Rayonier awards grants to 30 nonprofit organizations

By The Daily World • November 10, 2022 1:30 am
Photo courtesy of Rayonier Grant recipients and Rayonier representatives, left to right: Julie Grenfall, Lynda Dillard, Irene Kennedy, Sulema Zerr, Pat Englund, Lisa Fellows, Kendall Prichard, Heidi Smith, Amanda Dragon, Quinn Hall, Jessica Molina, Wendi Lubinus, Phil Zerr, Cheryl R. Brown, Kim Sartor, Tamar Yakovich, Janie Redifer, Roger Redifer, Kevin Pilemalm, Brian Shay, Becki Rollins, John Larson, Bill Monahan, Mike Machelwich, Phil MacNealy, Darci Jewitt, George Brulotte, Glen Melin and Lisa Smith.
Photo courtesy of Rayonier Grant recipients and Rayonier representatives, left to right: Julie Grenfall, Lynda Dillard, Irene Kennedy, Sulema Zerr, Pat Englund, Lisa Fellows, Kendall Prichard, Heidi Smith, Amanda Dragon, Quinn Hall, Jessica Molina, Wendi Lubinus, Phil Zerr, Cheryl R. Brown, Kim Sartor, Tamar Yakovich, Janie Redifer, Roger Redifer, Kevin Pilemalm, Brian Shay, Becki Rollins, John Larson, Bill Monahan, Mike Machelwich, Phil MacNealy, Darci Jewitt, George Brulotte, Glen Melin and Lisa Smith.

Rayonier has awarded $60,500 to 30 local nonprofit organizations serving Olympic Peninsula communities.

Recipients of the grants were recognized at special awards breakfasts held recently in Aberdeen and Forks.

The recipients will use the funds to address a range of community needs, including civic, cultural, educational, environmental, natural resources and health and human services programs. The Rayonier Community Fund empowers local nonprofits to continue their mission of strengthening their communities.

“When you look at what you do in our communities — preserving history, improving literacy and education, providing access to healthcare, food and shelter — it’s amazing what we can accomplish by working together,” said Rayonier’s Pacific Resource Unit Leader, Mike Mackelwich, in closing to the 2022 grant recipients. “It’s very impressive. We honor you and appreciate all your dedicated work.”

Rayonier is a leading timberland real estate investment trust with assets located in some of the most productive softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. They own or lease under long-term agreements approximately 2.7 million acres of timberlands.

The following organizations in the Olympic Peninsula received support through the Rayonier Community Fund:

Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation

Appelo Archives Center

Camp Victory for Children

Chehalis River Basin Land Trust

Chimacum Backpacks for Kids

City of Hoquiam

Coastal Harvest

Concerned Citizens

Dispute Resolution Center of Grays Harbor & Pacific Co.

Family Promise of Grays Harbor

Forks Community Food Bank

Grays Harbor College Foundation

Grays Harbor Youth Works

Grays River Grange

Hoquiam Association for Kids

Martha & Mary Lutheran Services

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

NatureBridge

North Kitsap Fishline Food Bank

North Kitsap Schools Foundation

North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders

Pacific Education Institute

Polson Park & Museum Historical Society

South Kitsap School District

The Caring Place of West Clallam County

United Way of Clallam County

United Way of Grays Harbor

United Way of Kitsap County

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County

YMCA of Grays Harbor