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Salmon Eco-Sculpture at Folklife!
Join Nature Consortium to make a giant salmon sculpture with recycled and various materials at this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival! By creating this Salmon Eco-Sculpture together we will breathe life into old materials, connect nature and art, and think critically about sustainability and Eco-Arts. Through this project we are hoping to raise community engagement and public awareness about natural connection and…
GiveBIG a HUGE Success – Thank You!
Now more than ever we want to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this year’s GiveBIG donation drive for local nonprofits hosted by The Seattle Foundation. With your support, a whopping total of $5,208 was donated to DNDA— exceeding our goal of $5,000! Your thoughtful gifts support our vision of a…
Showing the Love – GiveBIG Early Giving Starts Today
Every spring, The Seattle Foundation hosts an online day of giving – GiveBIG – galvanizing nonprofit supporters across the Puget Sound. Collectively, the Greater Seattle community has raised $75 million for local nonprofits. This year’s GiveBIG is Wednesday, May 10, and here at DNDA we want to take the opportunity to give you – our…
Earth Day Celebration: Spring Has Sprung!
I can’t believe it, spring is officially beginning! Daffodils are blooming, the temperature is slowly but surely climbing and the sun isn’t hiding behind so many rain clouds. What better way to appreciate this beautiful Seattle weather than by celebrating Earth Day outside with your community in Seattle’s largest forest? This year Earth Day…
Strong winds and possible power outages 3/10
The National Weather Service is forecasting strong winds early Friday morning. Winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour with gusts to 50 miles per hour will occur from 1 AM to as late as 10 AM over Western Washington. This would include impacts associated with downed trees and tree branches including isolated power outages. Public…
Destination Delridge 2017: The Funnest FUNdraiser!
As DNDA’s Winter quarter marketing intern, I was excited to volunteer at the 2017 Destination Delridge event. Destination Delridge was a celebration and fundraiser for Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA). I was impressed by how well organized and calm the event was. There were plenty of volunteers, and the event went off like clockwork. Metropolist,…