More than a dozen Grays Harbor and Pacific counties organizations were among those receiving a portion of more than $38,300 in grants from the Rayonier Community Fund program, the company announced Tuesday.
The fund supports a variety of educational, civic, cultural, health and natural resources programs with ties to the Olympic Peninsula. Recipients were recently recognized at awards breakfasts in Aberdeen and Forks during in October.
“It’s amazing what these organizations do for our communities,” said Bill Monahan, Rayonier’s Pacific Resource Unit Leader. “Your work helps preserve our communities’ history and provide for literacy, education, health care, food and shelter.”
Local organizations receiving grants were:
Appelo Archives Center
Camp Victory for Children
Coastal Community Action Program
Coastal Harvest
Connections
Family Promise of Grays Harbor
Friends of Schafer and Lake Sylvia State Parks
Grays Harbor Youth Works
Grays River Grange #124
Greater Grays Harbor, Inc.
Green Lantern Lunch Program
Polson Park & Museum Historical Society
United Way of Grays Harbor
YMCA of Grays Harbor
Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach, along with Rayonier representatives from the Forks and Hoquiam Rayonier offices and the company’s corporate headquarters in Wildlight, Florida, were present to congratulate and thank those receiving grants.
“It’s really evident with what Rayonier does in our community. It’s not just the money, it’s the people and encouraging their staff to give time to help organizations.” said Curt White, Forks Food Bank Board Member. “It speaks volumes about Rayonier and their company culture of participation in the community.”
Other Olympic Peninsula organizations receiving funds were:
Clallam County Historical Society
Clallam County Literacy Council
Concerned Citizens
Forks Alternative School
Forks Community Food Bank, Inc.
NatureBridge
Serenity House of Clallam County
The Caring Place of West Clallam
United Way of Clallam County
Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County
MultiCare Health Foundation
Pacific Education Institute
WCLA Contract Loggers Association
WA Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation
