Rayonier Inc. awards grants to local charitable organizations

Rayonier Inc. announced its award of $35,000 to 26 area nonprofit organizations serving Olympic Peninsula communities........

September 3, 2015 7:14 pm
Cheri Tinker accepts a Rayonier foundation grant for Sarges Place.
Cheri Tinker accepts a Rayonier foundation grant for Sarges Place.

Rayonier Inc. announced its award of $35,000 to 26 area nonprofit organizations serving Olympic Peninsula communities. Recipients of the company’s 2015 Community Fund grants were recognized at special awards breakfast hosted by Rayonier in Aberdeen and Forks earlier this month. The fund supports a variety of educational, health and forestry programs.

Rayonier also donated $2,600 to United Way of Grays Harbor County and $1,500 to United Way of Clallam County, which constituted funds from its Pacific Resource Unit-based employee pledges and matching funds for United Way.

“Rayonier is proud to call Grays Harbor and Clallam County home for our 30 Washington-based employees for nearly 90 years,” said Bill Monahan, Rayonier Pacific Resource Unit leader, speaking to the grant recipients. “Every year we look forward to the opportunity to thank each of you, your staff and the volunteers for all you are doing to make our community a better place to live and work.”
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Kim Sartor, public affairs associate for Rayonier said, “I am honored and privileged to be given the opportunity to meet and learn first-hand the extraordinary work each organization is doing in our communities.”

Rayonier representatives from Forks and Hoquiam and Fernandina Beach, Fla. were present at the ceremony, along with Rayonier retirees, to congratulate and thank those receiving grants.

This year, approximately $40,000 in grants were distributed to organizations in Olympic Peninsula communities by the company.

The following organizations received support from Rayonier as part of its 2015 grant program:

Clallam County Historical Society

Clallam County Literacy Council

Concerned Citizens

Forks Alternative School

Forks Community Food Bank, Inc.

Healthy Families of Clallam County

Nature Bridge

North Olympic Regional Veteran’s Housing Network – Sarge’s Place

The Caring Place of Clallam County

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County

Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics

AgForestry

Appelo Archives Center

Camp Victory

Children’s Advocacy Center of Grays Harbor

Citizens for Children’s Fund

Coastal Community Action Program

Coastal Harvest

Grays Harbor County CASA

Grays River Grange #124

Multi-Care Health Foundation

Pacific Education Institute

Spodyfest for Wounded Warriors Project

The Caring Place of West Clallam County

The Network For Business Innovation and Sustainability (NBIS)

Washington Log-A-Load for Kids Program-Seattle Children’s Hospital