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

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

Connecting with Students on a Snowshoe Adventure

Luis’ excellent adventures

A Collaboration Y.E.T.I. has been working with some of the community outreach staff at Highline High School to get an outing together this Fall and last week the trip came together with great success! We planned the hike for Veterans Day, knowing that the kids would be off school and looking for a fun activity

Shifting Gears Program Our first Mountain Bike outing was at Black Diamond Open Space—a beautiful King County Park that has become a premiere mountain biking destination thanks to the advocacy and trail work done by Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Y.E.T.I. was so excited to bring the kids in our program to learn how to ride