Moritani Preserve Work Party
Moritani Preserve 542 Winslow Way W, Bainbridge Island, WAHelp care for the woods and meadows of Mortitani Preserve, managing invasive species, maintaining garden beds, and planting native species.
Red Pine Park Work Party
Red Pine Park 418 Wood Avenue SW, Bainbridge Island, WAMaintain garden beds, an historic fruit orchard, edible perennials, and other historic plantings in this former homestead in the heart of downtown.
Williams-Olson Park Work Party
Williams-Olson Park 6200 Williams Lane, Bainbridge Island, WAHelp care for the woods and shoreline bluff at beautiful Williams-Olson Park, managing invasive species and restoring the ecology.
Waypoint Woods Community Conversation
Bainbridge Island Rowing Center 301 Shannon Drive, Bainbridge IslandWe’re bringing a new gateway park to the Winslow ferry district.
BIJAEMA 80th year observance
OnlineJoin Survivors, dignitaries, and community leaders as we commemorate the forced removal of the first Japanese Americans to be evacuated from the West Coast during World War II. Shortly after the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, Public Proclamation No. 4 launched the forced evacuation and detention of Japanese American residents on a 48-hour notice. The Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island were the first group to be evacuated to a partially constructed camp at Manzanar in the Southern California desert. Speakers at the event include Governor Jay Inslee (a resident of Bainbridge), survivor Frances Kitamoto Ikegami, 4 student leaders from Woodward Middle School, as well as a roster of community leaders. The Commemoration will conclude with a reading of the 276 names on the Exclusion Memorial Wall. View the full Program here. The event will be live-streamed, and people are asked to view the program remotely [...]