Eagle Scout Project by Rydley Strong What do you get when a team of Scouts, local youth groups, and Rydley Strong’s friends and family come together? A beautiful 千羽鶴, senbazuru titled One Thousand Cranes for Hope. Rydley’s community-wide Eagle Scout project found…
Last summer, EHCC learned they had to cut down a large black locust tree. They wanted to find a way to repurpose the wood and provide a friendly resting spot for EHCC members and friends, Pea Patch gardeners, Madrona school…
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…
