Seattle Parks Foundation

Thank you Ocean Network Express North America for your commitment to our local parks! To others who might have an interest in taking your teams outside and giving back to our parks - please connect with Seattle Parks Foundation

Last month, we spent World Clean-Up Day at Seward Park with Ocean Network Express North America! Thank you for spending some time tidying up the outdoors and investing in our public parks and spaces 🌊💚 🩷 To learn more about volunteering and corporate engagement opportunities, visit https://lnkd.in/ghuFwniB.

Cheers to our incredible partners 🎉 Last week, we hosted a Partner Networking and Happy Hour Event to give our partners a space to build relationships and reflect on events they put on over the summer. Thank you for taking the time to join us! We are proud of the work led by our partners and grateful for the opportunity to fiscally sponsor such valuable leaders and projects in our community. To learn more about our community partners and how you can directly support their efforts, visit https://lnkd.in/g3CN_uBX 💚

Over the weekend, our partners with the Honoring William "Bill" Wright at Jefferson Park project were finally able to celebrate the renaming of the golf course! ⛳️ Read more about this effort: https://lnkd.in/gPCgdd8X

A number of cuts have recently been recommended to the City of Seattle Budget. Outdoor park activation in non-downtown parks, Community Grants Programs, and youth environmental education and mental health are all at risk of being impacted. ⁠ We’ve seen how community members and the Seattle Parks and Recreation department have transformed Ballard Park, Cal Anderson Park, Pioneer Square, City Hall Park, and Hing Hay Park since being impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic. ⁠ ⁠ Volunteer community groups around the city rely on the Parks CommUNITY Fund, Neighborhood Matching Funds and Food Equity Funds, and are often the catalyst for much larger projects. ⁠ The Discovery Park Visitor Center and Carkeek Park Environmental Education Center provide an infrastructure that provides nature-based education programming to thousands of youths and adults annually, while benefiting the long-term health of youth. ⁠ Make your voice heard! Join our campaigns to let City Council know how devastating the recommended cuts will be to our community. Spread the word and visit https://lnkd.in/gjmrGSsx to send your letter 💚 ⁠ Have a bit of extra time this week? Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16 at 5pm, there will be a council budget hearing that is open to the public! Another public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 12 at 5pm. Show up early to sign-up for in-person testimony. Folks can also sign-up for virtual testimony up to one hour prior to the hearing at https://lnkd.in/gsSEWAAJ. Location: City Council Chambers, 600-4th Avenue, 2nd Floor Photo credit:⁠ Top left - Photo courtesy of Tai Chi at Benefit Park ⁠ Bottom left - Link2Lake Committee members, photo courtesy of Suzi Pratt ⁠ Bottom right - Photo courtesy of Unsplash

Check out this article from the Seattle Times featuring our Arboretum Creek Headwaters Project partners! https://lnkd.in/gQZbHyU6

Get ready, Seattle! Our partners at Volunteer Park Trust are hosting a Halloween Pet Parade on Sunday, October 6 from 11 AM to 2 PM 🐶👻 Bring your furry friends in their spookiest, funniest, and most creative costumes to join the fun! Highlights of the day include a costume contest, live music, vendor booths, and food trucks – don't miss out on this pawsome event 🧡 No registration is needed, and entry to the contest is free! 📍 Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 Visit our page for this event for more details: https://lnkd.in/gXpuQ6G5

We had the best time celebrating the people behind our parks and public spaces at our Love Parks Gala this past Friday at MOHAI! Our community showed up in a big way, and thanks to the generosity in the room, we surpassed our fundraising goal, raising over $389,000! It was a true delight to share the stories of our award winners: Debbie McNeil, Robert Stephens Jr., and Paige Reischl, celebrating their contributions to our community and shared spaces. We were also very lucky to have live musical performances by Tomo Nakayama, and NËSTRÄ, Tah-Jae Shanté and Tazz Enrico during our main program. We are so grateful to our community for coming together to support our work and mission into the next 25 years. THANK YOU – and stay tuned as we have so much more to celebrate in our anniversary year ahead! Photos by Danny Ngan. 

As we kick off our 25th anniversary celebration with the Love Parks Gala tomorrow evening, we’re reminded of how grateful we are to our community for the years of support, and to our event sponsors. Thank you to Tinte Cellars, T-Mobile, Berger Partnership, Clise Properties, Earth Finance, Inc., MiiR, One Roof Foundation, PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP, REI Co-Op, Snell & Wilmer, and Studio Matthews. We’re honored to have worked on over 300 projects in 25 years - and we're grateful to everyone who has volunteered, donated, connected, advocated, and worked for our parks and public spaces!  

We’ve signed on in support of Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program funding, the largest source for conservation and recreation funding in Washington. And we need your help to ensure it continues to fund critical projects across the state! Learn more and add your voice to the campaign: