Projects We SponsorCURRENT PROJECTS Nehalem Bay Emergency Volunteer Corps - It turns out that Emergency Planning is a marvelous community building tool. Neighbors in Manzanita, Neah-kah-nie, Nehalem, Wheeler and surrounding areas have joined together to provide local residents, businesses and visitors with the necessary tools and information to be prepared in the event of an emergency here on the Coast. Fulcrum is proud to sponsor their project until they obtain their own tax exempt status.Sea Level Gallery - This succesful cooperative gallery of local artists has sold $200,000 worth of art since opening in Spring, 2006. However, affectedf by economic hard times, it was not sure it could weather the 09-10 winter. Fulcrum helped out by sponsoring a fundraising letter, a fundraising multi-musician event, and currently a series of grant proposals. This is a project that speaks to our interest in local economic development that includes a positive climate for earning one's livelihood through creativity. Friends of NCRD - The North County Recreation District is a Special District with a tax base. However, when it was struggling with budget shortfalls and a subsequent organizational restructuring in 2008, a group of community members decided to set up a "friends" organization that could become a 501c3 and accept donations on behalf of the center, including for capital improvements. Fulcrum accepted Friends of NCRD until their own tax exempt status comes through.  - Manzanita Farmers Market - Local growers and craftspeople have been putting out their wares for several years at this very successful market. Fulcrum helped sponsor a membership and fundraising drive in 2009 because the program fosters important local economic development as well as food sustainability. FORMER PROJECTS  NeahCasa was a project of Fulcrum that obtained its 501c3 tax exempt status and is now on its own as of January 2008. Started in 2005, NeahCasa continues to raise the issue of housing affordablity in our local communities. The group held a Tillamook County Housing Summit in the Spring of 2006 and government/public policy outreach continues. Since 2007, NeahCasa's Student Family Housing program has donated over $34,000 directly to 96 families to help 309 children stay in the NeahKahNie School District. NeahCasa is now a Community Land Trust (CLT) and is well on the road to owning property that will be held affordable in perpetuity.
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