A foundation’s foundation
Even in the news business, sometimes we feel like we’re the last ones to know anything.
Six weeks ago, we at the Review were putting together a promotional pamphlet for this year’s One Call For All drive, which operated for 40 years under the non-profit Bainbridge Foundation. Sent off to director Kol Medina to be proofed, the pamphlet said as much.
“Ah,†Kol corrected us. “We’re moving away from the ‘Bainbridge Foundation’ name. Just make it ‘One Call For All.’†Okay, fair enough.
Then a week or so back we sat down to tea with Kassia Sing of the Bainbridge Island Community Endowment. Except, we learned, it’s no longer the Bainbridge Island Community Endowment – it’s the Bainbridge Community Foundation.
As reported on today’s front page, the fund has changed its moniker and expanded its outreach, the better to bring in funds for community non-profit organizations and other causes.
If that weren’t enough to remember, the venerable Bainbridge Education Support Team and the upstart Bainbridge Island Public Schools Trust recently merged to form the new Bainbridge Education Foundation. Superintendent Ken Crawford explains that group’s raison d’etre and its upcoming phone-a-thon fund drive, elsewhere on this page.
You may not be quizzed, but you will probably be asked to contribute at some point. So to sum up:
Was: Bainbridge Foundation’s One Call For All. Now: Just “One Call For All.â€
Was: Bainbridge Island Community Endowment. Now: Bainbridge Community Foundation.
Were: Bainbridge Education Support Team and Bainbridge Island Public Schools Trust. Now: Bainbridge Education Foundation.
In the end, we suppose, the names are immaterial. Be they endowments, funds, foundations, trusts of the “Community Chest†of “Monopoly†fame, each program relies on the island community’s commitment to reinvesting in itself. That is any foundation’s real foundation, and one upon which we can all build.
Now if we can just keep them straight.
Nor does the name-change-o-rama stop there: reliable sources tell us that the Bainbridge Performing Arts theater, known for the past 10 years or so as “the Playhouse,†has officially gone back to being plain old “BPA.†That, we can remember.
A fine run
The thinking fan will tell you that it’s not how many points you score, but when you score ‘em. Grab the lead in the fourth quarter, then find a way to hasten the clock down to “00:00†– that’s how you win the game.
And so, but for a late-game touchdown run surrendered to O’Dea in October and an equally untimely touchdown pass to Shorecrest last Friday, the Bainbridge High School football team would likely be 10-0, plunging deeper into the state playoffs and defining a season to live on in Spartan lore. Instead, they finish a respectable 8-2.
For the record, though, Bainbridge outscored its foes 372-108 over the 10-game season. As an index of crafty runs, hard hits, pinpoint passes, timely takeaways, gutsy blocks and smart coaching, that adds up to a memorable season for those of us in the stands. Nice run, guys.
