Friends of North Creek Forest

06/13/2026

05/28/2026

Hi FNCF Supporters! We hope you had a great holiday weekend! We would like to invite you to please join us this Saturday, May 30th, at Pollinator Fest in Woodinville from 10am-3pm! There will be lots of great organizations that will have booths and fun activities to celebrate the pollinators of the Sammamish Valley. All are welcome at this free, family-friendly event. Hope to see you there!

***Education***
~Learn about the relationship between native plants and native pollinators
~Discover alternatives to chemical pesticides
~Learn how to attract pollinators to your garden
~Learn about the importance of soil
~Find ways to be a good pollinator steward and become part of the pollinator pathway

***Entertainment***
~Have your picture taken in a pollinator photo cut-out
~Kid’s table – activities and fun for children
~Face Painting
~Entomologist Bob Gillespie will be back with his impressive insects
~Enjoy an art display featuring the winning entries for the Woodinville Garden Club Pollinator Art Contest

05/08/2026

Thank you so much to our generous community for giving BIG this year!!! We very much appreciate your support! Your donations will be used to continue our stewardship and education programs and to purchase much needed supplies for our future events. To see your gifts in action, please join us at our next Volunteer Stewardship Work Party on May 16th from 10am-1pm! Or come by to say hello at our FNCF Neighborhood Meet-n-Greet on June 6th from 10am-2pm. We look forward to seeing you all at North Creek Forest soon!

05/06/2026

The GiveBIG Power Hour is officially on!!! Any donations made between 7-8pm PST tonight will qualify for the Donor Appreciation Prize where one donor from across the entire GiveBIG platform will be randomly selected to give an additional $100 to the non-profit of their choice! And everyone who contributes $25 or more to our campaign by 11:59pm PST will be entered into a random drawing* for a chance to win a little FNCF-branded gift:).

To make a GiveBIG 2026 contribution, please visit https://www.wagives.org/organization/northcreekforest.

*Donation must be made to our FNCF GiveBIG page by 11:59pm PST on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. We will contact the winner via e-mail on Friday, May 8th, 2026 to coordinate pickup in Bothell or to source the necessary details for mailing.

05/05/2026

Today is the day! It’s time for our community to GiveBIG!!! “It’s Up to Us!” to create the change we want to see in the world, and we hope you’ll consider making a donation this year. Your generous gift will help us further our mission of maintaining and improving the ecological function of North Creek Forest through education, stewardship, and conservation.

And don’t forget that there are prizes!!! Everyone who contributes $25 or more to our campaign will be entered into a random drawing* for a chance to win a little FNCF-branded gift:). AND GiveBIG is offering a Donor Appreciation Prize to one donor from across their entire platform who gives during their Power Hour between 7-8pm tonight! The randomly selected winner will get to give an additional $100 to the non-profit of their choice!

To make a GiveBIG 2026 contribution, please visit https://www.wagives.org/organization/northcreekforest.

*Donation must be made to our FNCF GiveBIG page by 11:59pm PST on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. We will contact the winner via e-mail on Friday, May 8th, 2026 to coordinate pickup in Bothell or to source the necessary details for mailing.

05/04/2026

Good morning, FNCF Community! We hope you had a great weekend and have been enjoying the nice weather in our area! In case you’re not aware, GiveBIG 2026 is tomorrow! It’s one of the largest giving campaigns of the year and raised $9.3 million for 1,300+ non-profit organizations across Washington State last year. This year’s theme is “It’s Up to Us!” It conveys the necessity of community-based, grassroots solutions to addressing our most pressing challenges. We're in a time when traditional revenue streams (government funding, corporate/foundation grants, earned income, etc.) aren't as dependable as they once were. Therefore, it's up to all of us to create the change we want to see in the world. We hope you will consider making a donation to FNCF this year! Everyone who contributes $25 or more will be entered into a random drawing* for a chance to win a little FNCF-branded gift:). Please check out our WA Gives donation page below for more info.

https://www.wagives.org/organization/northcreekforest

*Donation must be made to our FNCF GiveBIG page by 11:59pm PST on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. We will contact the winner via e-mail on Friday, May 8th, 2026 to coordinate pickup in Bothell or to source the necessary details for mailing.

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day, FNCF Fam!!! We had an excellent turnout for our Earth Day Stewardship Work Party this past Saturday! Almost 40 members of the community showed up to transport mulch for trail maintenance and to battle invasive blackberries. If you’re reflecting today on the state of the world and wanting to get more involved, we try to host public volunteer events every month. The next two work parties are scheduled for May 16th and June 13th from 10am to 1pm. Please check out the link below for more info and to subscribe to our calendar so that all of our events can be shown on your personal device.

https://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/volunteer.html

04/17/2026

Hi FNCF Community! Are you still looking for an Earth Day event to participate in this year? If so, you're in luck! We're hosting one this coming Saturday, April 18th, from 10am to 1pm. The weather forecast is looking great for some outdoor fun! Please check out the link below to get more info on this event and to RSVP. Hope to see you there!

https://tockify.com/northcreekforest/detail/325/1776531600000

01/31/2026

We had a great turnout for our MLK Day of Service Volunteer Stewardship Work Party last week!!! Almost thirty volunteers (children and adults) battled the invasive blackberries that were taking over a portion of the forest close to one of the trails. Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and showed up for a day on, not a day off! We were so excited to get started that we forgot to take a “before” photo. Oops! Here is the “after” photo with all of the blackberries cleared out, leaving existing native plants and open space for new ones to grow. Would you like to battle some blackberries? Our next Volunteer Stewardship Work Party is on Saturday, February 7th, at 10am. Please register via the link below. And please remind us to take a “before” photo when you arrive:).

https://tockify.com/northcreekforest/detail/322/1770487200000

12/03/2025

Hi FNCF Community! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving and have fun plans for the upcoming holiday season!!! We know your feed is probably filled with asks, so we will only be posting this once. If you have the means, please donate to Friends of North Creek Forest today using the link below and ask for a company match!!! Some employers even double or triple donations made today! We’ve been relatively quiet on social media this year because we have a very small team of volunteers who have been focused on providing core programming like stewardship work parties, forest hikes, and community events. With your support, we can continue these efforts next year! Thank you for your consideration, and we hope to see you in the forest soon!

https://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/givingtuesday.html