We canceled our volunteer work party scheduled for December 13, 2025 due to the historic flood event brought on by this week’s atmospheric river. Flooding in lowland areas has prompted road closures, and forced many in our community to close their businesses and evacuate their homes. Instead of volunteering with us, we encourage you toContinue reading “Skagit Flooding 2025: How you can help with disaster relief and recovery”
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December 13 Work Party Cancelled
Dear Friends and Supporters, We are cancelling our volunteer work party scheduled for Dec 13. The rain this week has been extreme, flooding lowland areas and prompting road closures. While our work at the Port of Skagit SWIFT Center property does not present a direct safety concern to our volunteers, we recognize that current drivingContinue reading “December 13 Work Party Cancelled”
Trail Update: Work Party plan for December 13, 2025
Saturday, December 13, 2025 Volunteer Work Party Plan Today’s goal! Build the connection between Winfield Trail and South Knoll Trail. We’ll be crossing the lawn up to the rock wall/Brickyard Creek road crossing. Guest Groups: Sedro-Woolley High School Earth Club and HKP Architects — 8:45 am Sign-in at the trailhead: Please note the new parkingContinue reading “Trail Update: Work Party plan for December 13, 2025”
Building Trails for Community Health
Northern State Hospital opened in 1909 as an asylum for the mentally ill, growing to become the largest institution of its kind in Washington State. At its peak in the 1950s, it housed over 2,100 patients. When funding dried up in 1973, the hospital closed abruptly, dislocating countless patients and eliminating more than 500 localContinue reading “Building Trails for Community Health”
Trail Update: Our Work Party Plan for Nov 8, 2025
8:45 am Sign-in at the trailhead: Please note the new parking area for volunteers is located on the gravel road behind Trevennen Hall. Directions can be found here. 9:00 am: JT & Paul will lead introductions, make announcements, and explain today’s work. Jenny will explain the jobs and set-up the work groups. Chloe & AmeliaContinue reading “Trail Update: Our Work Party Plan for Nov 8, 2025”
Trail Update: A wildly windy work party!
Wild Weather and Great Progress on the Winfield Trail! Our October 25 work party started out with a bit of chaos then turned into a wild, windy adventure! An early morning car crash on Fruitdale Road knocked out two transformers, leaving much of Sedro-Woolley and Burlington without power. With traffic lights dark and uncertainty inContinue reading “Trail Update: A wildly windy work party!”
Trail Update: Our work party plan for Oct 25, 2025
8:45 am: Sign-in at the trailhead Please note the new parking area for volunteers is located on the gravel road behind Trevennen Hall. Directions can be found here. 9:00 am: Introductions, explain today’s work, assign teams, safety talk and group photo 9:45-noon: Work on Winfield Trail noon: Lunch at the trailhead & advisory committee meetingContinue reading “Trail Update: Our work party plan for Oct 25, 2025”
Trail Update: Rainy days make for muddy work!
It’s October, and the rain has arrived! “If we hadn’t packed rock into the clay soil, we would have just been sliding all over the place!” Executive Director Jim “JT” Taylor reported. On Saturday, October 11, we were joined by seventeen (17) hardworking and resilient volunteers who made the best of an extremely wet workdayContinue reading “Trail Update: Rainy days make for muddy work!”
Trail Update: Our Work Party Plan for October 11, 2025
This will be our second volunteer work party on Winfield Trail on (Port of Skagit) SWIFT Center property in Sedro-Woolley, WA. At our first session on September 27, the crew made excellent progress building a rock wall and creating level trail tread. At this work party, we will continue routing Winfield Trail through the treesContinue reading “Trail Update: Our Work Party Plan for October 11, 2025”
Trail Update: Breaking Ground on Winfield Trail!
What a great start! On Saturday, September 27, seventeen amazing volunteers rolled up their sleeves and made impressive progress on the new Winfield Trail. Together, we built a long rock retaining wall, cleared or covered exposed roots, and hand-shaped the trail’s surface to make it smooth and inviting. Using power carriers, we brought in mineralContinue reading “Trail Update: Breaking Ground on Winfield Trail!”
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