06/03/2026
🧸🧸🧸☄️ We had the beary best of times at our teddy bear picnic this weekend! We read and shared stories, we met a bear celebrity, we made new friends, and we had a grand parade! We are so thankful to everyone who came out to share space with us.
A special shout out to our community partners that made the day extra special - local authors, Dave Ellingson and Autumn McClellan, storyteller, Natosha Gobin from Tulalip Lushootseed, Lakewood/Smokey Point Library, Briar and their students from Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts, Amy and her ASL students from Lakewood HS, Jemma from cascading.colors.face.art, Mr. Smokey Bear, the Lions Club, Sherwood Community Services and all of our volunteers and reader helpers! You are awesome, pawsome, clawsome!
Image descriptions: 2 young readers in front of our decorated shed, a young reader and his big brother enjoying the festivities, LINC NW resource coordinator smiling with Smokey, Jemma painting a cool creation onto a young reader's face, Jordan slaying at flannel storytelling, Natasha telling a Lushootseed story while a signer interprets in ASL, Dave Ellingson and his reader helpers sharing one of his stories.