TreeSong's Arts and Nature Studio
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JOIN US IN CREATING A NEW SPACE FOR NATURE CONNECTION AND THE ARTS!
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a small nature education center located in a beautiful forest along the Washougal River in Washington. TreeSong's mission is to foster stewardship of and connection to nature, community and self through programs for adults, children and families. We are well into our third fabulous and busy year and are finding that...
IT'S TIME TO GROW!
Currently, we are hosting programs from the Little Red Cabin on TreeSong’s property on the Washougal River. It is time to expand our offerings through the construction of a new studio space that will tentatively open Summer 2016. Our new studio will focus on the arts, as well as host our nature education programs, including our new Roots & Wings nature-based preschool proposed to begin Fall 2016.
Check out the artist's rendering of our new space!
HELP US MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY!
Your tax deductible donation to TreeSong’s building fund will help us further the connection and joy that is happening in this very special place. With your donation, you may choose to have a beautiful hand-painted tile with your name on it placed in the entryway of the new building. You may even paint the tile yourself!
The returns on any gift you make are priceless: Education, Connection Stewardship, Inspiration, Friendship, Joy, Creativity, Wonder, and Wholeness. The sky’s the limit!
MORE ABOUT TREESONG...
TreeSong is definitely magical and people are continuously commenting on the special quality of this beautiful place. At one of the summer camps last year, the kids said, "this was the best day ever!" at the end of each and every day. The parents and I coined a saying, "Every day is the best day ever at TreeSong."
In its first two years so much goodness has already been launched: a monthly nature awareness program for kids 4-13, parent and child nature programs, summer camps, naturalist programs for adults, concerts, storytelling, cooking classes, writing workshops...and the list goes on! At the crux of all we do is the belief that time in nature is essential to our well-being, as is connection to others and ourselves. (For more about Connecting Children to Nature, click here .)
THE ARTS
We also highly value the arts at TreeSong and believe that "(t)hey ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. The arts help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion, or age." (Randy Cohen, 2014) The arts provide "coherence, meaning, healing, connection, and deep trust for the human journey that is demanded of us." (Richard Rohr, 2015) We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
Together, nature and the arts have endless potential for inspiring and supporting each of us in reaching our fullness as human beings. And in this fullness we create healthy communities, as well as actively care for and steward our planet.
GRATITUDE
Many hands and hearts came together to create TreeSong. We are grateful for all who have helped and continue to help in making TreeSong the inspiring place it is. We hope you will join us in our next steps.
Thank you!
Michelle Fox
Founder & Director
P.S. I hope you'll take the time to scroll through the following photos. It is true that a picture is worth a thousand words.
VALUES:Education-
We value nature as our greatest teacher, learning the ecosystem we are a part of and the power of mentoring and inter-generational relationships.
Connection-
We care for what we know, understand and are connected to. Those who experience strong, healthy connection with self are our most effective leaders and stewards.
Rich connections to self, community and nature support our holistic state of well-being
We believe in the importance of strong, vital communities (the importance of belonging).
Inspiration-
The beauty of nature inspires reconnection with our own essence, awakens the senses, allows us to tap into what is sacred in all things and experience the inter-conntectedness of all we behold.
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a small nature education center located in a beautiful forest along the Washougal River in Washington. TreeSong's mission is to foster stewardship of and connection to nature, community and self through programs for adults, children and families. We are well into our third fabulous and busy year and are finding that...
IT'S TIME TO GROW!
Currently, we are hosting programs from the Little Red Cabin on TreeSong’s property on the Washougal River. It is time to expand our offerings through the construction of a new studio space that will tentatively open Summer 2016. Our new studio will focus on the arts, as well as host our nature education programs, including our new Roots & Wings nature-based preschool proposed to begin Fall 2016.
Check out the artist's rendering of our new space!
HELP US MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY!
Your tax deductible donation to TreeSong’s building fund will help us further the connection and joy that is happening in this very special place. With your donation, you may choose to have a beautiful hand-painted tile with your name on it placed in the entryway of the new building. You may even paint the tile yourself!
The returns on any gift you make are priceless: Education, Connection Stewardship, Inspiration, Friendship, Joy, Creativity, Wonder, and Wholeness. The sky’s the limit!
MORE ABOUT TREESONG...
TreeSong is definitely magical and people are continuously commenting on the special quality of this beautiful place. At one of the summer camps last year, the kids said, "this was the best day ever!" at the end of each and every day. The parents and I coined a saying, "Every day is the best day ever at TreeSong."
In its first two years so much goodness has already been launched: a monthly nature awareness program for kids 4-13, parent and child nature programs, summer camps, naturalist programs for adults, concerts, storytelling, cooking classes, writing workshops...and the list goes on! At the crux of all we do is the belief that time in nature is essential to our well-being, as is connection to others and ourselves. (For more about Connecting Children to Nature, click here .)
THE ARTS
We also highly value the arts at TreeSong and believe that "(t)hey ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. The arts help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion, or age." (Randy Cohen, 2014) The arts provide "coherence, meaning, healing, connection, and deep trust for the human journey that is demanded of us." (Richard Rohr, 2015) We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
Together, nature and the arts have endless potential for inspiring and supporting each of us in reaching our fullness as human beings. And in this fullness we create healthy communities, as well as actively care for and steward our planet.
GRATITUDE
Many hands and hearts came together to create TreeSong. We are grateful for all who have helped and continue to help in making TreeSong the inspiring place it is. We hope you will join us in our next steps.
Thank you!
Michelle Fox
Founder & Director
P.S. I hope you'll take the time to scroll through the following photos. It is true that a picture is worth a thousand words.
VALUES:Education-
We value nature as our greatest teacher, learning the ecosystem we are a part of and the power of mentoring and inter-generational relationships.
Connection-
We care for what we know, understand and are connected to. Those who experience strong, healthy connection with self are our most effective leaders and stewards.
Rich connections to self, community and nature support our holistic state of well-being
We believe in the importance of strong, vital communities (the importance of belonging).
Inspiration-
The beauty of nature inspires reconnection with our own essence, awakens the senses, allows us to tap into what is sacred in all things and experience the inter-conntectedness of all we behold.
Organizer
Michelle Fox
Organizer
Washougal, WA
