Category: Legacy Fund
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GiveBIG to the KC Parks Foundation!
GiveBIG is May 10th and you can support the King County Parks Foundation by donating here! And you don’t even need to wait until the BIG day – schedule your donation today, so you can be outside on May 10th instead – enjoying our 200 parks, 175 miles of trails and 28,000 acres of open…
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Cocktails for a cause: King County Parks Foundation night at 50 North, June 26
Join King County Parks for a very special night at 50 North restaurant near University Village in Seattle. For one night only, on June 26th, part of the proceeds from cocktails like the “Tree-tini” will be donated to the King County Parks Foundation! Launched earlier this year, the King County Parks Foundation supports King County’s…
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King County Parks Foundation, now in 3-D!
Last week, our very own King County Parks Foundation was featured in a full color, eight-page insert as part of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s series on corporate citizenship in the region. Download and read the pdf (3.6 MB) online or contact us for a hard copy!
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Parks’ Store is your personal shopper
C’mon in. Have a look. Tell you what. If you don’t find a pic of the park, trail or open space you are looking for, have a look at our Flickr feed, and find one that does suit you. We’ll make it into a card. Yeah. We’re that accommodating.
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Go run (or walk), doggoneit!
Can’t leave your dog for even an hour? No worries, because now you can sign you AND your dog up for the Big Backyard 5K benefit run for King County Parks. You (and your dog) still have 17 days left to train for the big May 23rd event. Register today!
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Big Backyard 5K: See you on the trail…or not!
We’re just 2 short months until the Big Backyard 5K…how’s your race preparation coming along? Don’t worry – there are plenty of ways to support King County Parks even if you haven’t begun to train: just sign up for the ‘Virtual 5K’ and feel the buzz from doing something good for your Big Backyard without…
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WTA + Cougar Mountain + history = knowledge
The Washington Trails Association is not only a great partner (and trail builder), but has a huge member base with a vast knowledge of local trails and history. In their latest issue of Washington Trails magazine, our friend and theirs, Abbey Wolfe wrote about some of the history of coal mining on the mountain, and…
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Memorial bench on Cougar Mountain
To honor his parents, Don Mukai worked with King County Parks staff to create this lovely bench through the King County Parks Legacy Fund program. This ‘backcountry’ bench, which is adorned with an inscription from Mr. Mukai, was constructed by Cougar Mountain’s field staff using salvaged wood from trees that had fallen down in the…