It’s Spring—And Building Season

Several proposals in this spring grant catalog focus on designing and building new facilities. These are important for tourism, which is one of our main income sectors. We have 1.3 million visitors per year—and they all use bathrooms, have trash, need directions, parking, and other amenities.  

See the Spring 2019 Grant Catalog at https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/grant 

Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge asks for support for a new bay and wildlife viewing platform in the South Bay Unit. Design and planning funding is needed to get started on building a new viewing platform that is ADA accessible and has educational signage for visitors. 

Willapa Bay is a critically important hemispheric reserve for birds, and feeds millions of migrating birds each year in spring and fall. Thousands of birders visit annually to watch birds. There are very few public spots to view the bay that are not along Highways 101 or 105 and pullouts are limited. 

The South Bay Unit is accessed from 95th Street east of Sandridge Road. There is a trail over and around the hill to a viewpoint next to Tarlatt Slough, where it turns north to Willapa Bay. The view is spectacular, more than thirty miles up the bay to Tokeland, with the Olympic Mountains on the north horizon. 

Website: https://friendsofwillaparefuge.org/ 

City of Long Beach asks for support for its Dune Boardwalk.
The present boardwalk is more than 20 years old, and needs more than decking replacement--some of the supports need to be replaced as well. This is a big project, so in this grant catalog, the city is asking for support to provide unrestricted capital matches for grants from our state and federal governments.



Help Long Beach put a good foot forward by donating to this project. One of the greatest features of the board walk is that it is universally accessible--this means all ages, and all physical capacities can use it. 

Website: http://www.longbeachwa.gov/ 

All grants are posted at https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/grant. You can make donations there for each grant/organization you want to support.  

Not happy using online services? Send a check instead. Write a note on the memo line of the check for the grant it is to go to, or if to more than one grant, include a note to tell us how much goes to each one. 

Make the check out to SPCCF. Mail to ‘SPCCF, PO Box 91, Nahcotta WA 98637.’ 

Your community and its many active nonprofit organizations thank you!