Recent News
BP Helps Guide Senior Center Expansion
The upcoming (2027) expansion of the Bainbridge Island Senior Center will enable the center, which is one of the Island’s Disaster Hubs, to serve full-time as a resilience hub.
Support BP at Family Fun Fundraiser
Fieldstone of Bainbridge Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care hosts an annual summer party that raises money for a local cause. This year, the focus is on us!
Fruit Club Grows for Helpline
Bainbridge Island Fruit Club has joined the BP Food Resilience Team's Grow for Helpline initiative. They're thinning and protecting apples at the publicly owned Johnson Farm so they'll grow big and healthy for donation this fall.
Learn All About Gear Bags
The Prepare in a Year topic for June is getting home and getting away, which is all about preparing gear bags for different purposes. BP Founder Scott James will be giving a presentation at the library on go bags, reviewing what they’re for and what to pack in them.
BP Helps Camano Island Prepare
BP Founder and Board President Scott James “visited” Camano Island May 29 through an online presentation to share the Bainbridge Prepares Model with residents there. He was the guest of Camano Preparedness Group, an emergency readiness organization fashioned after BP.
Veg Club Shows How You Can Grow It All
Learn how real home gardeners integrate a mix of vegetables, fruit, ornamentals, and homemade garden structures.
Fight Turberculosis with . . . Poetry!
On Saturday, Partners in Health (PIH) continues its fight against tuberculosis (TB) with an event—Partners in Poetry—at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.
Learn CPR at the Library
The Emergency Prep series at the library continues in May with a focus on CPR. May 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library, you can learn how to administr CPR and use an AED.
Peaceful Morning Farm Tour
Our local food banks are more stressed than ever and anticipate even greater need in the coming months. You can make a difference at Peaceful Morning Farm, where an all-volunteer staff grows food exclusively for local food banks.
Grow Earlier, Longer, and Better with Veg Club
Veg Club in May will show you how to get weeks’ more food from your garden with three succession planting strategies.
Ready, Set, Hurry! Get Your Tickets Now to Our Brunch
Tickets to our fundraiser brunch are selling fast. Soon, even though you desperately want a one-of-a-kind Bay Hay–style and -sanctioned BP signature sweatshirt, you won’t be able to get one.
You Are the Sunshine of Our Lives—Come to Our Party!
You are the reason we do what we do. You are the reason our more than 750 volunteers pack their gear bags and stand in the sun or the rain for hours to provide first aid, direct traffic, teach people how to use a fire extinguisher, or administer vaccines.
BP ED Teaches About Online Scams & Cybersecurity
Loren Bast, the Executive Director of Bainbridge Prepares, kicked off the new Library series on emergency prep with a session on online scams and cybersecurity. The presentation happened March 25.
New Library Series on Emergency Prep: Next Up, Wildfire
Instead of filing your taxes at the last minute this year, why not attend the second session of the new Emergency Preparedness series at the library on April 15? The session will focus on Wildfire Prep and Mitigation. The presenter is Bainbridge Island Fire Department Chief Jared Moravec.
See Films on Food with Friends of the Farms
As part of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Friends of the Farms is showing seven short films focused on Farming, Food, and Community, highlighting the deep connections between agriculture, sustainability, and local well-being.
Explore the Secret Life of Soil in Next Veg Club
A healthy soil ecosystem makes the difference between a meager garden and a thriving one. At Veg Club, learn how to support soil life to make your garden bountiful and resilient.
Prepare . . . to PARTY!
The world may be a giant, distracting mess, but, if anything, it gives us more of a mandate to prepare for emergencies. And how do we do that? With your financial support.
Learn How to Protect Your Well for Post-Disaster Use
Bainbridge Island is at risk for several types of disasters that can endanger your residential water well.
What’s in That Compost? Veg Club for March Will Show You
Not all compost is the same. Yes, compost is key to a thriving garden, but you’ve got to make sure it’s the right compost for your garden.
Prepare in a Year 2025: Store 4 Weeks of Food
The task for February is similar to that of January. Store enough food for all people in your household (including pets) for four weeks or more.