The Peninsula Service Organization Bluebills got right to work with the help of funding from the 2025 Community Investment Grant, awarded to them by the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (see previous post PGST’s 2nd Round of 2025 Community Investment Grants, another $125,000, to PSO Bluebills and Meals on Wheels Kitsap). Their Bremerton lead, Bruce Weber, and a crew built a 60+ foot ramp for a low-income Bremerton client using the grant funds. The couple sent a touching follow-up email to Bob Keever, Bluebills Chairman, stating, ” To the Esteemed Members of the S’Klallam Tribe, thank you for your donation. You made it possible to have a much-needed ramp installed to help my husband who has Parkinson’s disease. He has struggled to leave the house, and the all-consuming fear of falling is real. The first wheelchair ride on the new ramp brought tears to our eyes…You have literally and figuratively given him a new vision for his future…and helped with the dream that I think most of us have, which is to safely age in place and focus on loving and caring for one another. You are truly what excellence in the community looks like!” They also applauded the Bluebills crew for their careful “consideration for safety, ease of use, (and) conservation of trees and foliage” as they designed and built the ramp for the couple. Their joy and camaraderie as a team was evident and “inspiring”.
Another project that the Bluebills were able to swiftly acheive with the grant funds was a new pump house for an elderly, low-income woman in South Kitsap who had been without running water for four years due to a tree falling and smashing her old wellhouse. The Bluebills are working with the well company to get the water flowing again for this woman who has been living without something so vital to health and wellbeing. The work that the PSO Bluebills does is truly life-changing and this is exactly why they were selected for the 2025 Community Investment Grant award. Thank you PSO Bluebills for the vital work you are doing in our community!
