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To commemorate the Marge Williams Center's 25th anniversary, we commissioned a special look-back video. This moving, 9-minute piece – remembering Marge, and recounting the Center's formation 1998-2001 through the words of founders Ed Kushner, Wendy Johnson, Norm Down and Kate Meyers – debuted at our 25-year celebration on May 16.

The Marge Williams Center will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a community open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at 221 Winslow Way W. in downtown Winslow. Friends, supporters, community members and past nonprofit tenants  are invited to attend the celebration, which will include brief acknowledgements, displays and refreshments. The

The Marge Williams Center is pleased to welcome Bainbridge Prepares as our newest tenant organization. The nonprofit is located in No. 101, in an office share with Sustainable Bainbridge. Bainbridge Prepares' more than 650 volunteers work to ready the community for emergencies such as earthquakes and severe weather events. Through programs like Map Your

As the Marge Williams Center turns 25, we're featured in the current edition of Tideland magazine. In "Good Works Collective: The house where nonprofits go to grow," writer Rob Dalton recounts the history of the Marge Williams Center and its mission of supporting up-and-coming nonprofit organizations. The Spring 2026 edition was mailed to island

The Marge Williams Center is celebrating its 25th year providing low-cost office space to local nonprofits. As we look ahead to the next 25 years, we want to hear from nonprofit organizations serving Bainbridge Island about their office space needs now and in the future.  The Marge Center is interested in up-and-coming island nonprofits

The Marge Williams Center will celebrate 25 years in 2026. Founded in 2001 to honor the life of civic leader Marge Williams, the center has been home to many beloved Bainbridge Island nonprofits through the years. We provide low-cost, professional office space to qualifying nonprofits, and a dynamic, supportive environment that makes the Marge

THANK YOU! to One Call for All for making the Marge Williams Center one of the featured organizations in its 2023 campaign. This great feature story appeared in the OCFA "What Matters to You?" supplement in the Oct. 28 edition of the Bainbridge Island Review: The heart of Bainbridge Island nonprofits You’d be hard

“Keep the Sun Shining on the Marge,” we like to say, and we’re doing just that with support from Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island.  We’ve expanded our rooftop solar array thanks to support from a Rotary Community Grant. Good for the Marge, and good for the planet!  (You won’t see the solar panels from

If the Marge Center looks refreshed these days, it might be the new coat of paint on the building outside. Bainbridge Paint and Design repainted the building in the familiar barn red, along with the nice white trim. Great work! We think it's the first time the center has been repainted since opening in

Bainbridge Island community and friends of the Marge, Thank you for your ongoing love and support for the Marge Williams Center through One Call for All.  We’re asking you to support our 2023-24 capital campaign, “Keep the Sun Shining on the Marge,” with a gift today. It's been an exciting 18 months at the