By Jenny Sandbo, Y.E.T.I. Volunteer Sadie grew up in Oak Harbor, Washington. So, when students from Highline High School Adventure Club planned a winter camping trip to Deception Pass State Park, it felt like going home. A familiar place full of great childhood memories. “Yeah, let’s go camping in November! …they totally roughed it. It […]

By Jenny Sandbo, Y.E.T.I. Volunteer Dalton Rockwell teaches Physical Education at Cascade View Elementary School in Tukwila, WA. He cares about the health and well-being of his students and wants to help them enjoy more time outdoors. In the winter of 2019-2020, while he was still working as a history teacher at the high school,

By Jenny Sandbo, Y.E.T.I. Volunteer Nate is learning a lot, but he’s not a student. He has been volunteering as an Outdoor Club Mentor at Glacier Middle School, taking youth on outdoor adventures after school. With Y.E.T.I. he’s learning patience, problem-solving, and meeting kids where they are. He is reminded that early opportunities can have

By Jenny Sandbo, Y.E.T.I. Volunteer “Would you rather fight 25 rat-size hippos or one hippo-sized rat?” Maddie says this is one of the questions Program Manager Sean asks students attending Y.E.T.I.’s after school programs. It’s a divisive question, sparking energetic debate about how students could prevail against an army of tiny hippos (or one gigantic