Giving back to the community is an important part of BARN’s mission! We have many generous and talented members who enjoy volunteering on projects that make a difference in our region. BARN partners with local non-profit organizations on a wide variety of projects, from woodworking to knitting to cooking and much more. Below you’ll find blog articles about some of the projects we’ve completed in recent years.
Last April, as the world shut down, volunteers gathered in BARN’s clean and spacious Kitchen Arts studio – one of the only kitchens on Bainbridge where four or five people could cook safely separated by 6 feet of distance. Making…
Nearly a year ago, the BARN Fabric Arts Studio launched a mask-making program to respond to the growing concerns of COVID-19. BARN’s energetic Studio Lead Fran Fuller first began prototyping in response to a request from Bainbridge Prepares. This was…
The Quinault is a boat with many stories to tell, and all 61 feet of her is now suspended inside the BARN woodshop. When the Bainbridge Island Rowing Club needed help and space to restore this historic rowing shell, they…
BARN volunteer Lucia Olson spends hours each week using her creativity and skills to transform jewelry that has been donated to the Women’s Shelter Jewelry Project. In her hands, pieces are updated, cleaned, and remade. “It’s treasure hunting,” Olson says….
On Thursdays after school, a group of girls gathers in BARN’s Electronic and Technical Arts (ETA) Studio, each one writing code on a workstation or laptop into the late afternoon. This club, part of the national organization of Girls Who…
Visit the Fiber Studio on the first Wednesday of the month, and you will meet a group of generous knitters eager to share their latest creations. The Fiber Arts and Churchmouse Charity Knitting Circle ranges in size from six to…
Hundreds of high school students returned to classrooms this fall to find cell phone caddies built by the BARN Woodworking Studio. Volunteers at BARN built the custom caddies over the summer to help Bainbridge High School (BHS) teachers implement a…
From the dazzling exploits of Team Sail Like a Girl to the complex issues around affordable housing, the subjects tackled by the volunteer hosts who run Bainbridge Community Broadcasting (BCB) out of BARN’s Media Arts & BCB studio are capturing…
We all know there’s magic at BARN — but did you know that BARN members and Studios help make magic in our community? The BARN Metal Fabrication Studio recently contributed an important costume piece to the Mountaineers Players’ production of…
How can one class at BARN bring changes to people living on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua? Step into the Woodworking and Boatbuilding Studio this summer and you will see a beautiful canoe. In June of 2017, Jim Gordon became…
