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Reflecting On Our Family Connections Program
At the end of July 2022, we said goodbye to one of our most beloved community projects—the Positive Family Connections program. In 2020, we began a partnership with King County’s Best Starts for Kids initiative to co-create intergenerational programs with youth and families at High Point and Croft Place Townhomes. More specifically, DNDA staff members…
Staff Comings and Goings
At DNDA, we celebrate departing staff, and new arrivals! This summer we are sad to see a few folks leave the DNDA nest, bidding farewell and good luck to Bri Castilleja, Molly Duttry, Robe Kedida, Tyler Yeomans, and Jackie Brady. Bri has been with DNDA for 3 years as our Environmental Education Coordinator, strengthening school…
A Look Back on our Arts in Nature STEAM Program
We recently finished reporting on all the work we did with 3rd-5th grade students over the last year, and here are some highlights! 3rd to 5th grade students from Louisa Boren K-8 STEM School created a variety of projects that connected to classroom- and field-based ecological and ethnobotanical lessons. This program was part of the…
Nature Activities this Summer at Roxhill Park
DNDA, in partnership with the Duwamish Alive Coalition and Seattle Parks & Recreation, is hosting weekly nature-based activities at Roxhill Park located at 2850 SW Roxbury St in Seattle. There’s still time to join us before summer is over, all ages are welcome! Thursday, August 11, 12:30 to 2:30pm — Wildlife of Seattle Meet your furry…
Birds of Roxhill Park: Community Presentation and Tours
Discover your local birds, how to identify them, when and where to find them. Join Seattle Audubon’s Master Birders Etta Cosey and Wendy Walker on two Saturdays this July for bird identification information and activities at Roxhill Park! Saturday, July 16 (9:00a to 10:00a) will feature a bird presentation about habitat needs of local birds,…
A Statement On Recent Mass Shootings and Gun Violence
We did not intend to write this letter. DNDA has not historically commented on current events, yet we find ourselves compelled to write about a mass shooting on the opposite side of the country, in a community that is not our own – a shooting that is not now even the most recent mass killing…
Join Our Environmental Justice Summer Program!
We’re launching a new environmental program this summer in South Seattle and we’re looking for some enthusiastic teens to join it! DNDA’s Nature team is launching an exciting new program at Roxhill Park and Bog next month that will engage youth in topics around environmental justice. Our Environmental Justice Summer Youth Program will run from…
Thank You for Supporting Destination Delridge!
With your support we raised $101,769 through our Destination Delridge: Awaken event and campaign. We are hugely grateful to all 200 individuals who donated, and the 130+ guests who joined us in-person to celebrate at Youngstown. The funds raised will support DNDA’s general operations, uplifting all of our programs in art, nature and neighborhood. Youngstown…
The Bees Beneath Our Feet
Do you ever wonder where that bumble bee goes once they have collected pollen from a flower? Or maybe you have questioned where that yellow jacket went after harassing you at your picnic? Chances are that they’re going to the ground — as much as 70 percent of native bee species in the United States…