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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.