Communications Team 9/30/18 Communications Team 9/30/18

Volunteer Spotlight

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FLSSP Celebrates Five Years of Success

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Help us Win the Vote for Most Loved Playground!

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Kayak Academy Offers a Wide Variety of Courses

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Community Art Project: Conservation Education Through Art

The Recycled Art Project is a salmon constructed entirely from tin cans. More than 100 children in Issaquah helped to create the sculpture under the guidance of artist Gabi Philips.

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Parkadilly was a Huge Hit!

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Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites Return as Parkadilly Sponsor

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The Recycled Art Project: Conservation Education through Art

Parkadilly 2017 attendees are helping to create the final Recycled Art Tree Structure. This year visitors will also be encouraged to help out by attaching the painted scales of the salmon to the sculpture. Additionally, information about local salmon population, conservation projects and their success will be displayed around the art piece to provide some local environmental information.

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VA Mason Returns as Title Parkadilly Sponsor

We are pleased to announce that Virginia Mason will again be the Title Sponsor at Parkadilly Kid’s Concert and fair on July 22.

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Tips for a Successful Picnic

Pack up the kids, grab some friends, and put the dog on the leash, because the summer is a perfect time for a picnic at Lake Sammamish State Park.

Communications Team 5/21/18 Communications Team 5/21/18

Low numbers of Lake Sammamish kokanee raise fears of extinction

Only 19 kokanee salmon returned to spawn this year. A striking ebb in the number of Kokanee salmon in Lake Sammamish, just east of Seattle, has officials worried that extinction is around the corner.

Communications Team 5/1/18 Communications Team 5/1/18

Looking for Volunteer Naturalists!

Do you like being outside? Do you enjoy working with youth? Come join us at Lake Sammamish State Park as one of our Volunteer Naturalist and help us educate the next generation of stewards! For more information, contact Joy Kacoroski at joy.kacoroski@parks.wa.gov or by phone (425) 507-7233.

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FLSSP Welcomes Bright Horizons at Sammamish to Parkadilly

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FLSSP Seeks Part-Time Operations Manager

FLSSP is looking for an Operations Manager.

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Parkadilly Designated as a Seafair Event

We are excited to announce that Parkadilly is now a sanctioned Seafair event! Its association with Seafair will only add to the buzz around Issaquah’s biggest summer family event. Make sure to save the date!

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Early Giving is Open!

Please participate in giveBIG this year and help Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park! Your gift helps us support and advocate for the park, enables us to facilitate habitat restoration and provides educational programming and specaial events.