To the editor:

Thank you to the Class of 2016 and Westside Pizza!

The Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation would like to thank the Bainbridge High School Class of 2016 and Westside Pizza for a successful Pizzeria Takeover fundraiser last Thursday, benefiting the replacement dock at Hidden Cove Park.

The Class of 2016 is now within $1,400 of their goal to raise $20,000 to help replace the old dock!

Hidden Cove Park dock is the only public dock with a swim float on Bainbridge Island, but it is failing and needs to be replaced. The parks foundation is raising $100,000 as a community boost to help the park district construct the new dock and float that will be ADA accessible and will provide improved shoreline access with an environmentally friendly design.

With the generous help of BHS seniors and the folks at Westside Pizza, we are now $1,250 closer to that goal!

The Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation is a nonprofit organization that has been quietly awarding grants for small parks-related capital projects for more than 15 years. An expanded board and first-time staff are now increasing the role of this nonprofit, actively lining up projects to improve our parks and a connective network of island trails. The foundation is also facilitating the acquisition of new trails to expand the island trail system.

BARB TRAFTON, Executive Director

Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation