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Race the Reserve, for the kids

Posted in Fundraisers, Running, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Sean LeVine cruises in at the finish of the 2017 Race the Reserve. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Seven weeks until the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Coupeville High School Class of 2020.

The 8th annual Race the Reserve, where runners pound across the prairie in 5K and 10K races, as well as half, full, and relay marathons, goes down Aug. 10.

While you can register all the way up to the morning of the event, if you get your paperwork in order by July 20, you’ll be guaranteed of nabbing a race t-shirt in your size.

Race the Reserve offers runners a unique landscape to explore.

Races begin and end at Coupeville Elementary School, with a chance to traverse both Ebey’s Prairie and Crockett Prairie within Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.

One of only three historical reserves in the United States, it offers sweeping views of the ocean, mountain, and prairie farmland.

Along the way, you may see Mount Baker, the North Cascades, and the Olympic Mountains, plus marathon runners will ramble through Fort Casey State Park, where World War II-era bunkers and lighthouse are still intact.

The weekend of Race the Reserve is the busiest of the year for Whidbey Island, as the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, featuring 200+ booths, is also held in the downtown area.

Just a short walk from the race finish line, the festival, in its 55th year, offers a wide variety of vendors, in addition to food, activities for children, and a rotating roster of musicians playing for the people.

Race the Reserve, which is put on by the parents of the next year’s graduating class, funds a safe and sober graduation night celebration.

For more info or to get your registration done today, pop over to:

And PS, race organizers are also looking for volunteers to help guide runners and operate water stations. If interested, you can contact them at the same site.

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Explore the Island, support Coupeville schools

Posted in Bike sports, Fundraisers, Running, Swim, tagged , , , , , , , on June 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Multiple ways to support a good cause. (Photo courtesy James Steller)

“Circumnavigate Whidbey” is back, but with a twist.

An annual fundraiser for the Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools, it’s headed into its third go-round, with the hope of attracting the most participants yet.

The first two years featured creator James Steller (and later a few friends) circling Whidbey by means of running, bicycling, and swimming.

This time out, they’re offering local athletes a chance to participate in two non-competitive “half-Ironman triathlons,” while tracing the 160-mile perimeter of Whidbey Island.

The event goes down Labor Day weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 1).

The first day, athletes launch from Mickey Clark Field (behind Coupeville Elementary School), head South, then work their way back to Coupeville.

Day two will start in the same place, but everyone will head North.

Each day will consist of 13 miles running (split into several legs), a mile swim, and the rest taken up by biking.

Participants will stick together on the journey, regardless of pace.

The event wraps with a community potluck at the end of the second day.

Those who want to help support the Foundation, but not hit the roads and waters, can donate to the cause, as the poster at the top of this article indicates.

The Foundation, which was started in 1977, provides scholarships to students and grants to teachers, helping keep Coupeville education humming along.

For much more info on the foundation, or “Circumnavigate Whidbey,” pop over to:

https://www.4coupevilleschools.org

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Spike car dirt, spread sweet cash

Posted in Fundraisers, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on June 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Twin terrors Raven (left) and Willow Vick and fellow Coupeville High School volleyball players are staging a Saturday car wash. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Banish the dirt, and help a good cause.

The Coupeville High School volleyball team is back at it Saturday, June 22, running a charity car wash to raise money for all things spiker-related.

The soap bubbles fly from 10-2:30 at Ebey Academy, which is located at 140 SE Terry Road, across from the high school and just down from Prairie Center Red Apple Market.

Your donations will benefit one of the most successful sports programs at CHS.

The Wolves are coming off a season in which they finished 11-5, second in the North Sound Conference behind just King’s, which finished 3rd at the 1A state tourney.

Before that, Coupeville won back-to-back Olympic League titles and went to state in 2017.

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Your bucks fuel their theater dreams

Posted in Drama, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Your donations can help fuel the theatrical work of Wolves like Jaschon Baumann (left) and Tiger Johnson. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The arts need your help.

The Coupeville High School Wolf Pac Theater Troupe is gearing up for a busy spring season, with production of a play and a trip to the Washington State Theater Festival.

But to get everything accomplished, Coupeville’s thespians could use a little financial help.

The troupe is running a fundraiser, with the goal of raising $3,000 to cover expenses.

The money would send CHS students to Ellensburg in March for the theater festival, while also covering construction and building costs for a production of Shakespeare in Hollywood.

“Our young actors and actresses, as well as technicians, have been working very hard to produce quality live theatre for our community,” said troupe director Stefanie Ask. “Any and all support is greatly appreciated.”

Written by Ken Ludwig, Shakespeare in Hollywood is set in 1934 and features two of the Bard’s most-famous characters, Oberon and Puck, who suddenly pop onto the set of a movie production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Caught up in the magic of the silver screen, the duo soon find themselves playing the roles they were born to play – themselves.

Donations are tax deductible, and you will receive a receipt for your gift.

To find out more and donate, pop over to:

https://www.snap-raise.com/fundraisers/coupeville-high-school-theater-2018-2

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Shots today pay off tomorrow

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Wolf basketball captains Ema Smith (left) and Lindsey Roberts are among their team’s best free throw shooters. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One after another, the shots went up for a good cause.

Putting a different spin on the fundraiser concept, Coupeville High School girls basketball players raised money for their team recently by lofting free throws.

With 16 players taking part in what has become an annual event for the Wolves, 1,600 free throws sailed through the air after practice, with 856 splashing home.

Senior captain Lindsey Roberts emerged as team champ, hitting 13 in a row at one point as she narrowly edged sophomore Chelsea Prescott 71-68.

Hannah Davidson actually had the longest hot streak for the Wolves, netting 17 consecutive shots, while first-year player Morgan Stevens hit on 11 straight.

Rounding out the top five behind Roberts and Prescott were Ema Smith (61), Izzy Wells (59), and a tie between Davidson and Abby Mulholland with 58 apiece.

The fundraiser had a two-fold purpose.

First, players collected pledges for their free throw shooting, with the proceeds going to fund purchases for the girls hoops program.

And secondly, the contest gave players a chance to refine their shooting touch at the line.

The benefits of that could be seen as recently as Friday, when the Wolf varsity girls pulled out a huge two-point road win at Sultan thanks to laser-like precision at the charity stripe.

Prescott and Wells hit pressure-packed free throws in that contest, while Scout Smith won the game by draining two freebies with just 10 ticks left on the clock.

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