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Thursday, March 23rd – Planting Party in Hundred Acre Wood – Fairhaven Park

March 17, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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We're looking for helping hands to join us in our stewardship area. Please RSVP and sign up below.  Meet: Upper Shelter, Fairhaven Park 107 Chuckanut Dr. N.  When: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (then adjourn to ... Read More →

Filed Under: Fairhaven Park, Native Plants, Outdoor Classroom Tagged With: Fairhaven Park, Ferns, Hundred Acre Wood, Native Plants, Stones Throw Brewery, Volunteer Work Party

March – Confluence from Recreation Northwest 2023

March 10, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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We are well on our way through Winter. We've spent the first 9 weeks of the year outside building our Outdoor Classroom space in Fairhaven Park. Dig in here to see the complete construction timeline ... Read More →

Filed Under: Press Releases Tagged With: Bellingham Parks, Confluence Newsletter, Donors, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, native plant garden, Outdoor Classroom, Parkscriptions, Volunteers

Week Nine – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023

March 6, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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With Week Eight behind us and the cold freeze thawing, I spent the week in the office getting other stuff done.  But by Friday, March 3rd, I knew that there were some anxious plants wanting to get in ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers

Week Eight – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023

March 6, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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The weather wasn't really working with us during Week Eight. We had plans to get the third bench in and also host a volunteer work party with our faculty friends from Western Washington University's ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Community Connected to Nature, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, NW Tune UP, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers, Western Washington University, WWU Recreation Management & Leadership

Week Seven – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023

March 6, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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Feeling better and dressed for the weather, we set out to install the first set of our benches in the amphitheater area. With the bases secured into the underside of the flitch*, they were ready to be ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers, YMCA Trailblazers

Week Six – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023

March 6, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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As we entered our sixth week of work, it was time to start installing the benches!! Here's our sample bench sitting on site waiting to be set in place.  Well, it was a short week between the ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers

Week Five- Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023

March 2, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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Diving in to the week of January 30th, 2023. Rock ON!! Bringing in more materials. Wood, rock and mulch to fill in the adventure trail.  Go with the flow Getting ready to put a lid on the small ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers

Week Four – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023

March 2, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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Going into the week of January 23rd, we worked to add some extra walls to help hold back the dirt and give more places for us to plant more native plants!!  The space behind the wall was covered in ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers

Week Three – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline

March 2, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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Mike from McAuley Design Works joins Chris Mellick at our job site so we can talk about where we're going to plan to put the bases for the poles for our future pavillion. Mike is my other "bestie" who ... Read More →

Filed Under: Fairhaven Park, Outdoor Classroom Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers

Week Two – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline

March 2, 2023 by Todd Elsworth

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And we're off. On the week of January 9th we started off by spreading "some" mulch! Bellingham Parks provides us with a fresh supply of mulch to cover up the exposed dirt and help keep the invasive ... Read More →

Filed Under: Outdoor Classroom, Recreation Northwest Tagged With: Adventure Rock Trail, Bellingham, Chris Mellick, Dose of nature, Environmental Education, Fairhaven Park, Hundred Acre Wood, Outdoor Classroom, Outside Learning, Parkscriptions, Stewardship, Volunteers

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avatar for Todd ElsworthTodd Elsworth

Todd Elsworth is one of the many “Mossy-haired lunatics roaming the dripping peninsulas”, described in “I'm Here for the Weather'' by Tom Robbins. As executive director, he works to fulfill our mission to teach the health benefits of nature, promote outdoor recreation, and steward the places where we play.

avatar for Elizabeth NelsonElizabeth Nelson

As Director of Programs, Elizabeth Nelson brings her B.S. in Public Health, her extensive work with trauma survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, and her own experiences of the positive connection and health benefits of time spent in nature into the Parkscriptions program at Recreation Northwest. She is a certified Wilderness First Responder. She has a broad range of experience running her own business and working in nonprofit and government organizations.

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Recreation Northwest is a 501(c)3 charity. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Our non-profit federal tax-exempt number is 46-1774882.

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