Our Community

Our Community

Grays Harbor County is one of 39 counties in the State of Washington. As of 2021, the population of Grays Harbor County was 76,841. The county seat is located at Montesano and its largest city is Aberdeen. On May 7, 1792, Boston fur trader, Robert Gray crossed the bar into the bay he called “Bullfinch Harbor,” but which later cartographers would label “Chehalis Bay,” then “Grays Harbor.” Grays Harbor County takes its name from the broad, shallow bay that drains five rivers in southwest Washington, and that bay was aptly named after its discoverer, Captain Robert Gray. The harbor’s dense forests of spruce, hemlock, cedar, and douglas fir attracted loggers and mill operators and at the turn of the twentieth century, communities such as Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Cosmopolis, and Montesano flourished. More than a hundred years later, the county has diversified in order to exist without logging, milling, and fishing as the mainstays.

Our Community Service

Ingram, Zelasko & Goodwin, LLP, located in Aberdeen, is one of the area’s oldest law firms. The firm strives to give back to the community by offering our time, support, and legal assistance to many community events and nonprofit organizations. It is a guiding principle of our firm to get involved, be involved, and stay involved in the continued existence of our community’s nonprofit entities – from those that are providing for the social service needs of our citizens, to those lifting our spirits through the enhancement of the Arts – we make it our business to provide these entities with our time, our support, and our legal assistance.

Community Nonprofit Agencies

• United Way of Grays Harbor – three past presidents, past drive chairman
• Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. (formerly Grays Harbor Chamber of Commerce) – firm membership, three past presidents
• Grays Harbor College Foundation – founder, current board member, two past presidents
• Driftwood Players – sustaining fund donor, three members, two past president
• YMCA of Grays Harbor – endowment fund/strong kids donor, two past presidents
• Aberdeen Timberland Library – past board member
• Boy Scouts of America – flag sponsor, one former board member
• Grays Harbor Community Foundation – founder, current board member, two past presidents
• Salvation Army – kettle drive donor, current board member, one past president
• Grays Harbor Economic Development Council – firm member, one past president
• Grays Harbor Historical Seaport – firm member
• Children’s Advocacy Center (now Connections) – supporter
• Union Gospel Mission – participant in “adopt-a-family” at Christmas

Community Organizations

• 7th Street Kids – supporter, 20th anniversary sponsor, annual sponsor
• Aberdeen Rotary Club – three past presidents
• Aberdeen Lions Club – past president
• Aberdeen School Board – past president
• Aberdeen High School Swim Boosters – supporter
• Bobcat Booster Club – athletic booster/supporter
• Bobcat Music Boosters – supporter
• Grays Harbor College – show sponsor, ‘challenge’ donor
• Grays Harbor College Choker Club – firm member/athletic booster
• Grays Harbor College Basketball – program advertiser
• Grays Harbor Country Club – two past presidents
• Grays Harbor County Fair – ribbon sponsor
• Grays Harbor Food Bank – sponsorship for fundraiser
• Grays Harbor Community Hospital Foundation – supporter, sponsorship for fundraiser
• Grays Harbor Shipping Club – annual event sponsor
• Habitat for Humanity – board member
• Miss Grays Harbor Scholarship Pageant – contestant co-sponsor
• Montesano Business Week – current company advisors
• Montesano Youth Soccer – current girls’ soccer coach
• Sunday Afternoon Live – sponsor
• TwinStar Credit Union – past board member and current chair of Supervisory Committee

Community Projects

• Grays Harbor Cancer Relay for Life – silver corporate sponsor (10+ years)
• Grays Harbor Community Hospital – capital improvement supporter
• Aberdeen/Hoquiam Foodball – supporter
• Aberdeen High School/Montesano High School Business Week – sponsor and participant
• Aberdeen School District – past levy drive chairman
• Aberdeen Neighborhood Revolving Loan Fund – past chairman
• Domestic Violence Center – supporter
• Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services – annual sponsor and facility sponsor