Camas-Washougal Community Chest awards grants

The Camas-Washougal Community Chest, in partnership with the Rotary Foundation of Camas-Washougal and the Camas Lions Foundation, has awarded 37 grants totaling $140,760 to nonprofits serving children and families in Camas and Washougal.

Funded programs include emergency food assistance, crisis aid, temporary shelter for at-risk youth, a Safe Stay overnight car park at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church and water quality monitoring in the Lacamas Creek watershed. First-time grants will support services such as financial literacy programs, summer camp access and outreach for people experiencing homelessness or mental illness.

The following organizations received grants:

• Akin
• Camas School District – Principal’s Checkbook
• Camas Farmers Market
• Camas Robotics Booster Club (Team Mean Machine)
• Camas Washougal Historical Society
• Camas Washougal Parent Co-op Preschool
• Camp Currie
• Cascadia Technical Academy Foundation
• Columbia Play Project
• Council for the Homeless
• Enspire Arts
• Evergreen Habitat for Humanity
• Family Promise of Clark County
• Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation – Washougal Branch
• Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library
• Friends of the Columbia Gorge
• Impact CW – St. Matthew Lutheran Church
• Inter-Faith Treasure House
• Janus Youth Programs
• Junior Achievement of Oregon and Southwest Washington
• Kiwanis Camp Wa-Ri-Ki
• Komak
• Lacamas Watershed Council
• LiveWell Camas
• Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
• Meals on Wheels People
• NAMI Southwest Washington
• Pink Lemonade Project
• Police Activities League of Southwest Washington
• ReFuel Washougal
• St. Anne’s Episcopal Church Safe Stay Program
• The Little Wings Library
• Unite! Washougal Community Coalition
• Washougal Ivy League
• Washougal School District – Principal’s Checkbook
• Washington DECA
• West Columbia Gorge Humane Society