East County Parks: A Need & Opportunity for Renewal Join us to view this new film 10:30 am to Noon Saturday June 2nd at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Rockwood! Parques del este del condado: una necesidad y oportunidad para la renovación. ¡Únete a nosotros para ver esta nueva película de 10:30 am a mediodía…
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September 2014
Its happening Saturday, Sept. 27th. The Fourth Annual Nadaka Community Festival & Cleanup. Nadaka is a beautiful 10 acre forest where we will be removing invasives and litter in the morning from 9:00am to Noon. You can pre-register with SOLVE for this event here. If you would like to volunteer to help with the Festival…
October 2016
On Friday, October 14, 2016 the Portland Monthly magazine awarded the Friends of Nadaka a Light A Fire Award in the category of Game-Changing Project. This award recognized an innovative collaboration that generates a transformative impact for one or more nonprofits. There were over 100 nominations submitted of which seven were given to organizations and five to…
Lee, Author at Friends of Nadaka
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Nadaka Community Festival a marvelous success! This year we over 350 participants, 3 performances, and 34 partnering organizations & businesses, 22 of which hosted a community booth! A shout out to our wonderful performers/artists, Albertsons on 181st & NE Glisan for donating refreshments, Starbucks for donating coffee…
July 2016
July Bird Walk Join the Audubon Society and Friends of Nadaka for a family-friendly, guided bird walk, open to both beginners and advanced bird watchers. This is a great opportunity to brush up on birding and identification basics. Bring binoculars if you have them; otherwise, we will have some for you to borrow. For more…
April 2015
The Friends of Nadaka Nature Park would like to thank Metro, Starbucks, Albertsons, Park Place Cafe, and the Center for Family Success for their donations which made the Grand Opening of Nadaka Nature Park & Garden Project a spectacular success; we greatly appreciate their generosity. We would also like to thank the Columbia Slough Watershed…
SOLVE Cleanup a Success
A big thank you to all those who helped with the SOLVE Earth Day Cleanup at Nadaka. Invasives were removed from the forest and work was done in the community garden as well. Check out The Outlook article here.
May 2013
This Spring 2013, Audubon Society of Portland, Columbia Slough Watershed Council, Friends of Nadaka and the City of Gresham are collaborating with Rosemary Anderson High School (RAHS) to develop and implement a service learning project at Nadaka. With funding from the City of Gesham and East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, the Nadaka Urban…
February 2014
Joey Wojtas of Scout Troop 606 chose Nadaka to do his Eagle Scout Service Project in the Fall of 2013. This was not the first time Troop 606 has done a project at Nadaka and their Scouts continue to volunteer at Nadaka. Joey organized the project which included clearing a very messy area in the…
January 2017
Siembra la Cena- Curso de jardinería gratis! !Creciendo verduras en un presupuesto. Aprenda maneras de bajo costo para construir un suelo saludable, planificar su zona de jardín, elegir los cultivos, cuidar de su jardín, y cosechar su recompensa! Inscribirse Aquí: https://nadakasiembralacena.eventbrite.com Cuando: Los JUEVES a las 5:30 hasta 7:30 PM; 16 de Febrero hasta 16 de Marzo Dónde: St….