Telling a Tale from Kenya

Crooked Trails participant Christine Frederickson returns to the Maasai village of Merrueshi to reconnect with her friends.

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Volunteer Travel Q&A on Facebook with Shelley Seale

Writer and travel junkie Shelley Seale will be a guest on a Q&A discussion about volunteer travel this Saturday, May 16 from 10 am to 4 pm.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=86033206565
The discussion will be hosted on Facebook by The Voluntary Traveler Book Project. This is an anthology of volunteer travel tales that is coming out this fall; Shelley is [...]

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We Came, We Chatted, We Drank

Crooked Trails staff, board and volunteers had a blast hosting the March GreenDrinks at Ecohaus. A huge thanks to all of you who came out!

Folks from all over the green spectrum came out to connect, learn about our work, share a drink and get to know each other.

Besides holding a bingo game and drawing for [...]

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A Chat with Philip Swanstrom Shaw from Golden Lasso

Over the years, Crooked Trails has received a lot of support and helping hands from “angels” in our midst. Often, it is just the thing we needed at the exact moment it is most beneficial.
When the mavens at local marketing firm Golden Lasso offered up their pro-bono services to help us develop a new set [...]

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A Peek Inside Cascade View

by Crooked Trails intern, Lindsey Goldberg
It has been quite exciting to launch a partnership between Cascade View Elementary School and Crooked Trails. It is powerful to have found a way to fulfill the mission of Crooked Trails, to facilitate cultural exchange rooted in service learning, locally. Already we have developed meaningful relationships with members of [...]

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Join us March 10th – we’re hosting Seattle Green Drinks!

Money’s tight, job uncertain, looking for options or just a good time?
All good reasons to come out to GreenDrinks this month.
Hosted by Crooked Trails!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009            5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Ecohaus flagship store 4121 First Avenue South, in SoDo
Join us and several hundred of our friends in the “green” world for a fun, FREE [...]

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“Namaste Reunited”: Coming Soon to ArtXchange

Our wonderful friends at ArtXchange Gallery will be featuring an exhibition that explores the Namaste Children’s Fund history and projects. They will also be exhibiting new work by Cora Edmonds, benefitting NCF. “Namaste Reunited” opens March 5 and runs through April 31.
“Namaste Reunited” will be opening with a reception during the First Thursday Artwalk on [...]

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A Chat with Dan Moore from EverGreen Escapes

Local green travel gurus Jake Haupert and Dan Moore offer fantastic year-round getaways here in the Pacific Northwest through their company EverGreen Escapes. (Click here to read a recent profile on the Wanderlust & Lipstick site) We were lucky enough to catch up with Dan somewhere between the mountains and the ocean this week and [...]

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Yes We Can – Travel!

by Crooked Trails co-founder, Christine Mackay
For many people including myself, travel is not a luxury, it’s a necessity!  It’s an integral part of one’s life, it’s the way we interact, integrate and enjoy as well as learn about the world around us. It’s a diffuse button that takes away worries and instills a love of [...]

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Video Contest Fosters Cultural Understanding and Chance to Win International Exchange Trip!

Attention videographers! This just came across the Crooked Trails desk:

Enter the ExchangesConnect Online Video Contest for a chance to win a two-week, expenses-paid International Exchange Program trip! Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices, its mission is to create an online community of [...]

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