Give NCW begins on Thanksgiving! The Community Foundation of North Central Washington is beginning their Give NCW campaign on Thanksgiving through December 31st. Visit their website to donate to one or more non-profit organizations, including WRI!
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Programs Visit WRI @ Riverfront Rock Gym Gear Swap Fundraiser Sunday, November 21st 11:00AM-2:00PM Riverfront Rock Gym is putting on a gear swap doubling as a fundraiser for the Washington Anchor Replacement Project (WARP). Come see WRI and other local organizations at this event in Wenatchee!
Red Barn Event: The Approach with Ingrid Backstrom Thursday, December 9th 7:00PM-8:00PM (NOTE DATE CHANGE) Join Leavenworth local and professional skier, Ingrid Backstrom, to view the film, The Approach, and talk about its creation. The Approach is an action-driven ski and snowboard film elevating people of color, women, and adaptive athletes. Red Barn Event: Lowell Skoog, Written in the Snows Wednesday, December 15th 7:00PM-8:00PM Join WA ski legend and author, Lowell Skoog for an evening of Northwest ski culture from past to present! While weaving his own impressions and experiences into the larger history, Skoog shows that skiing is far more than mere sport or recreation.
Fall Youth Program Fun Continues In the past two weeks, the WRI Education Team have been hard at work. They held four Field Days with 4 different classrooms of 5th grade students, visited kindergarten students at Peshastin-Dryden Elementary for two days, held After School Programming with Mission View Elementary, and resumed WRI's Traveling Naturalist in the Classroom program for the first time since the pandemic began. See some highlights below! 5th Grade Students became Lichenologists! Fifth grade students from Alpine Lakes Elementary visited the WRI Campus for Field Days across four days (four classrooms!). They became lichenologists as they studied wolf lichen growing on ponderosa pine trees. They also played a learning game on interactions and resources with an ecosystem.
Thank you to our volunteers Tim Abel, Annette Jouard, and Tony Arkwright for making these Field Days possible! Kindergarteners were Brave Nature Explorers! WRI visited Kindergarten students at Peshastin-Dryden Elementary for an hour of exploring and fun across two days. They were brave explorers as they were outside and explored during heavy frost and the first snow of the season. Some of them found 'sugar' leaves from the frost! Students reviewed and learned what living, non-living, and community (human-made) things are around their school yard. They also did a scavenger hunt trying to find various nature items in their schoolyard. Traveling Naturalist in the Classroom is Back! WRI's Traveling Naturalist in the Classroom program is back running for the first time since the pandemic began! The WRI Education Team has begun their rounds visiting 4th and 5th grade classrooms across North Central Washington. The program began by visiting students at Orondo and Manson Elementary Schools. In their first lesson, "What is a Naturalist?", students learned about the importance of keeping a nature journal and what it means to be a naturalist. They can be naturalists by exploring and playing outside!
Interested in volunteering for youth programs? Keep your eyes on our calendar for upcoming opportunities!
Place Join WRI's Board of Directors! Are you interested in being more involved with the Wenatchee River Institute? Are you passionate about connecting people, communities and the natural world? WRI is looking for more Board Members to join the team! If you are interested in becoming a Board Member, email Randee. More information will be sent to you.
Co-Lead Community Snowshoe Walks this Winter! We are looking for volunteers who may be interested in co-leading community Snowshoe Walks in January and February at WRI and the Leavenworth Fish Hatchery. If you are interested in co-leading a group with a staff member, email Rachel.
Thank you to our donors from the last 2 weeks! Rhona Baron and Kurt Carlson Candace and Chuck Egner - Sustaining Diane Patterson and David Stoller - Sustaining Judith Moser and Henry Thor Tracy and Ben Brulotte - Sustaining Dave and Pat Notter - Sustaining Tiffany Brine-Davies - Sustaining Mara and Brian Bohman Nancy and David Gernert in honor of Robes Parrish |