Pacific Northwest Opportunities Fund
About PNWOF
PNWOF, or the Pacific Northwest Opportunities Fund, is a program for dues-paid clubs in the district to apply for a grant to fund a large-scale service project. Grant amounts range from $100 to $1,000 and cover up to two-thirds of the anticipated total cost for the service project. If your club has ambitions to make a long-lasting impact on your community, but your financial situation doesn’t allow you to fund such a project, PNWOF is an ideal program for you!
The PNWOF application officially opens each year on September 1st and remains open until October 31st at 11:59 PM. We notify grant recipients in November and announce winners during DCON in the spring after the funded projects have been completed. When preparing your application, be mindful of the deadline because it approaches faster than you may expect.
Want to learn more about the specifics of the PNWOF application as well as hear from previous grant recipients? Click below to watch the 2024 PNWOF Webinar!
The PNWOF Grant Application opens on September 1st and closes on October 31st. If you have any questions about PNWOF, contact the PNWOF Committee Chair at pnwof@pnwkeyclub.org.
2024-2025 PNWOF Grant Recipients
College Place High School - Giving Tree
College Place High School was awarded $130 to host its annual Holiday Donation Drive. This project allowed students to help families in need over the Christmas holidays by purchasing items listed on the school’s Christmas tree. The project focused on supplying families in need not only with necessary items but also items that bring joy over the holidays. With these funds, the club purchased the project’s supplies, crafts, candy, and toys.
Bellevue High School - Food Donation Drive
Bellevue High School was awarded $175.00 for snack packs for its student community. This project partnered with Bellevue LifeSpring to donate two types of Snack Packs, “Munch N’ Crunch” and “Fruits and Vegetables,” including fruit snacks, yogurt, cups, granola bars, and goldfish. The PNWOF grant helped fund the purchase of snacks and bags for the project, distributed among the 152 students from Bennett Elementary School, impacted by food insecurity.
Coeur D'Alene High School - Holiday Community Event
Coeur D’Alene High School was awarded $1000 for their Family Promise Annual Christmas Party. This project partnered with Family Promise to provide Christmas gifts, a Christmas dinner, and games to 5 families in need. With the funds, Coeur D’Alene gave an average of 10 gifts to each child and three to each parent. The PNWOF grant helped fund the purchase of gifts, clothes, crafts, and food for the event, which helped provide a holiday experience to families in need.
Adrienne C. Nelson High School- Winter Holiday Drive
Adrienne C. Nelson partnered with Clackamas High School to host their annual Winter Blitz event. This recurring project provides essential supplies to families in need during winter, including clothing, toiletries, food, and holiday gifts. This project benefits over 200 families yearly, specifically the feeder elementary and middle schools and the high school. The PNWOF grant helped purchase toiletries, household appliances, poster supplies, and toys.
Steilacoom High School - Winter Care Packages
Steilacoom High School partnered with Tacoma Rescue Mission to donate winter care packages to houseless youth and families in Pierce County, Washington. Their members used items purchased with the PNWOF grant, such as lotion, lip balm, stress-relieving items, toiletries, and items for warmth, to assemble these kits, which were then donated to Tacoma Rescue Mission in January. This aids their focus on cold weather supplies. This project benefits those in Pierce County during the harsh winter months.
The Dalles High School - Food Donation
Dalles High School Key Club was awarded $502 for their “The Backpack Program.” They partnered with the Community Backpack Program, which focuses on providing two breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals, to help students with food insecurities by providing weekend meal supplies. Each week, they are given a rough amount of bags that must be prepared per school. Several volunteers came each week to pack bags containing items like instant oatmeal packets, jam and peanut butter, pasta or mac & cheese, cans of tuna and green beans, fresh fruit, and bread. This collaboration provided over 350 meals for students in the community to help lower their monthly food costs.
Liberty Christian High School - Christmas For All
Liberty Christian High School was awarded $500 for their Christmas For All winter holiday drive. They partnered with the Union Gospel Women and Children’s Shelter by assembling 100 Christmas stockings, which include a small stuffed animal, a handwritten Christmas card, and a hygiene kit; this includes floss, soap, socks, a washcloth, lip balm, ibuprofen, a colorful beanie, and a reusable water bottle. They delivered these stockings on December 14th, supporting the SEAD Initiative and making women’s and children’s Christmas a little bit brighter.
Skyline High School - Tie Blanket Drive
Skyline High School received $200 to contribute to their Fleece Tie Blanket Project. These blankets were donated to The Sophia Way, a local women’s homeless shelter, bringing warmth and comfort to vulnerable women during the holiday season. They’ve made blankets during their December club meetings, having members craft the blankets themselves and delivering them just in time before Winter Break.
Cascade High School - Winter Holiday Toy Drive
Cascade High School received $920.00 for their OPERATION: Advent Calendar Delivery, a winter holiday toy drive to the Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center. These calendars benefited 85 children with struggling families, supporting the SEAD Initiative: Ending Youth Houselessness. The PNWOF Grant helped gift schools essential items like Christmas pencils, highlighters, pens, crayons, and bookmarks, and Christmas gifts such as fidget toys, bracelets, and coloring books. As far as the grant expenses were covered, Cascade was able to provide gifts such as stuffed animals, playdoh, and snowglobes. Members helped assemble these calendars after school and delivered them all by December 13th, bringing joy to the children’s holiday season.