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 […]
Getting Kids Outside with After School Programs Read More »
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
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By Jenny Sandbo, Y.E.T.I. Volunteer “there’s a therapeutic grounding that happens when you’re in the outdoors…a confidence builder that happens when you have to be self-reliant and work through challenges” says Chris Lowe, Youth Experiential Training Institute (Y.E.T.I.) Board of Directors and Fundraising Committee member. For many of us it is intuitive – we know
Grayl: Supporting student access to outdoor experiences with funding and gear donations Read More »
By Jenny Sandbo, Y.E.T.I. Volunteer A few years ago, before the pandemic, Fatiha was at a public event in Burien where she saw a young woman working at a booth displaying kayaks. Curious, she asked “what is this?”. That is how she learned about the Youth Experiential Training Institute (Y.E.T.I.). Y.E.T.I. hosts outdoor adventures for
Three kids, many adventures, positive impact! Read More »
Connecting with Students on a Snowshoe Adventure
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Luis’ excellent adventures
Luis’ excellent adventures with Y.E.T.I. Read More »
Our strategy to increase access to outdoor recreation
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Over the last year, Y.E.T.I. delivered more outdoor adventures than ever before. This is all thanks to the dedication of our supporters, volunteers and our program director. It was clear to us, as we delivered programs for middle and high school students, that the limiting factor in young people accessing there public lands and spending
Y.E.T.I. Welcomes New Staff to Deliver School Programs! Read More »
Running an outdoor program like ours takes gear. Lots and lots of gear. One of the major long term projects for Y.E.T.I. over the past year has been to find and secure a suitable location to house all of this gear so that we can operate out of a centralized location. Over the last year,
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