Thank You For Showing Us Your Heart...

South Whidbey Commons, your community gathering place, located in the "heart" of Langley, needs help.

SWC Board member, Jim Shelver, working with local volunteer architects, builders, and craftsman, discovered that our wonderful Island Coffeehouse & Books building had a fast sinking foundation.

The Board knew the facility had structural problems when we purchased it, but the needs have become critical and need to be addressed immediately.

With community help, both professional and volunteer, the foundation can be repaired and electrical, plumbing, and heating brought up to standard at an estimated cost of $100,000. Our Board is committed to 'fixing the foundation', improving the facility and becoming self-sustainable to support programs. We are close to meeting 50% of this goal, including 100% Board support. With plans and permits in hand, we began construction in mid February.

On February 13th the community turned out for our Fix the Floor dance and donated over $11,000 to the floor project currently going on at S.W. Commons's Coffeehouse & Bookstore.

We are grateful to our community for their support, to Beth and Gary Smith of Mukilteo Coffee Roasters for hosting our event, to Chef Jess for her inspired food offerings and assistance with the evening, to Western Heroes for playing their danceable and always energetic music, and to the irreplaceable Jim Freeman for being our master of ceremony extraordinaire.

Please consider helping us reach our goal. We are clearly aware this is a difficult time to raise money, especially for capital needs. Please help South Whidbey be all that it can be.

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