Supporting Our Community

Island Adventures is a home-grown, family owned company. We are honored to be able to live and work in this wonderful community of Anacortes and are happy to contribute to many programs here in Skagit County and beyond. The following is a list of some of the groups/charities/organizations that we help to support:

• Anacortes Lions Club
• Northwest Ballet Theater
• Woodland Park Zoo — kids field trip
• Lifeforce Foundation
• Salvation Army
• Orca Network
• Skagit Valley Herald — Newspapers in Education
• Anacortes High School Cheer Boosters
• Anacortes School District Basketball — boys
• Anacortes School District Basketball — girls
• Anacortes Fireworks Display
• Save Our Salmon
• Soundwatch
• Center For Whale Research
• Anacortes Chamber of Commerce — City Beautification
• Skagit Parks and Recreation — Basketball
• American Red Cross — Back To School Supplies
• The SeaDoc Society
• Puget Sound Anglers
• Anacortes Sister Cities
• The Whale Museum
• Secret Harbor School
• People For Puget Sound
• Our Town Our Park — Giant Salmon Wall

In addition to monetary donations to the above groups, we have given thousands of whale watching gift certificates to local charities and auctions throughout the years!

Island Adventures has taken every second grade student in the Anacortes school district for the past six years out on the Island Explorer 3 to experience our local wildlife. The second graders trip has become an annual tradition — the students that started this tradition will be in high school next year!

Island Adventures is honored to have the opportunity to broaden the students’ knowledge of the natural world aboard the Island Explorer 3.

Island Adventures also hosted the Mt. Erie Elementary PTA fundraising auction in 2010, which raised $17,600 for the students. In 2011, Island Adventures also donated a 5-6 hour private tour on Halcyon as well as an Orca tour for a family of four and a Gray whale tour for a family of four to the auction we hosted in 2010. The auction raised over $17,000 again in 2011.

In 2011, we will be donating the boat for a four hour circumnavigation of Fidalgo Island, an educational family-friendly tour during which we hope to raise an additional $5,000.00 for the students.

We have great kids in Anacortes and Island Adventures is proud to support the Anacortes School District!