurture each member’s individual strengths. In doing so, we nurture the positive identity of each of our members, providing opportunities for them to succeed in everything they do, inside and outside of the Club.
Coupeville Garden Club (Carmen McFadyen): We enhance the appearance and beauty of the Coupeville community and promote interest, understanding, education and participation in horticulture. Today the garden club meets the first Thursday of the month at 9:30 am at the Coupeville Recreation Hall with many work parties happening on Tuesdays. We help keep Coupeville looking beautiful by landscaping Cooks Corner, Coupeville Recreation Hall, place and maintain barrels full of flowers throughout the city, maintain the "Welcome to Coupeville" signs, grow and sell plants for the community, etc.
Website: Coupeville Garden Club
Gifts from the Heart Foodbank (Carol Harrison): Gifts from the Heart Food Bank opened on Valentine's Day, 2002. The food bank was started by a small group of people who felt there was a need for a food bank serving Central Whidbey Island. We originally started operating from a small space provided to us at Greenbank Farm. After three years of operation, we knew there was a need and, also, that our community and businesses would continuously support a food bank. In November of 2005, we moved into the old fire hall at 203 North Main, our current location. We store and prepare the food here and also distribute to our Coupeville clients.
Website: Gifts from the Heart - Home (giftsfromtheheartfoodbank.com)
Island Country Historical Museum (Scott Cole): Our Mission: Collect, Preserve and Interpret Island County's rich and unique cultural heritage and history.
Website: Our Story — Island County Historical Museum (islandhistory.org)
Lions Club (Sandra Johnson): On A Mission To Serve . . .Lions Serve. It's that simple, and it has been since the first Lions Club began in 1917. The Coupeville Lions Club, which was chartered in 1938, is a place where individuals join together to give their valuable time and effort to improve our community, and the world. Lions Club Emblem. The two Lions, one facing the past learning from past accomplishments, the other Lion facing the future to see what we may yet accomplish. Proud of the past, confident of the future. Lions Club Colors. Gold, purple (blue). As a Lions Club member, purple stands for loyalty to country, friends, oneself and to the integrity of mind and heart. Purple is the traditional color of strength, courage and tireless dedication to a cause. Gold symbolizes sincerity of purpose, liberality in judgment, purity in life and generosity in mind, heart and purpose towards mankind.
Website: COUPEVILLE LIONS CLUB - Home
NET (Neighborhood Emergency Team) (Eve Parrish): Mission: The Coupeville Neighborhood Emergency Team is an association of local volunteers whose mission, under the auspices of the mayor, is to educate residents in the preparation for emergencies and to assist authorities should an emergency occur. Each of Coupeville's neighborhoods has a designated NET Captain. Emergency preparedness information is provided to all households within these neighborhoods. Classes in emergency preparedness and response are offered periodically.
Ryan's House: Mission Statement: Prevent homelessness before it can take root; establish havens where at risk youth and young adults can experience unconditional love and care in a safe and nurturing environment; help the vulnerable become self-sufficient; create sanctuaries that will save young lives on the islands of Puget Sound and beyond.
Website: Ryan's House For Youth - Home (ryanshouseforyouth.org)
Small Miracles (Vern Olsen): We are Coupeville residents who appreciate a little help makes a big difference. MISSION: Small Miracles Medical Support Fund offers people living in the Coupeville zip code 98239 and portions of 98277 that fall within the Coupeville School District a safety net for medically-related costs. The fund is supported by donations and is administered by a local all volunteer board of directors.
Website: www.smallmiraclescpv.com
Soroptimist International of Coupeville (Janice Vaughn): Soroptimist is an international organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Over 80,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community–based and international projects that benefit women and girls. The name, Soroptimist, means "best for women," and that's what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best, working to help other women to be their best.
Facebook: (6) Soroptimist International of Coupeville | Facebook
Sound Water Stewards (Scott Cole): Sound Water Stewards supports highly trained volunteers to do education, outreach, citizen science and stewardship to sustain a healthy Puget Sound environment. We have partners in and around Island County with active chapters on both Whidbey and Camano Island. Our partnerships include researchers, governments, universities, state and local parks and other nonprofit organizations that focus on work in the Salish Sea. Sound Water Stewards, formerly Island County Beach Watchers, became an independent nonprofit organization in 2016.
Website: SWS Home - Sound Water Stewards
The Shifty Sailors (Wylie Vracin): We all hail from Whidbey Island – famed and framed in Puget Sound, just northwest of Seattle, Washington, USA, and southwest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Twenty-eight years ago, a music teacher on an island knew if you put a story to music, the message would be retained. Preserving maritime history, heritage, events, and lessons of Puget Sound, our country, and the world would be why this group was “launched” – to do just that – singing the rich songs of old and new. But it would take hold not only in our concerts, but also in the many awareness–building and fund-raising performances we have done for Maritime Museums, music programs, and charitable organizations in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, California, Oregon, Hawaii, British Columbia, and Washington State. We also found our way to stages in Europe – the Baltic Sea Countries, France, Prague, the British Isles, and Ireland.
Shifty Sailors performing in 2017
Website: Shifty Sailors
