Hylebos Stream Team

Starbucks and Federal Way Youth Ecology Group Rock Ivy Like a Hurricane.

My love for bad/amazing 80's rock music seems to be seeping into all aspects of my life....hence this entry's title. But seriously, who doesn't love The Scorpions?

At any rate I had the pleasure of working with the Starbucks's Project Management group on Friday followed by a Saturday afternoon with Federal Way's Youth Ecology group.

I had fun getting muddy with both groups. The gorgeous weather streak continues for the volunteer events although it may be coming to a brief end from what it looks like outside today.

Check out photos from both events below...

Our next event will be April 10th at Dumas Bay Park from 9:30-2:00. Contact me at [email protected] for more information!

STARBUCKS

The lovely ladies in the photo above helped pull out that wet muddy roll of ivy from the creek bank pictured below!

 

Daisy forces Andrew to pull ivy at stick point!

 

Thanks for coming out Project Managers! Molly and I enjoyed your company restoring Dumas Bay Park!

(Molly is the 4 legged volunteer in the front row!)

FEDERAL WAY YOUTH ECOLOGY GROUP

Federal Way's Korean community is quite active in serving their community. This past Saturday members of the Youth Ecology group came out to help restore Dumas Bay Park. A neat thing about this group is that families volunteer their time together to serve the community.

Ivy has been known to climb up humans.

Thanks to Federal Way Youth Ecology group for all your help!

Another Sunny Day at Dumas Bay!

We've really been lucking out with the weather lately! The sun was out, birds were chirping and spirits were high! I'd like to thank everyone that came out last Saturday to help pull ivy. We are really making some progress out there! Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who've come out to help. We've already cleared over 2 acres of forest from English Ivy! Sometimes it may seem like the task at hand is too big to handle but with a positive attitude and helping hands, even the impossible seems possible. Keep up the great work everybody! I look forward to seeing everyone Saturday April 10th at Dumas Bay Park for our next event. 

Shirley and Walt helped me brush up on my trivia knowledge while removing Ivy! Check out the bundle Shirley is making. After pulling Ivy, wrap the vine around itself and bundle it up! This makes for easy clean-up  and makes it harder for the ivy to re-root itself.

 

This was Lorena's first time pulling Ivy. This picture was taken at the very end of the day...she still has a smile on her face after a day's worth of hard work!

 

Sarah came out with a few of her friends from Advancing Leadership Youth. ALY is a group of high school students who are learning skills to become successful leaders in their community! ALY as a group volunteered with the Friends a couple weeks back. It was nice to see some of them back again to help us restore the environment!

Thanks again to everyone that came out! Come out on April 10th or for our Earth Day event on April 24th!

Disney's Give a Day Get a Day Program Generates Helpful Volunteers

Disney has been promoting their Give a Day Get a Day campaign since January as a way to promote service work. In exchange for volunteering a day of service work, Disney is rewarding volunteers with free entry for a day to one of their amusement parks.

Friends of the Hylebos amongst many other organizations offers opportunities for those interested in participating in this program.

Everyone that has come to one of our events by way of the Disney program has been absolutely wonderful and so very helpful. This past weekend's event was primarily made up of Give a Day Get a Day participants save some hard working students from Highline Community College and veteran volunteers.

The program provides a great way for parents to teach their children about the importance of service work and working outside doing restoration with the Friends provides an avenue for familes to discuss the importance of restoration, conservation, and the environment. Working outside, getting muddy and learning about nature are all fun things and our young volunteers this past weekend got a chance to discover this for themselves.

Thank you to everyone that came out last weekend!I had a great time!

Check out some pictures from the event:

Making Ivy bundles:

The Class sister team up to pull Ivy and carry bundles

Highline Community College students rage against the Ivy

 

A young environmentalist at work

 

The kids get to meet a salamander!

 

Advancing Leadership Youth Advances Efforts at Dumas Bay Park

A big thank you to Advancing Leadership Youth for coming out to Dumas Bay Park and pulling Ivy! This past Saturday we worked on the ivy climbing up the hillside at the left of the trail near the trail head.

Despite the overcast weather and drizzle we still managed to get some work done and have fun!