The Need is NOW. The Answer is US!
A Community Response to Budget Cuts,
Ensuring Our Neighbors Have the Support They Need.
2026 Organizations That need your Help
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Bayside Housing & Services
Project: JC MASH Free Clinic
Request: $15,000
Help stock a free clinic with the medical equipment and supplies it needs to treat patients on site.
Volunteer providers at JC MASH Free Clinic deliver free medical and behavioral healthcare in Port Hadlock and at the county emergency shelter. The Clinic expects to serve more than 1,000 neighbors in 2026.
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The Benji Project
Project: Building Youth Resilience Through Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
Request: $15,000
Help young people learn lifelong skills for handling stress and hard days.
The Benji Project teaches mindfulness and self-compassion to about 550 young people ages 9–19 each year through free school programs, after-school classes and camps. Nearly half of local 10th graders report being unable to stop worrying.
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Brinnon Quilcene Gifts In Kind
Project: Safe at Home: Building Access, Dignity & Stability
Request: $8,500
Help buy everyday essentials and build a wheelchair ramp in South County.
Brinnon Quilcine Gifts In Kind collects and delivers donated hygiene supplies, clothing and household goods through local agencies in Brinnon, Quilcene and South Jefferson County. They also design and build custom wheelchair ramps.
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Brinnon School District
Project: School-Based Mental Health Services Program
Request: $10,973
Help keep a mental health counselor at Brinnon School after county funding ends this winter.
Brinnon School serves about 74 students in the county's highest-poverty community. One day a week, a licensed clinician provides free counseling and crisis support, often the only mental health care these students can reach.
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Chimacum Backpacks for Kids
Project: Weekend meals for food-insecure students
Request: $5,500
Help send weekend meals home with Chimacum students who might otherwise go hungry.
The 30 volunteers at Chimacum Backpacks for Kids pack and deliver weekend food bags, each with six meals plus snacks, to roughly 144 children every week. A record 4,757 bags went out last school year. Each bag feeds a child for a weekend.
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Chimacum School District
Project: Keeping Chimacum Students Connected: School-Based Mental Health Services
Request: $14,883
Help keep a mental health clinician at Chimacum Jr./Sr. High after county funding ends this winter.
One day a week, a licensed clinician provides free counseling, crisis response and suicide prevention to Tri-Area students in grades 7-12. For many families, care at school is the only realistic option.
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Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers
Project: Community Legal Aid
Request: $15,000
Help low-income neighbors get free legal help with eviction, family and debt problems.
Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers helps about 650 people a year through volunteer attorneys, legal clinics and the Housing Justice Project. Your gift funds the coordination that turns donated attorney hours into real help.
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Community Wellness Project
Project: Local Food for Local Kids: Food Equity for Chimacum School Meals
Request: $15,000
Help students grow fresh food for their own school lunches.
Community Wellness Project runs Chimacum's school gardens, where students grow produce that goes straight into the school kitchen. With the district's meal program facing a deep deficit, garden-grown food eases the budget and puts fresh food on trays.
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Dove House Advocacy Services
Project: Safety-net services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault
Request: $15,000
Help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault find safety and start over.
For 44 years, Dove House has offered a 24-hour crisis line, advocacy, and the county's only shelter for families, all free and confidential. About 600 adults and children receive advocacy each year.
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Echho - The Helping Hands Organization
Project: Free transportation and medical equipment loans
Request: $15,000
Help neighbors get to medical appointments and stay independent at home.
ECHHO's volunteer drivers give free rides to treatments, pharmacies and grocery stores, with 634 riders expected in 2026. Its lending library loans more than 2,600 pieces of medical equipment a year, from walkers to wheelchairs.
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First Step Family Support Center
Project: Diaper bank and basic needs for families with young children
Request: $15,000
Help keep diapers and baby essentials on the shelves for families with young children.
First Step Family Support Center runs a diaper bank and family programs across Jefferson County, from Port Townsend to the Hoh River. It served 384 families in 2025, a 28% increase, just as its diaper funding disappeared.
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Food Bank Growers
Project: Ten gardens, one orchard, and a gleaning network
Request: $5,000
Help keep ten community gardens and an orchard growing fresh food for local food banks.
Food Bank Growers volunteers grew and gleaned over 40,000 pounds of produce last year and gave all of it away to the Food Bank Association and more than 30 other nonprofits. About $500 keeps one garden going for a year.
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Foster Supports of Jefferson County
Project: Direct Family Support for children in foster and kinship care
Request: $15,000
Help foster and kinship families get what a child needs the day they arrive.
An all-volunteer board delivers clothing, diapers, beds, car seats, gas cards and more to 104 children in 55 foster, kinship and adoptive families. Demand in early 2026 was up 156% over the year before.
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Gateway to Freedom
Project: Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program
Request: $15,000
Help neighbors break the cycle of crisis and arrest with practical, one-on-one support.
Gateway to Freedom's LEAD program offers intensive case management to about 150 residents a year as an alternative to arrest. Case managers help with housing, ID, transportation, healthcare and jobs, the small barriers that block a fresh start.
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Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County
Project: Critical Home Repair Program
Request: $15,000
Help low-income homeowners make critical repairs so they can stay safely in their homes.
Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County fixes failed furnaces, roofs, plumbing and unsafe decks, and adds ramps and grab bars. In 2026 it completed repairs for 14 households, mostly in Quilcene and Brinnon.
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Jefferson County Farmers Market
Project: Market Food Access Programs
Request: $15,000
Help families and seniors stretch their food budgets with fresh produce from local farms.
Jefferson County Farmers Market matches SNAP, WIC and senior nutrition benefits so they buy twice as much. Its four food access programs serve 1,500 to 2,000 low-income households a year, and every dollar supports a local farm.
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Jefferson County Food Bank Association
Project: FEEDING OUR NEIGHBORS
Request: $15,000
Help put nutritious food on the tables of neighbors who need it.
With about 300 volunteers, the Jefferson County Food Bank Association serves roughly 850 households a week at three food banks and four pop-up sites. Cash gifts buy the protein, staples and produce that donations don't cover.
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Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates
Project: Safe, Stable, and Connected: Essential Support for Immigrant Families
Request: $15,000
Help immigrant families stay housed, fed and connected through a sudden crisis.
Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates provides emergency help with rent, utilities, food and healthcare, plus practical English classes and referrals. In 2025 it supported 130 applicants through its Legal Defense and Family Support Fund.
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Jefferson Teen Center
Project: Rural Teen Wellness & Basic Needs Access Program
Request: $10,000
Help teens-in-need get food, clothing and support, no questions asked.
The Jefferson Teen Center is the only walkable resource hub for Chimacum teens, offering a free store, food pantry and youth-led peer support groups. It aims to serve 40 to 60 teens despite losing $45,000 in public funding.
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Jumping Mouse Childrens Center
Project: Long-term expressive mental health therapy for children ages 3–12
Request: $15,000
Help children who have experienced trauma get the therapy they need.
Jumping Mouse Children's Center provides long-term play therapy for children ages 3–12 in Port Townsend, Chimacum and Brinnon, turning no one away for inability to pay. Demand is so high its waitlist was closed for almost a year.
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Nourishing Beloved Community
Project: A food resilience program for people of the global majority and 2SLGBTQIA kin
Request: $15,000
Help deliver fresh, organic food from local growers to neighbors who need it.
Nourishing Beloved Community provides organic produce, plant starts, and garden tools to about 200 people from BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA and immigrant communities. Every dollar buys food from local BIPOC and Queer/Trans growers, supporting 20 to 30 farm families too.
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Olympic Community Action Partnership
Project: Flexible support for OlyCAP's Jefferson County basic-needs services
Request: $15,000
Help families in financial crisis get flexible support when it matters most.
Org description: OlyCAP has served Jefferson County since 1966 with energy assistance, weatherization, housing, community meals and emergency aid, and its three community centers logged 64,230 visits in 2025. Unrestricted gifts let it help when a family's needs don't fit one program.
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Olympic Neighbors
Project: Crisis Housing Stabilization for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Request: $15,000
Help adults with developmental disabilities stay together and cared for through an unexpected move.
Olympic Neighbors runs the county's only licensed adult family home for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. With their lease ending and permanent homes still under construction, your gift helps secure and prepare a safe temporary home.
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Olympic Peninsula Farm To Food Bank Fund
Project: Local food purchases for Jefferson County hunger relief organizations
Request: $10,000
Help put fresh, locally grown food into Jefferson County food banks.
The Olympic Peninsula Farm to Food Bank Fund uses every contribution to buy locally-raised fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood for hunger relief organizations. Your gift helps serve over 6,500 people while supporting local farms.
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Olympic Peninsula YMCA
Project: Assistance for individuals and families facing food insecurity and financial hardship
Request: $15,000
Help families facing hardship get food and fast, flexible help with essentials.
The Olympic Peninsula YMCA's School's Out Food Pop-Ups have provided more than 24,000 meals to 227 families in 2026. Its Resource Navigators help with rent, utilities, transportation and other urgent needs, and demand is growing fast.
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OWL360
Project: Housing Stability & Safety-Net Support for Jefferson County Young People
Request: $15,000
Help young people find safe housing and a path to independence.
OWL360 is Jefferson County's only organization dedicated to housing and stabilizing youth ages 14–25. In 2025, 82% of its housing program graduates moved into permanent housing, and its drop-in center, The Nest, logged 4,506 visits.
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Port Townsend Kiwanis Backpacks for Children
Project: Weekend meals and snacks for students facing food insecurity
Request: $15,000
Help send weekend meals home with Port Townsend students who need them.
Port Townsend Kiwanis volunteers filled 3,377 bags with over 20,000 meals and snacks for more than 160 students last school year. School counselors quietly identify students in need. There is no paid staff, so donations buy food.
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Port Townsend School District
Project: Port Townsend Schools Mental Health Services
Request: $15,000
Help keep mental health clinicians in Port Townsend schools after county funding ends this winter.
Port Townsend School District places licensed clinicians at the high school and Blue Heron Middle School, offering free counseling, crisis response and suicide prevention. For many students, school is the only place they can get care.
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Transformations by Olympic Angels
Project: From Statistics to Strength: Love Box and Dare to Dream
Request: $15,000
Help children in foster and kinship care build lasting relationships with caring adults.
Olympic Angels pairs trained volunteers with foster and kinship families and matches youth with mentors. In Jefferson County, 75% of caregivers said the program helped children stay in a stable home rather than move again.
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Quilcene School District #48
Project: Quilcene School-Based Mental Health Services Program
Request: $15,000
Help keep the only mental health care many Quilcene students can reach after county funding ends this winter.
One day a week, a licensed clinician at Quilcene School provides free counseling, crisis response and suicide prevention to students. In a small rural community with few providers, there is often nowhere else to turn.
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Reach Out
Project: Community Meal Program expansion and operations
Request: $15,000
Help expand a community kitchen so more home-cooked meals reach neighbors in need.
Reach Out cooks and delivers about 200 meals a week to homebound seniors, people experiencing homelessness, and others without transportation. Its kitchen has reached capacity, and your gift helps fund an expansion so no one is turned away.
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Real Estate Professionals For Affordable Housing In East Jefferson County
Project: Emergency and critical home repairs for low-income homeowners
Request: $15,000
Help low-income homeowners get urgent repairs made fast.
REPAH's all-volunteer board works with local contractors to fix failed water heaters, furnaces, plumbing and septic systems, often within days. It helped 25 households in 2025, most of them elderly, as requests doubled.
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Recovery Cafe
Project: A safe, non-judgmental space and support for people in recovery
Request: $15,000
Help keep a welcoming space open for people rebuilding their lives in recovery.
Recovery Café of Jefferson County offers meals, recovery circles, emergency services, and connections to housing and care, with no appointment or screening required. Your gift buys meals, blankets, tents, hygiene supplies, solar battery packs and hand warmers heading into winter.
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St. Vincent De Paul East Jefferson County Conference
Project: Emergency assistance for neighbors in need
Request: $15,000
Appeal: Help neighbors in crisis keep the lights on, the rent paid and gas in the tank.
All-volunteer St. Vincent de Paul provides fast emergency help with rent, utilities, car repairs and other necessities, with no government funding. It has helped 962 households so far this fiscal year, usually within a week of their call.
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Weekend Nutrition Program
Project: Weekend food bags for Quilcene and Brinnon students
Request: $12,500
Help feed Quilcene and Brinnon students over the weekend.
Weekend Nutrition Program volunteers pack and deliver food bags, open to all 300 students, with no forms or proof of income. Nearly 1,000 bags went out last year. Your donations provide 80% of the program's funding.
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Winter Welcoming Center
Project: A warm, no-barrier day shelter, November through April
Request: $15,000
Help keep a warm, welcoming day shelter open through the winter.
The Winter Welcoming Center offers warmth, food, WiFi, clothing and connections to services, seven days a week from mid-November to mid-April, with no barriers to entry. Last season it welcomed 5,479 guest visits.