Healing Through Hope

09/18/2026

🌿 Come Join Us for a Special Open House! 🐴📚

Healing Through Hope is honored to be part of this special 5-Year Anniversary Celebration & Open House at Unbridled Spirit 7.

Come enjoy the animals, snacks and refreshments, connect with friends and community, and celebrate the people who make this work possible. 🐴🦙🐐🐇

✨ Special Guest: Nooksack Storyteller Angela Letoi ✨

Angela will be celebrating the release of her new children’s book, Blue Jay. She’ll also have books available for purchase and will be there to sign copies for readers and families.

It’s a wonderful opportunity to hear a story, meet Angela, bring home a special signed copy of Blue Jay, and spend an afternoon together in community.

🥁 Native Drummer Two Feathers will also join us with powerful songs and drumming.

📅 Saturday, September 19
⏰ 12:00–3:00 PM
📍Unbridled Spirit 7 - 721 Van Wyck Road, Bellingham, WA 98226

We hope you’ll come celebrate with us! ❤️

09/18/2026

09/18/2026

Tune in to The Chuckanut Radio Hour and listen to Angela Letoi share about her newly released book, Blue Jay.

09/03/2026

We hope to see you there!

09/02/2026

Come celebrate Free First Friday with us and fellow water protectors at the Whatcom Museum this Friday, September 4. We will be sharing stories from 12-1pm.

The day is filled with fun and inspiration from Jason LaClair, Setting Sun Circle, Water Wars (How to Avoid), and viewing of locally made films. This is a Friday worthy of coming out for! Hope to see you there.

09/02/2026

Join us this Friday, September 4th for the First Free Friday at the Whatcom Museum! Our very own Tammy and Angela will be storytelling at The Lightcatcher building from 12-1.

Join us the first Friday of each month for free admission, extended hours, and special programming & activities for all ages!

08/27/2026

📘 **BLUE JAY HAS ARRIVED!** 🪶

We are so excited to announce the launch of Blue Jay, a beautiful new book authored by Angela Letoi, illustrated by Dionisio, Nish Romero, and published by local publishing company Chuckanut Editions.

This special book is now available, and we are honored to share it with our community.

📚 How to get your copy:

Support our friends at Village Books by purchasing your copy there, or purchase a signed copy directly through Healing Through Hope.

✨ Book reading events and opportunities to gather with Angela will be announced soon!

Stay tuned for dates and locations.

We are grateful to everyone who helped bring Blue Jay to life and can't wait to share this story with you.

💙🪶 Please help us celebrate by sharing this post and spreading the word!



Blue Jay by Angela Letoi, Dionisio Romero | Village Books and Paper Dreams - Fairhaven

Blue Jay wants to learn how to fish salmon from Kingfisher, but his impatience gets in the way! Learn the Coast Salish tale of how blue jays got their crests in this amusing tale about patience, contentment, and humility.

07/11/2026

Happening right now. Come and join us and get a jar of fish!

Take part in Healing Through Hope's Popup Fish Processing Workshop, a hands-on learning experience, tomorrow, July 11th, at 6489 Rutsatz Road, Deming, WA 98244. From 10am to 4pm, you'll have the opportunity to learn and practice cleaning, filleting, vacuum sealing, and pressure canning, regardless of your skill level.

07/11/2026

Take part in Healing Through Hope's Popup Fish Processing Workshop, a hands-on learning experience, tomorrow, July 11th, at 6489 Rutsatz Road, Deming, WA 98244. From 10am to 4pm, you'll have the opportunity to learn and practice cleaning, filleting, vacuum sealing, and pressure canning, regardless of your skill level.