West Marine has announced the 25 nonprofit organizations that each will receive a $1,500 BlueFuture grant for 2016. Waterlife Outfitter presented the grants to the community-based organizations.
“No one understands the needs of a community better than those who live and work there, particularly when it comes to serving at-risk youth and improving youth access to the water,” Lindsey Johnson, West Marine’s director of communications, stated in a press release. “We want to serve as a valued partner for these organizations as they seek to make a real difference in children’s lives through Waterlife adventure, education and stewardship.”
West Marine received more than 100 applications for the grants from across the contiguous United States as well as Hawaii.
Here are the winners:
• Aquatic Research & Conservation Society Inc. (ARCS), Little Canada, Minnesota
• Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center, Bellingham, Washington
• Bourne Community Boating, Bourne, Massachusetts
• Chicago Training Center, Chicago, Illinois
• ClearShark H2O, Hanover, Maryland
• Coconut Grove Sailing Club Instructional Center Inc., Coconut Grove, Florida
• Community Sailing of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
• Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC), San Francisco, California
• Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, Aberdeen, Washington
• Guilford High School Voyages and Vessels, Guilford, Connecticut
• Hawaii Kai Boat Club Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Indian Nations Council, Boy Scouts of America, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• L.I.F.T. As We Climb Inc., Newark, New Jersey
• Lake Havasu Sea Scouts, SSS Heatwave, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
• LifeSail Inc., Van Nuys, California
• Outdoor Outreach, San Diego, California
• Pass Christian Community Sailing Foundation, Pass Christian, Mississippi
• Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Project Oceanology, Groton, Connecticut
• North Coast Community Sailing, Bayfield, Wisconsin
• Sail Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
• Southwest Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America, Fort Myers, Florida
• Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop, Norfolk, Virginia
• Tierra Pacifica Charter School, Santa Cruz, California
• YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties, Tacoma, Washington
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