by Andrea Stafford | Sep 2, 2024 | Conversations in Community
Welcome. It’s September, and this month we’re talking about change: how it is necessary and how difficult it can be to navigate. Joining me in conversation are three nonprofit leaders from Jefferson County: Executive Director Claudia Coppola from Olympic Neighbors,...
by Tom Moore | May 6, 2024 | Conversations in Community
Welcome. It’s May, and this is the first of an ongoing series of conversations I’ll be having most every month with people in Jefferson County about what they love about living here, what they are concerned about and what they are doing about it. I am a relative...
by JCF Staff | Feb 15, 2024 | Changemakers
Giving Circles: Neighbors and Friends Giving TogetherGiving Circles are groups of neighbors, friends and/or family members who donate to a central pool ofcharitable donations and decide together where to donate the funds. In doing so, they discuss socialissues and...
by JCF Staff | Jan 15, 2024 | Changemakers
Community Boat Project: “The people I love the best jump into work head first.” There is a poem is written above the entrance to Community Board Project’s workshop. It is byfeminist, science fiction writer, and social activist Marge Piercy, called To be of...
by JCF Staff | Oct 15, 2023 | Changemakers
JCF serves as a platform for people who care about the same issues to come together to workon solving community challenges. Here are some examples from Q1 2023: Jefferson County Human Services Collaborators Quarterly MeetingPartnering with the YMCA, JCF hosts a...
by JCF Staff | Aug 15, 2023 | Changemakers
The year started with a small group of housing advocates who came to JCF for help. They hadidentified a 17-acre parcel of land in Port Hadlock that seemed ideal for building affordableworkforce housing. They knew that fast action was needed to vet the opportunity and...
