Want to support all Give Methow nonprofits? Give to All! Thanks to an anonymous donor, Give to All gifts will be matched up to $50,000 and equally distributed to all participating nonprofits.

Aero Methow Rescue Service cares for people in the Methow Valley by providing emergency medical and preventative health services.
Support from the community enables us to maintain and enhance our operations, ensuring the high level of care that the Methow Valley relies on. Thanks to the continued collaboration with this community, Aero Methow Rescue Service has been able to provide care with the highest level of training and equipment and provide community outreach, injury prevention programs and preparedness programs to keep this valley safe, educated, and prepared. Thank you!

Our Hall is quietly nestled next to the Methow River at 626 Bridge Street in Twisp, Washington. We are an assembly of War Era Veterans dedicated to Serving our Methow Valley Communities, hoping to help build a world without war.
The American Legion has Four Pillars of Service. The four pillars are: 1. Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation 2. National Security 3. Americanism 4. Children & Youth The Methow Valley American Legion Post 143 in Twisp, WA was established in April of 1920. This year, the post will have been in existence for 104 years! We have gone through a century of growing and adapting. We don't serve alcohol; instead, we hang American flags on Twisp businesses for a fee to celebrate patriotic holidays from Spring to Autumn. As a service to our community, American Legion Post 143 broadcasts on KFAC-LP 105.5 FM Twisp with a 100 watt FM Station owned and operated by Post 143. Our station proudly provides a generous amount of airplay for local musicians.

Blue Sky Minds supports the growth of an equitable, sustainable, and economically thriving food system in the Okanogan region, including Okanogan County and Colville Reservation. We cultivate community collaborations through facilitating convenings,
Blue Sky Minds supports the growth of an equitable, sustainable, and economically thriving food system in the Okanogan region, including Okanogan County and Colville Reservation. We cultivate community collaborations through facilitating convenings, sharing resources, and outreach. Our vision at Blue Sky Minds is to eliminate hunger, by ensuring that every single person has close access to culturally relevant, locally grown, nutritious food. We aim to create a sustainable food system that supports farmers, community and the land in Okanogan region.

Cascadia Music builds community through sharing the joy of music.
Your community music organization since 1986, we have a place for you. Due to growing need, Cascadia Music provided almost $15,000 in financial aid and scholarships for lessons last year! Thank you for supporting students! We currently have 48 instruments on loan - eliminating costly rental fees for families. Your donations also support our community ensembles, Pipestone Orchestra, Cascadia Chorale, and Pipestone Youth Orchestra - multigenerational music learning and performance opportunities for everyone in our community. Thank you for your generosity!

School Gardens Help Children GROW!
Children love their school garden classroom - while eating a healthy snack, working with their hands in the dirt, or playing an educational game! The impacts reach every child's social, emotional, and physical wellbeing - and academics achievements improve when these basic needs are met. Your gift to Classroom in Bloom is leaving a lasting legacy in support of sustainable farming, outdoor education, and empowering students to learn to grow their own food. We start planting seeds with our youngest students in kindergarten, and grow to meet high schoolers in career and technical education programs. From the Methow Valley to Okanogan County, thank you for helping every child learn in their outdoor garden classroom.

The COVE is a multi-faceted non-profit serving the communities of Methow Valley through its mission to "provide food and assistance to people in need while honoring and respecting one another during difficult times in our lives."
The COVE is comprised of five programs to benefit those of economic disadvantage in the community: The Methow Valley Food Bank, Friday Food, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Aid and Assistance and Manger Mall. The Methow Valley Food Bank is the flagship of The COVE. We serve households from Mazama to Methow along the Highway 20/153 corridor. On average, 65-70 households (120-150 people) benefit from the offerings of Food Bank each week. We offer a balanced menu of food each week intended to supplement a family's grocery needs, providing relief from the issues of food insecurity in times of economic difficulty. Friday Food, an offshoot of the original "Backpack Food" style program offers a weekly bundle of nutritious snacks and lunch-type meal fixings geared toward youth. The intent is to provide food to kids who have hunger related challenges over the weekend when schools are closed and parents are not available, for whatever reason. The COVE ships bundles of food to the school on Thursday and the food is anonymously placed in a child's school locker for them to take home for the weekend. We serve between 75-100 local youth per week through Friday Food. Manger Mall and Neighbors Helping Neighbors are once-a-year programs during the Holiday season. Manger Mall provides parents of need a chance to shop for and buy gifts for their children they might not otherwise be able to afford. The Manger Mall team collects donations of toys, books, clothing and money throughout the year, registers clients and holds a one-day shopping event in early December. Neighbors Helping Neighbors is the one-day holiday meal distribution, usually on the Saturday before Christmas. The effort requires about one hundred local volunteers, some of whom assemble meal bundles, some load vehicles and about 80 volunteers in 40+ vehicles deliver those food bundles to over 100 needy families, again over a forty-mile stretch of the valley from Methow to Mazama. The Aid and Assistance fund provides once-a-year financial help to clients faced with a loss of critical utilities, payment of medical or other bills, or help with gasoline for transportation. Clients must apply and meet with our Executive Director, Glenn Schmekel, to be eligible for the aid. All of the programs of The COVE are annually budgeted by the parent organization, which is dependent upon the generosity of the community through efforts like the Give Methow campaign. Give Methow generally provides for about 25-33% of the annual budget of the organization.

We seek to improve your trail experience
Each year, when the snow begins to melt, the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance-Methow Chapter is already at work logging out trails like Climb-It Change, Wild Turkey, Thompson Ridge and Black Bear. Ever wonder why those breaking bumps and deep ruts on Pete's that are ever present in the fall are magically gone each spring? Our professional trail crew and dedicated volunteers are all about enhancing your trail experience. This past year we spent over $30,000 just on Sun Mountain maintenance alone. Did you ride Thompson Ridge Trail recently and wonder why that descent didn't have any fire weed? Our trail crew and volunteers waited until the brush was at its max height and then cleared the descent for your enjoyment. Those pesky trees that fall down mid season get cut out so quickly because we have a dedicated sawyer crew waiting to clear them. We cannot do what we do without our professional trail crew and volunteers. Please, think about this upcoming spring and think about how your trail experience would be affected without our trail crew. Just a quick set of numbers: Number of trees logged out from Thompson Ridge before May 1st: 30 Number of trees logged out from Sun Mountain prior to May 1st: > 100 Number of maintenance hours ( volunteer and professional) spent this spring Pete's maintenance alone: 250 In addition to Sun Mountain, trails like Buck Mountain, Buck Up and the newer trail development at Loup Loup are all maintained by Evergreen. We are also committed to improving the signage at Sun Mountain and are actively working with the Methow Valley Ranger district to finally have a comprehensive signage plan. A portion of proceeds from Give Methow this year will go directly to Sun Mountain Signage. As an organization, we will continue to strive and enhance your trail experience here in the Methow! Please support the Methow Chapter this October!

In an effort to broaden and improve our dialogue with the community around access to safe public swimming in the Methow, Friends of the Pool is seeking donations for our Board to consult with a local communications specialist.
Friends of the Pool is working hard to keep a public pool in the Methow Valley. We have identified that improved dialogue with the community is vital to achieving our goal of safe public swimming. With this in mind, and as part of our expanding operations, we plan to work with local talent that specialize in outreach communications to help us achieve this goal. Thank you for your support.

Make the Most of our New Library!
Music, reading, games, art, learning - you've made this a vibrant space for our valley! The library is a place where young people listen to story hour and come for afterschool programs, families come for game night, elders without computers communicate with grandchildren, authors visit, local experts share their knowledge, artists create, high school students learn new skills, and community members use the public space for all kinds of meetings - all for free. Your donation increases these opportunities, brings guest speakers and musicians. Let's continue to grow the new resource this community built!

The Twisp Valley Grange needs your support to operate the hall as a Cooling Center; host Candidate Forums, community potlucks and more; and provide a beautiful, comfortable and affordable rental venue that everyone in the Methow Valley can enjoy.
Give Methow is the Twisp Valley Grange's only annual giving campaign. Your support supplements our Grange Hall rental fees and is critical for allowing us to keep rental rates affordable for all residents and nonprofit organizations in the Methow Valley. Your support last year provided us with matching funds for a Dept. of Commerce grant for heat pumps. Thanks to your support, we opened the Grange Hall this summer as a Cooling Center during periods of extreme heat. The new cooling capacity allowed Aero Methow and Methow at Home to continue their SAIL program (Stay Active and Independent for Life program for seniors) during the heat of the summer. The Grange continues our 113-year tradition of giving to the community in other ways as well. For example, we host the Candidate Forums and community potlucks, and offer fun family events like the Santa Breakfast and old-time square and contra dancing. We collaborate with other nonprofits, including Kiwanis for the Easter Egg Hunt and The Cove for Manager Mall cookie decorating. Thank you for your support.

Home Range Wildlife Research - On the ground research, Practical field training, Community at our core!
Home Range Wildlife Research is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that conducts independent and collaborative wildlife research, offers practical field training opportunities for budding biologists, and works closely with the local community to foster a deep connection between people and their landscape. In the face of vast environmental changes, we believe that applicable research outcomes, skillful fieldwork, and community involvement are vital parts of effective long-term wildlife conservation.

Jamie's Place is a real home in the heart of the Methow Valley where elders, with the support of family, community and caregivers, enjoy meaningful lives with dignity and grace.
Jamie's Place is a home with a heart. Jamie's Place vision is to meet the growing long-term care needs of all the Methow Valley elders and prepare the next generation of caregivers. We believe in honoring our aging community members by caring for their needs. A real home includes good homemade food, friends, staying active, and sharing a smile or a laugh every day. We all deserve to live in the heart of our community close to family and friends, through our entire lives. Everyone who wants to should be able to live at Jamie's Place, regardless of ability to pay. Bringing young and old together strengthens our community. The beauty of our Valley continues to inspire us as we age.

Continuing a 42 year legacy of joyful learning and discovery
Little Star School has been a cornerstone of our Methow Valley community since 1982, now serving over 100 students every year. Our dedicated staff of 30 early childhood educators create an environment where children can thrive, learn, and grow, all while creating deep connections and instilling in them social emotional skills that they will carry with them throughout their entire lives. Little Star's programming also gives families the freedom to work and the bandwidth to support their own health and wellbeing, providing a foundation for our local economy and workforce. Without public funding, we rely on your support to sustain this work. Join us in our commitment to quality early childhood education, a robust financial aid program and increasing teacher compensation. Thank you for supporting children and families in the Methow Valley.

The Loup Loup Ski Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that runs the Loup Loup Ski Bowl. Located between the Okanogan and the Methow Valleys, this ski hill has introduced generations of youth to the great outdoors.
Now the Loup is doubling down on that mission. Starting in the 2024-2025 ski season, the Loup will be offering free skiing for all those 12 and under. Please consider a donation to help make this an ongoing program for years to come!

Maintaining a historic building and community amenities for residents and visitors to enjoy the upper valley.
The Mazama Community Club is the site of a schoolhouse built in 1921. Since then, the club has added amenities including housing for a Methow Trails grooming machine, USPS mailboxes, a picnic shelter, playground, and pickleball court, all used by residents and visitors. Maintaining a century old building and other amenities is costly and labor intensive. The MCC is the only affordable venue available for rent or public use in the upper valley. It is used by non-profits for ski clinics, race starts, non-profit gatherings, public meetings, ukulele practice, game and movie nights, as well as rented for private events. The MCC has no paid positions and is run by a volunteer board and member volunteers.

Methow Arts enriches the lives of people in Okanogan county by making the arts an integral and dynamic part of public school education, economic vitality, and community.
Methow Arts Alliance has been a cornerstone in fostering creativity and enriching the lives of children and adults in our community for almost 40 years. Through our dedicated arts education program, we strive to provide comprehensive and inclusive arts education that not only nurtures creativity but also enhances academic achievement, social-emotional development, and community engagement. Arts education has been shown to have profound effects on students' cognitive and emotional development. According to numerous studies, students engaged in the arts are more likely to excel academically, showing improved performance in subjects like mathematics, reading, and critical thinking. Methow Arts Alliance's program provides students with: 1. Enhanced Learning Experiences: Our programs integrate arts into the standard curriculum, making learning more engaging and effective. 2. Creative Expression: We offer students a safe space to express themselves creatively, which is essential for their emotional and social well-being. 3. Skill Development: Through various art forms, students develop critical skills such as problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation. Every dollar raised during Give Methow goes directly to supporting our arts in education program across Okanogan County, serving over 5000 students. This program has been designed to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of students and create a sense of belonging to better root students to their peers, school, and community.

Methow At Home is serving our community through the transitions of aging with dignity and respect.
Methow At Home serves our community through the transitions of aging with dignity and respect. We offer our members hands-on help for daily living, along with a variety of free social, creative, and educational programming, open to the whole Methow community, that prepare us for each season of aging. Thank you for giving the gift of personal empowerment to members of our community - valuable support for older adults to safely age at home in the community they love. Your investment and commitment to the lives we touch at Methow at Home is inspiring and we are truly grateful. Your generosity makes the world a little kinder!

Beavers and People Restoring OUR Watersheds Together
Do you feel good about our community's water security? What about our watershed's wildfire resilience? Do you appreciate thriving local plant communities and abundant habitat for our fish and wildlife? Well what if we told you that beavers are a critical partner in helping us to achieve these conditions but they need us to be good partners too? At Methow Okanogan Beaver Project, we partner with beavers to restore our degraded waterways, store more water naturally for a drier and hotter future, and improve the function, resilience, and biodiversity of the Methow and Okanogan Watershed communities. As our project grows in scope and scale to meet the needs of our watersheds, we ask for our region's support to expand and accelerate this critical climate resilience work for all of us. Your generous contributions fund our beaver-based stream restoration, beaver/human coexistence services, education and outreach programs, beaver relocation from irreconcilable conflict, and efforts to modernize beaver management policy. Our vision for the future is an Okanogan County and a North American continent that are more resilient, biodiverse, complex, and connected. We hope you'll join us to make this future a reality.

Working with the community to protect the wildlife habitat, fertile soil, public access to trails, and scenic views we all love. First Tuesday, Mill Hill, Sunny M, Methow Grown, open spaces: this is what community-based conservation looks like.
You love the Methow Valley and you care about its future. So do we. For the Methow Conservancy, that love translates into protecting the Valley's clean water, fertile soils, and diverse wildlife habitat. It means offering educational programs that help us all understand this landscape. It also translates into caring about the human habitat – making sure our conservation efforts work in concert with community needs. That's why we play a role in creating solutions for affordable housing, bolstering community resiliency for wildfire preparation and recovery, and working to ensure that the Methow Descendants are welcome on the land that has been their home since Time Immemorial. Yes, we are a land trust, and we care about wild places, farmland, and healthy ecosystems. And, yes, we believe a land trust must be more than that. We are an organization rooted in our love of this place and this community – both human and wild. Together we can make sure that what we all love about the Methow Valley endures forever.

Supporting leadership, teamwork, healthy lifestyles and community service through cycling in the Methow Valley.
MCTEF is the fundraising arm of the Methow Cycling Team, an all volunteer team of riders and coaches offering spring and fall mountain bike seasons for kids in Grades 6-12. We are part of the greater WA Student Cycling League and attend races at various trails here in the Methow and throughout the state. Our riders have the opportunity to develop bike skills, trail etiquette, training and health routines, team camaraderie, and leadership skills during practices. We value community service and spend time every season building and maintaining (including weeding!) our local school trail. As an organization, we strive to offer ways to reduce financial barriers to participation, while at the same time building a healthy, fun experience for all. With your support, we will continue to provide this great programming for our kids and community.

Supporting the mətx̌ʷu /Methow Descendants' cultural programming and land stewardship on traditional land along the Chewuch River. Help sustain the programs and offer the community an opportunity to learn more about its rich and complex human history.
Purchased by the Methow Conservancy and returned to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation on behalf of the the mətx̌ʷu /Methow Descendants, the x̌ʷnámx̌ʷnam/Hummingbird property (the former Wagner Ranch) offers an important place for the mətx̌ʷu /Methow Descendants to practice and sustain their traditional knowledge, skills, and traditions on their homeland. This cultural programming (including traditional food, medicine, dances, regalia, songs, arts, and crafts) and land stewardship are supported administratively by the Methow Conservancy and the Methow Valley Interpretive Center. These programs help the mətx̌ʷu /Methow Descendants reconnect with their traditional land and cultural traditions on the Chewuch River; ensure that cultural knowledge endures across generations; and express and share cultural heritage with all area residents—both Native and non-Native—who wish to learn.

Be a part of changing the course of housing history in the Methow Valley. Your gift will help ensure that local folks will have access to quality, affordable housing forever.
For many Methow Valley residents, the stability and benefits of homeownership have felt very much out of reach. As the Valley grows and changes, living wages cannot keep pace with dramatically increasing real estate values, leaving more and more Valley households in unsustainable living situations. Thanks to exceptional community investment, the Methow Housing Trust has developed 49 permanently affordable homes. With continued community support, we are working hard towards constructing at least 100 permanently affordable, quality homes by the end of 2030.

Methow Pride is here for community, inclusiveness, and belonging.
Methow Pride is working toward creating a rural haven where LGBTQIA+ individuals see themselves represented intergenerationally, believe in their creative expression, share their voices, build thriving intergenerational relationships, and find rural belonging. We ultimately want to keep LGBTQIA+ people present, safe, and alive in this rural and natural space. We accomplish our vision through year-round programming including community connection, education, and advocacy. Your support allows us to grow and deepen our programming to include more consistent gatherings and educational events supporting growth in our rural community.

Thinking beyond the trash can and creating a rural circular economy through repair, share, reuse, compost, and recycle
We believe low-waste living is the key action step to combating climate change. When we make the choice to be mindful of the resources we use, it does matter. We can make a difference everyday in our kitchens by composting, in our homes by reusing and repairing items before throwing them away, and in our communities by sharing the resources we have. Unfortunately in rural communities, the trash can is often the only available option. At Methow Recycles, we are changing that for our community. When you live in the Methow Valley, you have access to robust repair, share, reuse, and recycling programs. We do this to give our community an opportunity to be an active part of the solution through everyday choices. The landfill shouldn't be the best place for our precious resources. Join us in creating better options for waste in rural places and making low-waste living a part of the culture of our community.

Year-round trail maintenance for world-class trail experiences
If your life is made better by the trails in the Methow Valley, please help support our work. Fallen trees, brushy trails, aging bridges, rocky tread, bathrooms repairs... When the grooming wraps up, the work continues! Our trail network requires constant maintenance on all 120+ miles in every month of the year, and we rely on grants and donations to keep our trails in excellent shape for all to enjoy, year-round. Your gift will support free trail access for non-winter months, new and improved trailhead, toilet, and parking infrastructure, critical bridge replacement and rebuilds, free skiing for kids 17 and under, free skiing for those 75 years and older, areas of free winter trail access for all, and programs that encourage and support a thriving recreation community. Methow Trails needs your help to continue to bring you the excellent trails you love.

Our Festival brings world-renowned musicians to the Methow Valley to perform professional chamber music concerts each year.

Save the dates:

• Winter Concert, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, February 15 and 16, 2025
• Summer Festival, Thursday and Saturday evenings, June 19 and 21, June 26 and 28, 2025

This is the 28th year of our Festival. During our 2024 Summer Festival we sold out our 4 ticketed concerts. The concerts were attended by a total of 900 people. We serve Okanogan County and nearby counties, especially those unable to travel to a metropolitan area or without the means to enjoy a professional music performance. Seattle and Spokane are each nearly 200 miles away. Our venue, the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp, WA is central to the Valley, ADA-accessible, and can be reached by walking, the Trango bus system, or driving.

We collaborate with local music groups such as Cascadia Music, Methow Valley Theater, and The Pipestone School of Music. We share our acoustical shells and walls that help with sound amplification. We provide summer camp scholarships for Pipestone students—8 in 2023. We donate dozens of tickets to student musicians (under 17), 45 in 2024 and to local social service organizations to help those who historically might not be able to attend a chamber music concert.

During the Festival we perform free concerts throughout the Valley at libraries, hotels, and restaurants, reaching families with children who might not attend a full concert thus allowing them to come and listen for as long as they want.

Each year students planning to major or minor in music can intern/assist with stage management, venue set up, lighting, and sound. We give free tickets to volunteers who assist with ushering, food service, venue setup and takedown, and donated art sales for fundraising.

Since 1976, MVCC has helped preserve the rural character, wildlife, and natural areas of the Methow Valley from the pressures of development and today, climate change. During Give Methow, help us protect the place we all love by giving today.
Rural Character—that elusive quality that many small, mountain towns have lost but the Methow still has. It includes room for both people and wildlife to roam, seeing the stars at night, breathing clean, unpolluted air, and clean, flowing water for salmon in our rivers and people to make their livelihoods. It also means understanding that neighboring can be a verb—that the effort we put in to giving to our neighbors forms the community fabric we so value. For 48 years MVCC has worked to protect the rural character of the Methow Valley by advocating for policies that have profoundly influenced how the Methow Valley looks today. Due to our decades of advocacy work and the work of countless organizations and volunteers, the valley has held on to many of the qualities that keep it rural. But with unprecedented growth and development pressure here to stay, it takes sustained, intentional effort to hold onto our rural character into the future. With the support of our community, we can continue vital efforts in the Methow Valley including engaging the next generations of Methow advocates. We need enough engaged and committed citizens who care about the future of this place to keep it from traveling down the traditional mountain resort-town path. During Give Methow, help us to protect and nourish this place we all love for generations to come by giving to MVCC today. Learn more about all we're doing to protect our environment and rural character at https://mvcitizens.org/our-work-today/

The Methow Valley Community Center Association (MVCCA) has been serving the community for over 40 years. We provide opportunities for everyone in the arts, education, music, and recreation. We seek ongoing support for our mission.
Methow Valley Community Center Association (MVCCA) was founded in 1978 when local residents saw an opportunity to transform the former Twisp school into a community center. The building had fallen into disrepair after the Winthrop and Twisp Schools consolidated. MVCCA volunteers fixed broken windows, repaired water damage, and painted the building, all at their own expense. MVCCA was born and for over 40 years has served children and adults with classes, Twisp library, recreation, and programs that enrich our community. We serve as a Red Cross emergency shelter and valley hub. Your support is crucial to our mission to "Honoring our Past, Caring for our Community & Building our Future." Thanks to you, we can keep our doors open and contribute to a vibrant community.

Join the tradition of helping Methow Valley students pursue their future beyond high school.
Paying for a college or vocational education is out of reach for many Methow Valley families struggling to make ends meet. The Methow Valley Education Foundation provides educational scholarships funded by donations from our community. Each scholarship awards $5,000 per year, for up to four years of the student's educational program at vocational and trade schools, community colleges, and universities. By donating, you can play a vital role in helping students gain the education and training they need to succeed. Whether you have roots in the valley that go back generations, or are among our community's newer members, we invite you to join the longstanding Methow Valley tradition of supporting our students.

Our mission is to foster cultural awareness and understanding of Indigenous peoples and the natural history of the Methow Valley and Upper Columbia region through education, interpretation, creative expression and cross-cultural connections.
Your donation to MVIC will help support our operations as we offer free educational programs on the natural history, geology and Indigenous history and culture of the Methow Valley. Through displays at the Interpretive Center, monthly lectures, native garden tours, cross-cultural community gatherings, public school visits and field trips, MVIC serves as a bridge between the valley's original inhabitants and more recent settlers. In addition, the Methow Valley Interpretive Center is now the proud new owner and steward of Homestream Park, and serves as the fiscal sponsor for several programs on the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. These programs empower Indigenous youth to learn new skills related to cultural Tribal knowledge and environmental stewardship. We depend upon your generosity to support these programs and so much more. Please help us as we share important stories on the natural history of this place and amplify the Native Methow perspective on what this place means to them.

Free Skiing for Ski Cubs and Scholarships
Your support makes our intro program the Ski Cubs for kindergarten to second grade FREE and supports our scholarship program so kids can play outdoors, learn a lifelong sport, and support their physical and mental health with friends.

MVRU is the only equine-assisted services program in Okanogan county. Your support enables us to provide therapeutic horsemanship programming for Methow Valley youth.
Methow Valley Riding Unlimited offers therapeutic riding programs free-of-charge to Methow Valley youth with the aim to help at-risk students improve self-esteem, self-awareness, confidence, teamwork, and empathy. Working in tandem with the school district, school counselors, and licensed on-site therapists, MVRU currently provides over 1500 hours of equine assisted programming per school year for students in need through 5 distinct therapeutic programs.

Support the Methow Valley Trails Collaborative
MVTC builds and strengthens relationships between land managers, trail advocates, and trail users to enhance sustainable trail experiences in the Methow Valley. In the summer, our staff hosts volunteer work parties to help maintain the 1,1000-miles of trail in the Methow Valley Ranger District. We also help land managers with recreation management decisions by gathering information and sharing decisions at our bi-monthly forums between interested parties and member organizations. By promoting collaboration between partners, MVTC is able to take on complex trail projects that individuals cannot accomplish alone. A contribution through Give Methow helps the Trails Collaborative work with all users to enhance trails on public land across the Methow.

Addressing the Methow's Current and Future Water Needs
Water is life: a precious resource that's in growing demand as our human population grows and our world becomes warmer. Here in the Methow, understanding and using that resource equitably has become a critical part of how we live with each other and all the beings who share this watershed. We are seeing drought, lower flows in our rivers and streams, and more and more fire—all threats to ecosystems, agriculture, businesses, and local households that depend on a steady water supply. The Methow Watershed Foundation, through the Methow Watershed Council, provides free community learning sessions, collaborates with other groups involved in water planning, and brings local leaders together to seek solutions and keep our community involved and informed about water. People attending information sessions said: "The more knowledge, the better", and "We appreciate these meetings so much!" The Methow Watershed Foundation/Council's current focus is on drought response—planning, preparedness, and support for farmers and other residents who are affected—and public education and outreach. This community has a unique opportunity to plan for future water needs together, and MWC is here to support those efforts.

Help us Double Down to fund the programs our students love!
Each year, through generous donations, PSFA is able to fund over 35 enriching and inspiring programs for Methow students. However, this year due to significant state funding cuts, programs in art, activity clubs, field trips and mental health services have been eliminated and/or greatly reduced. As a result, PSFA is DOUBLING DOWN its fundraising efforts from $100,00 to $200,000 to save those programs and keep the ones we traditionally support. We are half way there! Please help us save the programs our students love!

Room One is a community voice, powerfully advocating for the health and well-being of all people in the Methow Valley. Together, we can create a rural valley where all can thrive.
For the past 26 years, Room One has served as a central home for resources and services that make a difference in our community members' lives. Room One offers the kind of support that creates stability and opportunity for families and individuals across their lifespan: health insurance navigators, domestic violence, youth and family advocates, aging support, connections to state resources for food and affordable housing, access to mental health counseling, support groups and more. We make sure that anyone who comes through our door is connected with a caring ally that walks beside them on their journey to well-being. Our Twisp Community Services Building also serves as a pulse on our community's needs, positioning us to advocate for community systems and practices that ensure no neighbor is left behind. By giving to Room One, together, we will continue to care for each other in ways that are meaningful and bold.

At Root.ED Nature School we collaborate with local partners to deliver nature immersion, intimacy and inquiry programs for kids, youth and families rooted in the Methow Valley
At Root.ED Nature School we cultivate an ecology of CARE- community, alignment, ritual and enchantment. We collaborate with local partners to deliver nature immersion, intimacy and inquiry programs rooted in the Methow Valley. We offer a free weekly playgroup for families with children 0-3 at Hoodoo Blooms farm in Twisp. We offer a variety of free pop-up programming for children, youth, and families of all ages such as Baby Music in the Park during June at the Twisp Farmers Market. And we offer free seasonal community events such as our Dia de los Muertos/Ancestral Remembering event at TwispWorks. Weaving together all of our projects is our commitment to the goal of sustainable peace for all, especially in this time of climate crisis. Sustainable peace entails the physical, material, psychological (/spiritual), cultural (/ religious), and ecological wellbeing of all peoples. We are fundraising to support the continued delivery of free and accessible nature immersion and sustainable peace programming and events for children, youth and families here in the Methow Valley. Check out our work on Instagram: @root.education

The Shafer Museum cares for thousands of artifacts and teaches hundreds of people every year about Methow Valley's towns' early days. Your gift supports the people - volunteers and staff - who do this work all year.
The Shafer Historical Museum preserves and shares the history, culture and sense of place in the Methow Valley to inspire human connection and learning across generations. The Museum isn't just a place for dusty old stuff (although that is the "preserve" part of the mission) but a community of people who teach, learn and discover stories about the past that are tied to our present and future. Your gift will support that teaching - through new children's programs, hands-on activities for all ages, and new signs around the museum. You'll also be supporting artifact care like wood oil, replacement wood for Methow Valley icons like the Hart's Pass narrow body pickup truck, or simply the electricity that stabilizes the climate archival boxes for proper storage, of that old, precious and irreplaceable "stuff." Whether it's education or preserving the things of our past, your gift is vital to the operations of your local history museum. Thank you!

The Confluence: Art in Twisp, the only nonprofit art gallery in Okanogan County, is open to all, free of charge, making art accessible to everyone and providing art and cultural enrichment for a healthier, more vibrant community.
The Confluence: Art in Twisp, the only nonprofit art gallery in Okanogan County, is open to all, free of charge, making art accessible to everyone. Your donation helps support 8 main gallery exhibits and 8 exhibits in our newly designed Community Gallery each year. Community support through donations means special cultural events remain free or low cost, allowing us to continue to provide enrichment for the community while providing vital income to working artists. We meet our mission to bring art, artists, and community together by promoting artists and selling their art, providing an art-filled space for our community, and advocating for the arts as an essential part of a healthy rural economy.

The Merc Playhouse creates experiences which connect our community to the diverse aspects of live theater.
The Merc Playhouse celebrates providing live theater to the Methow Valley for 25 years! Your gift helps cover the following; $25 costumes one cast member, $75 buys props for one full production, $150 pays for one night of performance royalties, $200 provides a camp scholarship to a young theater camper. Consider joining our Friends of The Merc circle with a donation of $300 or more and enjoy invations to special events, early bird ticket sales, exclusive insder information, and more!

Seed to Sapling Tree Nursery
The Town of Twisp Tree Board started working with 1st graders at the grade school 3 years ago, collecting tree seeds in the Fall and having the first graders plant the seeds in pots in the Spring. We now have 180 trees of three different ages, with first, second, and third graders now watching their trees grow. The Tree Board conceived of the idea to do our part in implementing the Methow Valley Climate Action Plan, teaching children about how trees sequester carbon, clean the air, and give a myriad of benefits to our communities. The trees will be planted in the communities of the Methow after they've been nurtured in the nursery for approx. 4 years. The program has been a huge success and now that we have the nursery infrastructure in place, yearly operating costs will be our main financial need.

TwispWorks' mission is to: Start. Build. Grow. Together. We envision a Methow Valley economy rooted in livability.
TwispWorks' mission is to: Start. Build. Grow. Together. We envision a Methow Valley economy rooted in livability. Our 6.4-acre campus, which served as a USFS Ranger Station for 90 years, is now home to over 30 organizations, artists, small businesses, and schools. Arts, education, and healthy economy partnerships and programs facilitated by TwispWorks have grown to serve the Methow Valley from Carlton to Mazama. As always, we invite the community-at-large to campus to savor the vibrant culture that makes the Methow Valley a special place to live, work, and visit.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
Kiwanis will be a positive influence in communities worldwide — so that one day, all children will wake up in communities that believe in them, nurture them and provide the support they need to thrive.

Heads up! Because the balls are flying at the Winthrop Rink. Help us upgrade our player and audience safety infrastructure.
Have you heard? The Winthrop Rink now operates as a four-seasons sports facility. Most people know us for our cold-weather sports like ice hockey and figure skating. With the installation of our multi-sport court surface (thanks Give Methow 2023 donors!), the Rink now offers an increased number of warm-weather sports, including basketball, soccer, and dodgeball. But something else has increased with these new sports… the number of balls flying out of bounds and onto the parking lot. (And our neighbor's hay fields… sorry, horsies!) The Rink's 10-foot perimeter glass isn't tall enough to catch those stray soccer kicks, dodgeball throws, and ball hockey shots. For our Give Methow 2024 campaign, our goal is to raise $10,000 to make audience and player-safety upgrades around the rink. For warm-weather sports, these include a 5-foot safety net extension above the glass. And for cold-weather sports, a spring-loaded safety glass system for our scorer's booth to soften collisions. (Which, by the way, are also sure to increase this cold season with the return of full-contact collegiate ice hockey to the Winthrop Rink. That's right, mark on your calendars the night of November 23, 2024, when Western Washington University will face off against Washington State University in our collegiate Great Outdoors Classic! More details to come...) With your support, we can keep more balls (and pucks) in play, where the action is hot! (And, well, also cold!)