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Save Fern Gully Forest
$5,000 RAISED OF $55,000 GOAL
We are partnering with Fern Gully Forest School and other local organizations, to protect this beloved legacy forest and provide equal access to outdoor education where children and families can safely socialize, play, learn and create lifelong connections and care for each other and the Earth for a BRIGHTER FUTURE.​
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Help us Save Fern Gully Forest for the wildlife, the children, and the benefit of all. This 'small but mighty' urban forest not only provides vital habitat for wildlife and numerous ecosystem services, such as clean air and water, it is a sanctuary in the city that is home to outdoor education programs for children and families. Sadly, the remaining forests in this watershed are rapidly being destroyed by urban development.
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BCS development company that owns nearly an acre with the old growth cedar trees in the middle of the forest is no longer working with us and has now listed it for sale on the global market!​
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Please help by sharing the news and donating today!​
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In other news: we jumped on an incredible opportunity to purchase the neighbors house with a loan from the WA Community Reinvestment Association. In August, 2024 we closed on the new Community Nature Center property that protects another two acres of the forest and access to the Creek that the kids currently learn, play in and love.
​​​​​​​​​​​This allows us to expand our programs to be able to serve more ages of youth! And with more support we can increase accessibility for low-income and marginalized people with more scholarships, services, and improvement projects.
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BIG THANKS to our community for stepping up in the final hour! Now to meet these new challenges, and protect all of Fern Gully Forest once and for all, we’re setting up for a FINAL PUSH.
Donate Now
PLEASE HELP SAVE THIS BELOVED FOREST!
You can be the change by sharing the news and giving what you can today. Even a little can MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THE VISION is to conserve the forest for vital wildlife habitat, for the services and medicine these ecosystems provide, and especially FOR CHILDREN and families to connect and enjoy the beauty and benefits of nature.
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With your help, we can continue the work to protect more of this beloved forest, cultivate community gardens and a culture of kindness!
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Please help if you can. Every donation counts.
Mail larger donations to:
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Community Nature Foundation
2210 15th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Music to Save the Forest Event
Sunday, June 8. 2–5:30 PM
Join us for an afternoon of joy, music, and purpose as we gather to protect the final acres of Fern Gully Forest—a vital urban sanctuary where children learn, wildlife thrives, and community grows stronger together. This special event will raise critical funds to save the forest once and for all!
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What to Expect:​
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2pm: Opening Ceremony and Sound healing in the old growth cedar grove
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3pm: Dessert & Art Auction at Fern Gully Preschool location
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4pm: Live music featuring Elevator Operator at the new Community Nature Center!
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Forest games, family fun, and magic all around
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A powerful chance to connect, celebrate, and take action!
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Where: Fern Gully Forest School
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1443 Brown St SE, Olympia. Street parking in the neighborhood. Opening Ceremony in the forest. Please where comfortable shoes, bring a mat or blanket, and come early to find parking and walk down to the cedar grove by 2pm. There will be greeters and signs to show you the way.
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Music starts at 4pm at the Community Nature Center across the forest: 2210 15th Ave SE. It's the dead end of 15th Ave. The steep gravel driveway is a one lane road. Use caution and the mirror to see around the corner and watch for oncoming traffic. Parking lot on the right. Handicap accessible parking only at the house.
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Your Support Will Help to:
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Protect critical urban forestland and waterways
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Expand scholarship programs for underserved youth
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Create a more inclusive and nature-connected future
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Be part of the movement. Every voice, dollar, and helping hand makes a difference.
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Save Fern Gully Forest—for the children, the wildlife, and our future!
You Can Make a Difference
Your donation will be used to...
Conserve Nature & Urban Forests
Inspire Acts of Service
Create Community Gardens
Restore Ecosystems & Wildlife Habitat
Provide Equal Access to Outdoor Education
Cultivate Community Resiliency
Protect
Mission 1
Conserve the acre of urban forest that is the most vulnerable to development. With your help, we are raising the funds necessary to purchase and protect the forest from development by putting it into conservation for the wildlife, the community, the children, and the future.
Educate
Mission 2
Our community forests provide sanctuaries for wildlife and people, and a place for outdoor education and service learning opportunities. We create spaces where youth and people of all incomes can connect with the wisdom and medicine in nature, explore and enjoy the beauty, and increase environmental awareness and community resiliency.
Collaborate
Mission 3
In collaboration with communities, businesses, organizations, and other nonprofits, we work to provide equal access to community forests and outdoor education, create community gardens, and plan fundraising events with environmentally conscious teachings and regenerative practices for a better tomorrow.
