Willowell Foundation
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Walden finds new ways to reach students, local schools
The Willowell team aims to make the Walden Year program accessible to interested students.
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Gather to see a fabulous floral mural in Middlebury
Flowers are popping up all over… including in the craft room at Gather on Court Street in Middlebury.
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Willowell to train outdoor educators
The foundation is teaming up with Vermont State University to launch the Institute for Place-Based Education.
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Willowell’s Boogie Benefit is March 8 in Bristol
Join the Willowell Foundation for its annual Boogie Benefit at Holley Hall in Bristol on Saturday, March 8. Shake off winter with this fun, family-friendly, community event.
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Willowell is bringing back Walden program
As another school year gets underway, the Willowell Foundation is celebrating the start of several new and familiar outdoor education offerings in store for local youth — including…
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Wren’s Nest Preschool build progresses
The Willowell Foundation is making headway on efforts to relocate the organization’s Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool to a new, permanent home.
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Outdoor middle school takes shape
The Pond Brook Project team is preparing for another school year out in the woods, this time as a full-time, state-approved independent middle school.
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Little kids can use sharp tools
We all know what happens if we give a mouse a cookie or what happens when we give a pigeon a bus. But what happens if we give…
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Bristol preschool looking to buy land
The Willowell Foundation has secured grant funding that will support a $1.4 million plan to relocate the organization’s Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool to a permanent home, while expanding…
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Willowell launching outdoor middle school program
As another school day begins in Addison County, a handful of local seventh- to ninth-graders head into the woods to start their classes.
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$650K in grants will back kids’ programs
Four Addison County programs will net $650,000 in federal grants to give more children access to summer and afterschool programs during the next two summers and the 2022-2023…
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Wren’s Nest Preschool finds a new home
MONKTON — Not long after Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool, a program of the Willowell Foundation, learned it would need to find a new home, Willowell Administrative Director Tasha…
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Willowell launches a 100% outdoor school
MONKTON — This summer, when Addison County Schools announced their plans to reopen with a hybrid of remote and in-person learning, Willowell Foundation Administrative Director Tasha Ball started…
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Willowell to offer outdoor enrichment for days when kids are not at school
MONKTON — With the limited in-person schooling this fall due to fears around coronavirus, The Willowell Foundation is rolling out a new interdisciplinary, outdoor, multi-aged option. The program…