The Camas-Washougal Community Chest, the Rotary Foundation of Camas-Washougal, and the Camas Lions Foundation awarded 37 grants for a total of $140,760 to nonprofit organizations that deliver services to children and families in Camas and Washougal.
The grants fund diverse services such as emergency food assistance, aid to families in crisis, safe shelter, a Safe Stay overnight car park program at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, water quality monitoring in the Lacamas Creek watershed, and more.
Major donations have come in from the GP Foundation, GP employees, Camas School District employees, city of Camas and City of Washougal employees, Port of Camas-Washougal employees, Windermere Foundation, and Watercare Industrial Services.
The Camas-Washougal Community Chest is well on the way to funding the grants. To reach its 2026 goal, however, the CWCC needs additional donations. More information can be found on the CWCC website at: www.CamasWashougalCommunityChest.org
Here is the list of the recipients of the 37 grants:
Akin (formerly Children’s Home Society)
Camas School District - Principal’s Checkbook
Camas Farmers Market
Camas Robotics Booster Club (aka Team Mean Machine)
Camas Washougal Historical Society
Camas Washougal Parent Co-op Preschool
Camp Currie
Cascadia Technical Academy Foundation
Columbia Play Project
Council for the Homeless
Enspire Arts
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity
Family Promise of Clark County
Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation – Washougal Branch
Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Impact CW – St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Inter-Faith Treasure House
Janus Youth Programs
Junior Achievement of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Kiwanis Camp Wa-Ri-Ki
Komak
Lacamas Watershed Council
LiveWell Camas
Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
Meals on Wheels People NAMI Southwest Washington
Pink Lemonade Project
Police Activities League of Southwest Washington
ReFuel Washougal
St. Anne’s (Episcopal Church) Safe Stay Program
The Little Wings Library
Unite! Washougal Community Coalition
Washougal Ivy League
Washougal School District – Principal’s Checkbook
Washington DECA
West Columbia Gorge Humane Society
