Community Resource Foundation of Stanwood Camano

Our Mission: To help build a healthier and stronger community through collaboration, positive relationships, education, programs, and support services.

Our Vision: We envision an inclusive, thriving and connected community, one in which all members experience enriched and empowered lives.

Our Values:

1.   Respect: Our work is centered on compassion and collaboration, with an emphasis on meeting people where they are by recognizing the inherent worth and dignity of every person.

2.   Belonging: We are rooted in the belief that all people are welcome, valued, and empowered to contribute to, and participate in Community.

3.   Resiliency: We believe that innovation and education are key to ensuring the ability to overcome barriers, meet basic needs, and create a strong foundation for success.

4.   Community: We are committed to strengthening individuals and families and advancing the spirit of connection.

5.   Partnership: Through open collaboration we learn and develop solutions that are reflective of the community and its individuals.

Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment Statement: The Community Resource Center believes that structural, cultural, and relational inequities must be courageously recognized and dismantled. We recognize our unique privilege to help create systemic change to ensure our community is one that is inclusive, equitable and welcoming to all. To that end the Community Resource Center is dedicated to evaluating all aspects of our organization, confronting our own biases, and doing so continually and with transparency. We live this commitment each day by exercising our role as a champion of equity in the Stanwood-Camano community.

History

Community Resource Foundation of Stanwood Camano (CRF-SC) has been part of the Stanwood Camano community for nearly 25 years. Founded in 1997 as a non-profit community service organization, CRF-SC took over the management of the Community Resource Center of Stanwood Camano (CRC-SC), which originally opened in 1992. Within five years, CRF-SC achieved its goal to become a community owned and operated organization. The organization is governed by a five-member board of directors, all of whom live in the Stanwood Camano community.

The Foundation Operates on Basic Family Support Principles:

• We are owned and operated by the community
• We focus on the strengths and capabilities of the people we serve
• Our emphasis is on the prevention of problems
• We honor and embrace diversity
• We work in partnership with the community