Annual Fundraising Campaigns
Salmon Enchanted Evening
Each summer, we host a private fundraising event complete with engaging presentations from guests and staff, dining, homemade pie and art auctions, music, and lively conversation. This enchanting event changes location each summer, taking place at the private residences of friends of WWS. Ticket sales and funds raised during the event go toward funding our important education programs.
If you have donated to WWS in the past, you should already be on our mailing list and will receive an invitation by mail or email.
Please contact us if you are interested in helping with this event in the future!
whidbeywatersheds@gmail.com
Spring Matching Challenge
For a number of years, a generous anonymous donor has offered to match all donations, dollar for dollar, received before June 1, up to $5000! There couldn't be a better time to support environmental education, research, and restoration than our annual Spring Matching Challenge.
Online: Click to Make A Donation to WWS Online
Mail to: Whidbey Watershed Stewards, PO Box 617, Langley, WA 98260
This offer conveniently coincides with the timing of the Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG giving campaign each May. If you donate to Whidbey Watershed Stewards through GiveBIG, that donation will also be matched by our anonymous donor!
Your employer may also match your gifts to Whidbey Watershed Stewards. Many companies and organizations match their employees' giving. Microsoft, Boeing, Costco, Starbucks and Google are among the many companies in our region that generously support local non-profits through their matching gift programs. In most cases, a match from your company will double the amount of your gift.
Make the most of your employer's matching, GiveBIG, and our anonymous donor's matching challenge before June 1st for the biggest impact!
GiveBIG
GiveBIG Washington is an online fundraising event that starts with early giving in April and culminates with a 48-hour public campaign in early May. Through GiveBIG, individuals, businesses, and organizations come together to invest in healing our communities. Support nonprofits providing food, shelter, health, and social services; fighting for a more just world; expanding our horizons through art and learning; and many more valued missions.
GiveBIG Washington is organized by 501 Commons, a 501c3 charitable organization. This event is open to IRS tax-exempt organizations serving and headquartered in Washington State. The 2022 GiveBIG opens for early giving on April 19 and runs through May 3-4, 2022.
Through GiveBIG Washington nonprofits raise funds online and connect with new donors. In 2019, 20% of donors reported that they were making a first-time gift. 501 Commons, provides trainings, tools, and support so nonprofits of all sizes and missions are successful.
Whidbey Watershed Stewards’ unique link on the GiveBIG website: https://www.wagives.org/organization/Whidbey-Watershed-Stewards
Giving Tuesday and Year-End Appeal
Please consider a gift to Whidbey Watershed Stewards in your year-end giving. All of our programs depend on community support. A great way to support our organization online at the end of the year is through GivingTuesday:
GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving go to GivingTuesday.org and donate to your favorite non-profit, or directly to our Network for Good page to show your commitment to watershed health and education.