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Click here to read about CWB's COUNT ME IN! launch party.

Special Cleats and Medallions

CWB's COUNT ME IN! Initiative. 

The Center for Wooden Boats has BIG plans!  And the next six months represent one of THE most pivotal times in the history of CWB.

At its original South Lake Union home in Waterway Four this coming October through March, The Center for Wooden Boats will be re-anchoring facilities, upgrading utilities, building new entrances and, as usual, restoring its fleet - all in time for next summer's grand reopening of Lake Union Park.

We need your help NOW, as this critical work to CWB's core facilities needs to take place during the "fish window" - during the late fall and early winter months when it's the least harmful for wildlife to do over-the-water work.

Waterway Four's hands-on projects will include:

  • Installing grating in our docks (also known as "day-lighting");
  • Removing harmful creosote pilings and installing new steel pilings and pile hoops to firmly secure our floating buildings;
  • Moving ALL CWB staff into the Boathouse before the busy season begins; and
  • Creating new west and south entrances to CWB from the new Lake Union Park.

For this we need $495,000.

This is THE moment when The Center for Wooden Boats MUST call upon old and new friends alike to increase their efforts and help keep CWB afloat and on course.   YOU CAN BE 1 OF 270 VERY SPECIAL SUPPORTERS who help shore up CWB at this pivotal time and carry us into the future!  Have your name, your family's name or a heart-felt message permanently affixed in bronze.

  • Name the NEW South Ramp for $25,000 (1 available - click here) 
  • Name the NEW West Ramp for $25,000 (1 available - click here)
  • Name a New Pile for $10,000 (6 available - click here)
  • Name a New Pile Hoop for $5,000 (12 available - click here - a special plaque just for Pile Hoop donors will be installed in the CWB Boathouse)
  • Name a New Dock Rail for$2,500 (50 available - click here)
  • Name a New Dock Plank for $1,000 (200 available - click here - name only)

Join us in securing our home on Waterway Four!

ALL gifts - of ANY amount - will be acknowledged on a special plaque to be permanently installed in the CWB Boathouse.

Click here to view the COUNT ME IN! campaign brochure.

Help Keep CWB Afloat!

DNR Lease Signing With an annual operating budget of nearly $2 million, The Center for Wooden Boats relies on the generosity of businesses and individuals like you!

Support one of Seattle Magazine’s Best of ‘08 and winner of the South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce 2008 Nonprofit of the Year Award in one or more of the following ways:

Contact CWB's Development Department at development@cwb.org for more information about how YOU can support CWB.

2007 Annual Report

Take a look at our 2007 Annual Report. We are lucky to have many dedicated members and donors who help keep us afloat - YOU can join this list!