Thank You!
We thank you for your support and hope to see you again at our new home.
We thank you for your support and hope to see you again at our new home.
Our programming and staff are moving to a new home in SE Portland. Read the full announcement below. The staff at The Learning Gardens Lab hopes to begin offering farm field trips in the spring of 2025. Check in with their website for further information.
The Sauvie Island Center has been invited to integrate our programs with The Learning Gardens Lab, a newly established 501(c)(3) organization. This organization operated under Portland State University’s Leadership for Sustainability Education Master’s degree program for over 20 years. We’ve enjoyed a long and mutually beneficial partnership with Portland State University, and this invitation marks the next step in our ever-deepening and evolving collaboration.
Of course moving off of Sauvie Island is bittersweet. We’re excited to start a new chapter – one with greater stability and more opportunities. At the same time, our roots are on Sauvie Island. A major draw for our program has been the bucolic farms we’ve been lucky enough to share with students since 2005. Our teaching garden will always be the Grow Lunch Garden; however, we will retire the Sauvie Island Center name as we merge with The Learning Gardens Lab.
We are excited about this opportunity for numerous reasons:
With this partnership, we will continue to offer farm field trips featuring our award-winning curriculum, summer camps, and more, all set to begin in early 2025. As a former staff or board member, you know the incredible impact our field trips have on the kids we serve. We hope you will consider making a year-end donation to ensure all students can enjoy the same magical experiences that the Sauvie Island Center has been delivering for over 20 years.
Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. If you have questions about the merger, or would like to get involved, please reach out to me, or to our current board chair Celine Fitzmaurice. We look forward to this new chapter and hope you will continue to support us as we grow and evolve.
Warm regards,
The Sauvie Island Center Team