Happy Holidays to each of you! A BIG thank you to our wonderful supporters who have responded to our year end mailer with generous donations! Be sure to check out this week’s newspaper article in the Islands' Weekly which outlines many of the problems our community...

Have you received your FLIP Year in Review 2017? As you can tell it has been a busy year with lots of tangible progress. Thanks to your ongoing support FLIP has raised over $1.7 million!! We are continuing to work toward a swim center that will meet the community’s...

What are the issues? Our kids aren't learning how to swim.  The Red Cross considers the national average for youth water competency at 39% to be a crisis, on Lopez our average is 9%.  Solution: Access to affordable, local, year-round swim lessons and swim programming...

Summer has come to an end and swim lesson results are in!  This summer FLIP awarded a 'Water Safety Micro-Grant' to the Lopez Island Family Resource Center.  With this partnership 27 children were able to receive scholarships for swim lessons at the Islander Resort...

Pool Lane is under construction!  As a first critical step, the road is being widened to TWO lanes! This image was taken halfway up Pool Lane, looking toward Center Rd.  The backhoe is parked close to the entrance of the future pool parking lot. That white propane...

On July 12th FLIP seized the opportunity for an audience with State Senator Kevin Ranker and Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib at the Orcas Island Senior Center. Asha Leela, one of three FLIP Board members in attendance, asked this question: "We on Lopez are in the midst of a...

FLIP is delighted to announce the hiring of Robert & Lois Wardell as construction project architects!  Lois and Bob bought property on Lopez 37 years ago and have been full time Lopezians since moving from Yakima three years ago.  The Wardells were the architects...

On June 1st & 2nd, FLIP sponsored its 5th annual KIDS SWIM DAYS for Lopez K-5 students at Fidalgo Pool in Anacortes.  110 students enjoyed a two-hour swim with parents, teachers and FLIP volunteers. For many students, this was their one and only opportunity for...

FLIP has already received more than $15,000 in donations so far today! And all those gifts are being doubled by generous donors, so really the impact is $30,000!  Our goal is to reach $27,100 in donations by the time GiveBIG closes at midnight.  Your support is vital...

FLIP's GiveBIG campaign is off the starting blocks early!  WOW!  Donations have come in from Seattle, Bellevue, California, Texas, Illinois, Lopez Island and as far away as the warm waters of Hawaii!  $5,867.45 has already been raised via prescheduled donations AND we...

Early Giving is Now Open! GiveBIG is Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Don’t want to wait until May 10? Schedule your gift to FLIP today and your donation will be automatically processed on May 10.  Go to             givebigseattle.org   YOU can make the difference! ...

The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG event is just around the corner on May 10th.  A BIG THANKS to ALL of you who have stepped up and contributed over the past year to FLIP, helping to raise over $120,000 (all of which counts toward the Schmidt Barton Challenge Gift!)....

Every spring the 4th graders at Lopez Elementary learn about state government. The unit culminates in an overnight trip to Olympia to see our government in action. This year’s field trip, led by teachers Lorri Swanson and Connie Holz, had an extra special mission -...

A BIG thank you for all our supporters who were able to come out for a night of great foot-tapping music and dancing!  Everyone enjoyed the concert.  Our FLIP informational display attracted many people and we are sure attendees will be sharing the excitement with...

Calling EVERYONE! Please support FLIP by coming down to Woodmen Hall this Saturday at 7pm, for some fabulous music by JP and the Rhythm Boys. Proceeds from this benefit concert will be matched by an anonymous donor and the total raised will be matched AGAIN as part of...

*JP and the OK Rhythm Boys*  Saturday March 18, 7 PM Woodmen Hall Hear that joyful fiddle, the heartbeat of the double bass, the soulful saw? It's JP and the OK Rhythm Boys returning to Lopez with their delightful swing and original homegrown songs. You loved them at...

Here are the top 7 reasons to LOVE to swim! Low impact There's no ground impact when you swim, and so you protect the joints from stress and strain. In fact, the Arthritis Foundation strongly recommends swimming and water activities for this reason, so much so that...

Thank you supporters for your generous donations towards the Lopez Pool Capital Campaign!!  See the list below of donors since July 1st.  If you haven't given already, jump in now and keep the list growing!  We can't do it without you! Building a community pool on...

The goal of FLIP’s current capital campaign is to raise $500,000 by summer to match a $500,000 challenge gift from the Schmidt-Barton Foundation. This means that every donation we receive is doubled by an equal contribution from the matching gift! In less than two...