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Lilac Services for the Blind has both major and minor projects we are seeking funding for/help with:
- Kitchen expansion to update it to ADA standards
- Solar Panels (we can hold a 33 panel rack that would provide 100% of our power needs)
- New roof (preferably a green white roof) & gutters
- Exterior security system, and exterior lighting
- New carpeting and flooring.
- New boiler (preferably a smaller green double boiler system)
- A Heat Pump for cooling the building.
Lilac has completed the following projects in the past several years: Updated all building lighting to energy efficient, full spectrum lighting with grants from Avista, Vandervert Construction, and Haskins Company. We weatherized and painted exterior of building with both grants and labor from Numerica and FLSmidth RAHCO. FASTSigns donated and installed exterior signage. FLSmidth RAHCO paid for and built a retaining wall, which was then planted by the KXLY ExtremeTeam and Ritters Nursery. DeLeon Foods donated two large flower pots for our entrance. Every year Whitworth University students spend a day painting, cleaning, and other activities at our offices. We deeply appreciate the Department of Corrections crews coming out to shovel all the snow out of our par transit drop-off area. All these community minded groups have made an wonderful impact on Lilac's capability and capacity to serve the visually impaired.
