Michael Dashiell

Nov 24, 2024 | peninsuladailynews.com | Michael Dashiell

PORT ANGELES — More than 50 groups recently received funding from a Sequim philanthropist more than 30 years after his death. Albert Haller Foundation board members awarded $350,000 to nonprofits and organizations across Clallam County at a special ceremony on Oct. 23 at the Lincoln Center in Port Angeles. The Albert Haller Foundation started as a nonprofit organization in 1992 to help fund charitable programs throughout the county, primarily focused on education, family and medical services.

Nov 19, 2024 | peninsuladailynews.com | Michael Dashiell

Agnes Kioko and Regina Mbaluku of Kenya and Bonita Piper, board president of Path From Poverty, right, meet with Sequim volunteers who cut and sell wood as a fundraiser. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group) SEQUIM — This effort, gifts from thousands of miles away, aren’t just about money or resources or water. They are about relationships: the ones that change because of another’s heart, and the ones that can span across the globe.

Nov 19, 2024 | sequimgazette.com | Michael Dashiell

More than 50 local groups recently received a boost from a Sequim philanthropist more than 30 years after his passing. Albert Haller Foundation board members awarded $350,000 to nonprofits and organizations across the county at a special ceremony on Oct. 23 at the Lincoln Center in Port Angeles. The Albert Haller Foundation started as a nonprofit organization in 1992 to help fund charitable programs throughout the county — primarily focused on education, family and medical services.

Nov 14, 2024 | peninsuladailynews.com | Michael Dashiell

SEQUIM — When Virginia Sheppard first looked to market her ugly cup covers — decorative, functional covers made from a variety of fabrics to transform a broken or ugly coffee cup into a useful storage container — she found various levels of success. Sheppard sold some at the local market and had little interest online. Now she’s found a new venue for her creations and many others in a community style on her own terms — and in her own shop.

Nov 12, 2024 | sequimgazette.com | Michael Dashiell

This effort, gifts from thousands of miles away, aren’t just about money or resources, or even water. They are about relationships: the ones that change because of another’s heart, and the ones that can span across the globe. That’s the way Agnes Kioko sees it, as she and fellow Kenya native Regina Mbaluku greet a group of Sequim men covered in sawdust on Jack Tatom’s property just north of Sequim proper.