Play Bainbridge Prepares—True or False
We’re going to take a moment here to play a True/False game. The goal is to dispel some very commonly held beliefs about Bainbridge Prepares and to share some actual facts about our organization.
Score yourself one point for each correct answer.
Ready? Begin!
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False. Click below on “The Reality” to learn about our innovative three-way partnership with the City of Bainbridge Island (COBI) and the Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD)!
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Although COBI is one of our two partners (the other being BIFD) and we collaborate closely on all our projects, we do not belong to or work for the City. Learn more about our partnership here.
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False. Click below to learn more about how we financially accomplish our community work.
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Although we appreciate our close strategic partnership with BIFD and COBI, we receive no direct funding from either entity, other than a $12,500 COBI Human Services Grant for both 2023 and 2024. Click here to learn more about how you can help us build a more resilient island community.
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False. Although we think she is an amazing human being!
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We love Anne and she serves on our Executive Team, but she is the City’s Emergency Management Coordinator. Our Executive Director is our dashing Loren Bast.
Loren Bast
Bainbridge Prepares Executive Director
Anne LeSage
Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Bainbridge Island
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False, but click through below to learn more about our tight connections with both COBI and BIFD.
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Our volunteers don’t work for COBI, but are credentialed by the government agency. The City runs background checks on and issues credentials to all Bainbridge Prepares volunteers, which provides us an extra layer of liability protection from the state.
One of the many benefits of our unique three-way partnership with COBI and BIFD is the sharing of responsibilities!
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TRUE!
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We are a 501c3 that launched in 2011. The BIFD joined our partnership that initial year, with the City joining us in 2016. Learn more here.
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False. We do have operating expenses as we seek to build community resilience on our special island home. Click through below to learn more.
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We have operating expenses that include, for example, supporting the stocking of our emergency Disaster Hubs, our Child Reunification Center, and supplying gear and training to our 20+ preparedness and response teams.
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TRUE!
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In 2023, we launched our first-ever official fundraising effort: the Island Resilience Campaign!
Although we appreciate our close strategic partnership with BIFD and COBI, we receive no direct funding from either entity, other than a $12,500 COBI Human Services Grant for both 2023 and 2024.
Keep scrolling to see our funding sources from the previous year…
Scoring:
If you scored only 1-2 points, congratulate yourself on your new education.
If you scored between 3 and 5 points, here is a small pat on the back for your community savvy.
If you scored 6 or above, you should join our team of volunteers!
Seriously, if you didn’t do so well in our little True-False game, don’t feel bad. A lot of people don’t know these facts about Bainbridge Prepares. Here is something else to learn about BP: We have four major goals for 2024, and they all rely on your financial support.
Fully fund and equip our Child Reunification Center where we will keep children separated from their families during a major disaster safe until they can be reunified.
Complete the build-out of our Disaster Hubs, one of which is within walking distance of every resident, so that every Hub is equipped with an emergency radio kit, adequate medical supplies, nonperishable food and water, and other essentials.
Strengthen connections with nonprofit partners like the Bainbridge Island Senior Center and Island Volunteer Caregivers so that vulnerable residents are prepared and resilient during a disaster.
Build critical organizational infrastructure (including paid staff) that will allow us to remain a sustainable nonprofit organization for decades to come.
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