Summer Volunteering is in Full Swing!
We’ve been enjoying this beautiful summer weather, as have the plants at our restoration sites! Summer is typically our slowest season for volunteering and also the prime growing season for native and invasive plants alike.
Girl in white hate wearing a grey hoodie and black gloves carrying two black buckets next to a pile of cut down branches.
We continue to host our regular events on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer. These are great ways for companies to get outdoors and give back, for students to fulfill service learning requirements, and for families to spend time together.
Two older volunteers wearing Nucor gear helping lay down mulch from a white bucket with shovels.
DNDA’s Nature team works at about a dozen sites in Delridge and West Seattle year-round. Last year, we worked with about 30 classrooms, and the list of participating schools has expanded to include Pathfinder K-8, Louisa Boren STEM K-8, Roxhill at E.C. Hughes Elementary, Fairmount Park Elementary, and many others.
Little girl wearing a rainbow tutu wearing pink gloves holding a bucket while picking up weeds next to other younger students.
These events contribute to Green Seattle Partnership’s goal of establishing healthy and stable urban forests across the city. DNDA is focused on finding age-appropriate activities that allow students of all ages to do constructive work that genuinely improves our shared natural environment. Can you commit to working with us? Check out our events calendar and sign up!
-Written by DNDA’s Restoration Program Manager Ben Antonius