Foundation announces Great Fish nonprofits
The Whitefish Community Foundation lat week announced the 50 nonprofits that will participate in this year’s Great Fish Community Challenge.
The challenge began in 2015 to help raise critical program funding for the participating organizations. In the last three years, it has raised more than $4.5 million for more than 50 nonprofit organizations.
More than 1,500 donors have participated in the challenge.
Whitefish Community Foundation will launch the Great Fish Community Challenge on Thursday, July 26 with a Launch Party at The Wave Aquatic and Fitness Center. Donors are encouraged to attend and give their favorite nonprofits a chance to win the instant grant drawings, while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
The community foundation organizes the Great Fish Community Challenge and provides the matching funds to inspire the community to give. The challenge runs seven weeks and culminates with a Community Celebration Sept. 8 at Depot Park with the Great Fish Community Challenge Color Run and Community Celebration.
For more information, visit www.whitefishcommunityfoundation.org or call 406-863-1781. The Whitefish Community Foundation is dedicated to fostering philanthropy, building endowments and helping donors and nonprofits benefit the community.
The 2018 benefiting nonprofits include: Abbie Shelter, Alpine Theatre Project, Backpack Assistance Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flathead County, Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, CASA for Kids, Center for Restorative Youth Justice, Columbia Falls-Whitefish High School Swim Teams, Child Bridge, DREAM Adaptive Recreation, Farm Hands — Nourish the Flathead, Flathead Cancer Aid Services, Flathead Food Bank, Flathead Land Trust, Flathead Rapids, Flathead Shelter Friends, Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation, Flathead Youth Home, Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center, FVCC Foundation, Glacier Institute, Glacier National Park Conservancy, Glacier Nordic Club, Glacier Symphony and Chorale, Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley, Humane Society of Northwest Montana, Intermountain Children’s Services, Nate Chute Foundation, North Valley Hospital Foundation, North Valley Music School, North West Montana Veterans Stand Down, Project Whitefish Kids, Ravenwood Natural Science Center, Samaritan House, Shepherd’s Hand Free Clinic, Sparrows Nest of NW Montana, Stumptown Art Studio, Tamarack Grief Resource Center, The Wave Aquatic and Fitness Center, WAG — Whitefish Animal Group, Whitefish Community Center, Whitefish Firefighters Association, Whitefish Lake Institute, Whitefish Legacy Partners, Whitefish Review, Whitefish Rotary Charitable Fund, Whitefish School District Education Foundation, Whitefish Sports Facilities Foundation, Whitefish Theatre Company and Whitefish Veterans Support Team.