About JLSFRC
Our Mission
Our Vision
We are a welcoming community where respect for human dignity means needs are met, and all have opportunities to contribute, thrive and reach their true potential.
Cultural Belief Statements
- Welcome All: I will greet others with warmth and acknowledge each person’s importance.
- Include All and Promote Equity: I am inclusive to people of all backgrounds and provide appropriate supports to meet individual needs.
- Build Relationships: I will listen, collaborate, educate, promote honesty and safeguard confidentiality.
- Strengthen Individuals and Communities: I am flexible, proactive and responsive to the community’s changing needs.
History
Since 1998, the Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center, formerly known as the San Juan Island Family Resource Center, has served as a welcoming and accessible place where over 2,800 islanders per year receive resources, advocacy, help and education. The Resource Center was initially founded by Joyce L. Sobel to provide our community with quality early childhood support programs such as youth mentoring, parenting classes, and parent-child playgroups that help optimize child development and family well-being. Over the years, our services have expanded to include assistance with many of the basic necessities of life such as emergency rental and utilities assistance, transportation, mental health counseling and access to medical care. JLSFRC’s ultimate goal is that every islander has what they need to be healthy, safe and productive.
Land Use Acknowledgment
Garden
JLSFRC’s gardens look different from most – a profusion of blooms in the warm months, and dried plant stalks and seed pods throughout the winter. Our gardens were conceived as a place for rarely grown native perennials, plants of cultural significance for the indigenous peoples of the Salish Sea, and plants typically grown in settler gardens: a growing representation of our collective humanness and the others in our natural world. Our garden has its own distinct life stages, just as we do: growth, flowering, dormancy, decline and renewal are all parts of the natural life cycle that we acknowledge and respect. If you spot a particular plant that brings you joy, let us know – we’re happy to share seeds and plant starts as they are available.
The Kinship Garden was designed by Jenny Harris from Catkin Horticultural Arts.
Get to know Jenny & Catkin
- Catkin Website: http://www.wildcatkin.com/
- Catkin Presentation about the Kinship Garden to the Orcas Island Garden Club: WATCH NOW
- Follow her on Instagram at @wild.catkin
Do you need additional assistance?
Call (360) 378-5246
Do you need additional assistance?
Call (360) 378-5246