Project: Community Garden & Pea Patch
Deanna Peck, Tim Drury, Lois Bubong, Karen McNamara, Ed Szlosek
Leadership Kitsap team two partnered with the Port Orchard Care Center to transform a barren lot next to the Care Center on Pottery Avenue, into an attractive garden and gathering place that the community will be able to enjoy for years to come. Handicapped-accessible raised beds enable Care Center residents to grow their own fresh vegetables and flowers. Pea Patches are available to the public for a nominal fee.

Project: Bridge Partners
Jeff Black, Sandy Atkins, Linda Brown, Claudia Peetz, Denise Nesham,
Denise Feldbush
This LK team partnered with Julie Johnson, Bridges to Success Displaced Homemaker Program Coordinator and Laurie Adamson, Olympic College Women's Program Manager to develop a one-on-one mentoring service called Bridge Partners. Volunteers participate in the classroom, sharing stories of successful career transitions and listening to the challenges facing participants. Volunteers also provide curriculum support in areas needed by the program such as computer skills training. At the end of each quarter mentors are assigned to class participants for assistance with resume reviews, interview skills parctice, networking development and moral support for women who are transitioning back into the work place. This program assists Kitsap families in reestablishing a sound economic foundation where children can thrive.

Project: Service With a Smile
Jamie Estill, Connie Merrill, Marci Pinkerton, Denise Ledingham, Susan Chesbrough, David Walters
This Leadership Kitsap team partnered with Peninsula Community Health Plans. The team facilitated creation of a pilot program to provide affordable dental care services with the opportunity for participants to serve the community. PCHS provides these services on a sliding fee scale based on family income and size. Patients who choose to participate in the Service with a Smile program receive the dental servies they need by paying a set fee in combination with pre-determined volunteer hours contributed to various community organizations. The team obtained the assistance and support of community organizations willing to utilize volunteers and track hours for the specific purpose of obtaining dental care services.

Project: Kitsap County Foodbank Olympics
Mike Heesacker, Janell Whiteley, Donna Zajonc, Jill Miller, Chad Solvie
This LK team partnered with Kitsap Mall and local foodbanks to create an "Olympics" style event to educate , inform and promote giving to local foodbanks while having fun. Teams were formed from local businesses and Rotary Clubs by people who wanted to step up to the challenge of fighting hunger in Kitsap County. The project group enabled distribution of 14,000 pounds of food and more than $3000 in cash donations to local food banks as a result of this event.