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The Call of the Future 2021 Gratitude Report

Storyhouse, by April Huizenga

Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge this land, its history, and the people—past, present, and future—for whom this land is an ancestral home. The Whidbey Institute is located on the territory of the Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Suquamish, and Snohomish tribes—the island Tscha-kole-chy, named Whidbey Island by colonial settlers.

Contents Land Acknowledgement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Resilience & Hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Acknowledging the Board & Staff . . . . . . . . 5 Remembering Jim & Jo Shelver. . . . . . . . . . 6 Remembering Greg Garbarino. . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Return of Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 “Cart” Blanche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

A Welcoming Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 A Plan for Loving the Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Thanking Our Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Working from the Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A Rooted Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2021 by the Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2021 Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2021 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Fall Gatherings on the Land and Online. . . 20 Thank You 2021 Donors! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Surprising, Generous Gifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Thank You, Match Pool Donors!. . . . . . . . . 25 Get Involved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Whidbey Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax ID 31-1518700 PO Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236 • 6449 Old Pietila Rd. • 360.341.1884 www.whidbeyinstitute.org • info@whidbeyinstitute.org

Resilience & Hope A Message from the Leadership Team Thanks to your support, we sustained our staff and were ready to reopen in May of 2021 after a profoundly disrupted 14 months. Your gifts made so much possible: restful and renewing experiences, forest exploration, transformative programming, and the medicine of nature, beauty and connection. These are the healing and learning experiences that many are hungry for now in a world fraught with challenges. You gave generously in 2021, making a total of 944 donations from 415 donors and families. Your gifts went further with the addition of vital financial support from foundations and state and local governments. Donors, your generosity helped us bridge a 26-week long pandemic pause at the start of 2021, during which our team worked reduced hours to care for the land and buildings. We were able to prepare for the return of programming thanks to your support. Among the donor-funded projects of 2021, we reached a milestone with the completion of Cabin Village Commons construction, as well as launching construction of a new donor-funded maintenance shed below the upper parking lot. Watch for that evolving story, and your opportunity to help name the new shed, in the months ahead! As an example of some of those served in the nearly two dozen programs we hosted in 2021, we welcomed nurses, BIPOC community organizers, children’s book authors and illustrators, sexual abuse survivors, and others in profound need of rest and connection. Our first experiences of hosting after the long disruption were tearful, joyful, and deeply meaningful. We received the loving support of 69 volunteers in 2021, with many of you adopting trails to help keep our four-mile forest trail system safe, clear, and open to the public. This was an essential service in a year when many families had limited access to indoor activities, our staff hours were constrained, and the solace of nature was needed more than ever. We are grateful for the program leaders who bring their communities and programs to the Whidbey Institute. You have navigated wave after wave of pandemic impact with adaptive grace and have found a way forward, together. Thank you for the work to balance meaningful programming with public health and safety, reduce barriers to entry, and navigate the new logistical challenges of hosting during COVID-19. We also thank our dedicated board members for their pivotal support as key members of our leadership team. Throughout these years of pandemic disruption, they have been unwavering in their capacities and care. Their dedication is matched by the skill, integrity and commitment of our staff, including newcomers Lety Hopper, Yadi Narvaez-Martinez, and Nick Jackman. We have accomplished big work together, in community with you, as part of the fabric of a 50-year journey. We are enthusiastic for what is happening and what is planned for the years to come. Donors, volunteers, program leaders, program participants, neighbors, and team members— thank you for all that you make possible! With appreciation, from the Whidbey Institute Staff and Board Team 4

Acknowledging Our Board & Staff Team Board member Casey Dilloway exemplified skilled and responsive partnership in his Treasurer and Legal roles as we navigated the financial maze of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, a disaster relief loan, and other supports to allow us to operate at a reduced but sustainable level through interruptions, furloughs, and a return to work. Board member Dani Turk engaged with our equity work, helping evolve us toward a staff training, support, and development plan for 2022. Board member Tucker Stevens coordinated construction of the Commons, and board members Cole Hoover, Kate Snider, and Hilary Wilson re-engaged after completing their original board terms to ensure continuity of leadership through a disrupted time. Altogether, our board volunteered 385 hours of service to this organization and mission in 2021! Our staff team rocked their work, despite the many adaptations required by the ongoing pandemic. We are grateful to Thomas Arthur in Place and Hosting; Sommer Bowlin, Rose Shirley, Yadi Narvaez-Martinez, and Nick Jackman in Housekeeping; Cathy Buller in Database, Business Operations, and Donor Care; Madisun Clark-Stern in Office Management and Technology; Holly Harlan in Fundraising and Land Engagement; Lety Hopper in Contracts Administration; Timothy Hull and Erik Isaacson in Land Care; Marnie Jackson in Communications and General Administration; Heather Johnson in Program Development and Finance; Beno Kennedy in Facilities and Land Care; Jules LeDrew in Westgarden Stewardship; and Marta Mulholland in Volunteers and People Operations. Chef Christyn Johnson and the Pure Indulgence team continue to nurture and delight program participants with amazing meals. Thank you, team, for your dedicated service! 5

Remembering Jim & Jo Shelver We send prayers for peace and comfort to all those who knew and loved Jim Shelver, who passed away in August 2020, and Jo Shelver, who passed away in July 2021. Both Jim and Jo were foundational members of our organization and community for over four decades, getting involved in the early Chinook days and staying engaged throughout our evolution. Whether helping build our physical structures, helping hold our organizational vision, or nourishing our bodies and hearts with everything from hot soup to enduring friendship, Jim and Jo were essential to the life of this organization. We hold their memories with ongoing gratitude. A 2004 article in the South Whidbey Record summarized Jim’s life of service well. “In Jim Shelver’s mind, commitments are the fiber that binds members in a family, and individuals into a community. He is a man who makes commitments and keeps them,” the article states. Jo’s obituary, published in the Whidbey News-Times, shared insight into her joyful state in her last days. “On her last night at home, she was prepared a dinner for a queen, she toasted Jim, the air was festive. Joined by [granddaughter] Monika and several very close friends, she was celebrated. That evening she spoke these final words to her daughter Karen; ‘I am safe, I am happy, and I am loved.’ Her very last words were of a life filled with love and of a life well lived.” As part of their legacy of service to this organization, Jim and Jo left a generous bequest to the Whidbey Institute. To honor their spirit of welcome and hospitality, we plan to invest the funds in roads and pathways improvements so that everyone who comes here, regardless of their age, ability, or physical capacities, will have an easier time accessing our spaces. We hold the Shelver family in our hearts. The imprints left by Jim and Jo on our community and its members will never fade, and we are so grateful for the love, friendship, and service that are their enduring legacy.

Remembering Greg Garbarino Whidbey lost a beloved community member, Greg Garbarino, in May 2021. Excerpts from an obituary by Linda Morris are included below—for the full text, as well as photos and memories from friends and family, visit Greg’s memorial webpage. In one of the first outdoor, on-campus gatherings during the pandemic recovery, Greg’s celebration of life was held, with much music and love, in the courtyard of Thomas Berry Hall. Greg was a beloved member of the Whidbey Institute and Whidbey Island communities. Here he pursued his creative interests, especially singing and playing his guitar. Greg gave many concerts and participated in hundreds of musical events. While he sometimes sang covers, he often performed extemporaneously, making up songs which perfectly fit the occasion or the person being celebrated. Greg was the “go to guy” for sound systems, volunteering his expertise for WICA, Open Circle Singers, and many other studios, venues, groups, and programs including Whidbey Institute events. Greg was intense, idealistic, creative, passionate, feisty, loving, athletic, hard working, independent, and thrifty to a fault. He had a great sense of humor and a passion for personal growth and for delving into his emotional world. He belonged to two men’s groups which oﬀerred him much support and solace. He was also a singer and facilitator for personal growth workshops and conferences. He was a beautiful presence in our lives, and his death has left a bigger hole in the South Whidbey Community than he could have ever imagined when he was alive. We wish for peace and comfort for all who loved him. Donations made to the Whidbey Institute in Greg’s honor have been invested in A/V equipment for the new Cabin Village Commons, in recognition of Greg’s lifetime contributions to sound system operations for this and other beloved South Whidbey nonprofits. Below, left, a 1988 photo by Jerry Wennstrom depicting Greg Garbarino (tall, in back row) as well as Jo Shelver (kneeling in yellow, front) with Whidbey Institute founders and friends. Right, a photo by Autumn Preble.

The Return of Programming We welcomed nurses, BIPOC community organizers, sexual abuse survivors, and others in profound need of rest and connection after a 26-week pandemic pause at the start of 2021. Returning programs brought people from many backgrounds and sectors, from individual and collective transformation cohorts to children’s book authors, editors, and illustrators. Our first experiences of hosting after the long pandemic disruption were tearful, joyful, and deeply meaningful. We were honored to provide space for reflection, collaboration, and reconnection after such a long time apart. We especially appreciated the flexibility and optimism of the program leaders who scheduled work with us in 2021, helping us explore methods for safely hosting with reduced lodging capacity, new dining protocols, and adoption of rapid COVID testing for every guest.

“I have realized my highest value in life is abundance of the natural world, and this is why I feel like the wealthiest person on earth here. The nourishment from the kitchen staff was incredible! Some of the best food I’ve tasted. And the Sanctuary building remains my favorite building on earth. Thank you to all staff for providing and maintaining such a fabulous container for inner work and moments of deep peace.” —Erin Waterman, reflecting on a retreat experience

“Cart” Blanche Upon learning that our new golf cart was out of commission due to an electrical malfunction, the Kindling Words West community generously left us with a substantial cash donation in 2021 to fund golf cart repairs. With the cart back up and running, the team (including Thomas, pictured) is back to cruising around on four wheels, helping arriving guests, moving luggage, and hauling loads of sheets and towels. Even after extensive repairs, we have funds for future cart maintenance needs. This gift from Kindling Words will continue to give! 8

2021 Programming on the Land

Thanks!

Connection Works Cry Camp Cybin Corp., University of Washington Dare to Connect Empower Women of Color Project Energy Detox & Immersion Gala Transformed: Gratitude & Hope Heartwork Retreat Invitas Kindling Words West Leadership Embodiment Leadership Whidbey Men Healing’s Weekend of Recovery Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy Pacific Integral’s Generating Transformative Change Partners for Youth Empowerment Global Restoration & Renewal Retreats Sacred Circle Tai Chi Foundation Teacher Training TenderWild Thriving Communities Wellness Weekend for Mothers Whidbey Island Waldorf School Team Retreat

We are grateful to each of the program leaders and participants who came to the land in 2021. Though the pandemic impact meant that in-person programming days were reduced by 64% comparted to pre-pandemic years, we found that rapid COVID testing supported a feeling of safety and that participants were overjoyed to gather together again! We heard from many about the significance of gathering in community, in nature, to rest and recharge.

From left, JJ McMinds, Larisa Benson, and Dani Turk. Photo by Thomas Arthur

A Welcoming Space Cabin Village Commons Completed Since breaking ground on January 14, 2021, the new Commons building rapidly took shape! In early April 2021, we got a glimpse of its silhouette as the first wall was lifted into place. By Autumn, we were installing living roof components with a team of volunteers, and this spring (2022) we were finalizing landscape and patio installation. Sarah Manchester and Howard Aposhyan, long time members of our program leader community, were the first to host a gathering in the new space in spring 2022. We are so excited to see people connecting, learning, and playing in this beautiful, multi-purpose gathering space. Featuring a gathering place, kitchen, and bathrooms for program participants and volunteers, the Commons substantially increases our capacity for transformational hosting. We are so grateful to each of you who helped us reach this milestone with dedicated gifts totalling $1,250,000 since 2019. This includes significant funding of $287,000 from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust and nearly $1 Million donated by individual donors like you! We also thank volunteer Project Manager Tucker Stevens, who stepped up to this role during his board service; designer Matthew Swett and landscape designer Sarah Birger at Taproot Architects; builder Dan Neumeyer and the crew at Jade Craftsman Builders; site work contractors J & D Wallace; and staff member Thomas Arthur for managing arising needs onsite.

Our special gratitude goes out to Nancy Nordhoff for her matching gift of $200,000, and to Andy Anderson who gave $135,000 to ensure we could move forward with Commons construction in 2021. We also owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Sharon Daloz Parks and Larry Parks Daloz, two Whidbey Institute Senior Fellows for whom the Commons has been a long-tended dream. Their outreach and fundraising efforts in 2019, including relationship-building with the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, helped secure a total of $549,000 for the Commons. We thank you, donors, for your multi-year pledges and one-time gifts—many given in honor of Sharon and Larry.

“I’ve lived on the island for 20 years, but this is the first time I stayed at the Whidbey Institute. It was a lovely experience, from the beautiful surroundings to the serene accommodations and the amazing new meeting space. The food was amazing. I thoroughly appreciated every aspect of my short stay and can’t think of a single way to improve it. Also, the event hosted by Sarah and Howard was seminal. They make a wonderful team and I would consider attending more retreats hosted by them.” —Marni Zimmerman

A Plan for Loving the Land The Whidbey Institute was able to engage both a forestry consultant—Malloree Weinheimer— and an indigenous land planner—Bridget Ray—in 2020. In January 2021, they completed a draft Forest Stewardship Plan for the Whidbey Institute’s 106 acres of protected forest and wetland in the Maxwelton Creek watershed on South Whidbey Island. We submitted this draft to the Whidbey Camano Land Trust for review, then sought additional feedback on the draft plan in order to bring it toward adoption as a living document. We shared the plan with community members both online and in person, during a well-attended walk in the forest. We appreciated both opportunities to hear important questions and shared ideas. This plan, developed as part of our conservation easement, commits us to bringing 10, 50 and 250-year perspectives into our plans for stewardship and forest health and has the goal of integrating the best of conservation forest management strategies with indigenous wisdom. It provides a model for similar projects elsewhere in our region and guarantees exemplary environmental stewardship. It also moves us towards actionable partnerships in placekeeping and clearer pathways for the return of traditional tribal activities, including for cultural, medicinal, and ceremonial purposes. The plan is currently being revised with generous input from indigenous community members to help bring it into integrity of relationship with people and place. We are grateful to Larisa Benson, JJ McMinds, Bridget Ray, Kate Snider, Malloree Weinheimer, and many others who have helped bring this plan for loving the land into being. \

Thanking Our Volunteers Our volunteers hold a unique place in our Whidbey Institute community. Each time they weed in the gardens, seal and stamp an envelope, join an event team or work party, care for a trail, or tend to the Labyrinth, they gift us with their time, energy, patience, and presence. We are so grateful for our volunteers! Sixty-nine volunteers helped care for this place and mission in 2021, including the intrepid Bob Keeney (pictured below, photo by Thomas Arthur).

“My personal belief has been that everybody who’s any good at anything ought to float a certain amount of that talent on the water. Since the thing I’m best at is being a sort of a forest handyman, that’s what I’ve got to donate.” —Bob Keeney, volunteer Read on for more about two group projects completed by volunteers during Cabin Village Commons construction in 2021!

Working from the Heart by Marta Mulholland I am often humbled by the generosity of energy and spirit that people bring to volunteer work. This was evidenced when we undertook a process called Shou Sugi Ban (or Yakisugi), “an ancient Japanese exterior siding technique that preserves wood by charring it with fire. The process involves charring the wood, cooling it, cleaning it, and finishing it with a natural oil.” Volunteers learned this charring technique to create weather-proof, beautiful siding for the lower portion of the new Commons building. After a few work parties, progress was being made. Volunteer Joel Shrut and I learned the process from Ray Shelly from Jade Craftman Builders, and staff member Cathy Buller helped burn, clean, and oil many boards. A number of other volunteers had also helped, but with Commons construction moving forward we were up against a deadline. I knew the process was slow, so I was grateful when volunteer JJ McMinds called to offer more help. “I can come up this weekend,” she said, “and bring my friend Brett to help you with the Shou Sugi Ban.” I hoped that the three of us would be able to get a few boards done. Well, they didn’t mess around! JJ and Brett burned wood nonstop, while I went in and out on project-related errands throughout the day. They came back the next morning, and invested a full second day in dirty, satisfying work. Several Restoration & Renewal Retreat participants jumped in to help as well, and what I thought was going to take multiple work parties with multiple people ended up completely finished in just one weekend! I’m grateful to JJ and Brett, as well as Joel, Ray, Cathy, and everyone else who helped! Together we completed the Shou Sugi Ban process on 85 boards, and they have become a stunning addition to our new Commons building. To read more and see photos from the project, visit www.whidbeyinstitute.org/shou-sugi-ban.

Pictured, left: the back of one of the finished boards with well wishes in Latvian and Lushootseed. Right: Joel Shrut and Marta Mulholland covered in soot.

A Rooted Roof By Marnie Jackson As I approached the Commons building on a recent morning, one thing stood out . . . the vibrancy of the living porch roof, still thick and green even under a coating of fresh snow. The sedum mix has been growing in place on the roof since it was installed during an Autumn 2021 workshop, and seems to be thriving despite this cold snap. Fulfilling its promise to add beauty, mitigate runoff, and support pollinator habitat, the living roof is a great addition to our new gathering space. Living roof installation took place during a daylong October 2021 workshop with a volunteer crew from Floyd|Snider, coordinated by Layni Wachter from Floyd|Snider and Marta Mulholland from Whidbey Institute and led by architect Matthew Swett and landscape designer Sarah Birger of Taproot Architects. We received additional support from board member and super-volunteer Tucker Stevens, Commons construction project manager. We also owe our gratitude to the contractors and suppliers who helped ensure timely delivery and preparation of living roof materials. Well over a dozen people lent a hand, which made the work go swiftly and joyfully. With a hardy plant blend selected by Sarah and purchased in pre-assembled trays from Greenfeathers, the roof went on quickly. The bulk of the work was done in just one day, and the result is a dynamic carpet of greenery that changes with the seasons and demonstrates that buildings and ecology can be symbiotic. “Part of the value of the Commons is in education,” Matthew said. “Throughout the project, we’ve tried to make decisions that are worth applying elsewhere.” To read more and see photos from the project, visit www.whidbeyinstitute.org/a-rooted-roof.

2021 by the Numbers The 2nd Pandemic Year Percentage increase in volunteer hours compared to 2020

Total number of individual donors

440

Dollars given by individual donors

Number of Volunteers new donors

69 82

$953,300 Number of new donors Donor dollars given in 2021 to complete the Commons

$300,700

of $1.25 M* total

*to build, furnish, and landscape the Commons, not including $287,000 from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.

18% Number of programs hosted

Days of programming in 2019

242

(pre-pandemic)

Dollars donated to provide no-cost Restoration & Renewal Retreats

Volunteer hours

910

Monthly donors

Days of programming in 2020

(COVID initial impact)

Percentage of trail network adopted by volunteers

60%

Percentage increase in monthly donation amounts, compared to 2020

139%

Days of programming in 2021

$6,953 Number of Restoration & Renewal Retreat Donors

Projected days of programming in 2022

238

(COVID recovery)

109

(COVID recovery)

2021 Income

Thanks! Donors, you have made all the difference yet again as the Whidbey Institute navigated a second year of pandemic impact with our strength, wholeness, and dedication intact. Your support has been essential to helping us host transformative programs, grow collaborative partnerships, build and steward facilities, and sustain a staff team to care for this land and these programs and relationships.

Program and Contract Revenue Donation & Grant Income* Interest & Dividend Income

$197,850 $1,162,650 $475

Donors, over 400 of you gave over 900 donations in 2021! Thank you for supporting us with a sense of community as well as with your financial generosity!

We want to offer our special thanks to 20 key supporters, friends, and advisors who met with *Includes $287,000 grant from M.J. Murdock us every few months to Charitable Trust for Commons project listen to updates, share *Includes Paycheck Protection Program Funds in the questions, and offer ideas amount of $132,000 on how to navigate these times. We also want to *Does not include pledges received, which was thank our dedicated income reported in previous years volunteers, as well as the Floyd | Snider team and other volunteer groups, who helped give of their time to care for this place! Thank you. Total Income (rounded)

$1,360,975

2021 Expenses

Program & Event Expenses $96,600 Employee Compensation Fundraising Expense

$322,100 $6,450

General & Administrative

$92,700

Facilities Expense

$66,350

Depreciation Expense*

$90,000

Total Expenses (rounded) $674,200 Net Income (rounded)**

$686,775

* To be updated with annual Form 990

**invested in capital projects, including Cabin Village Commons construction

Fall Gatherings on the Land and Online A sunny autumn afternoon on the land, and the joy of gathering outdoors with beloved old and new friends as Covid-safely as possible: what a genuine dose of goodness for nearly 75 people who met on the land for our free Gratitude & Hope community event last September. In lieu of an annual fundraising Gala dinner, friends of all ages explored outdoors for a few hours to experience warm community connections, updates on Whidbey Institute programming and projects, and a glimpse of the new Caretaker Cabin and Commons. Above all we reveled in the opportunity to simply be together on the land again. Our brief program shared updates on the hard work underway to ensure that the Whidbey Institute emerges from the pandemic era whole and inspired to serve the dramatically apparent needs of this time. Our afternoon was capped off by a spectacular take-home dessert: flavorful frosted cupcakes lovingly made by Chef Christyn Johnson. In October 2021, our Storytelling & Sensemaking program brought over 60 people together on Zoom from near and far. We shared favorite memories from the first 50 years of Chinook and the Whidbey Institute, and heard from program leaders who represent the inspired, relevant, and change-making programs returning to the land in 2022 and beyond. These two events kicked off our Fall 2021 fundraising season, an extended effort that was a rousing success. From September to December 2021 our generous donors contributed over $176,000 to the Whidbey Institute—providing much-needed support for Commons completion, staffing for land care and program operations, and Community-Supported Restoration & Renewal Retreats so that those most in need of the land’s nourishment and healing can experience a retreat. Thank you donors; thank you supporters everywhere!

Pictured, Marnie Jackson speaks during our September 2021 Gratitude & Hope event on the land. For a video of Marnie’s remarks, visit www.vimeo.com//619166698. Photo by Liam Adadow.

Thank You 2021 Donors! Donors, your investment in this land, work, and mission is so needed and appreciated. Thank you for your sustaining generosity and spirit of care.

Monthly Donors Laurie AbiEzzi, Lara Allan, Anonymous, Andrew Ashmore, Larisa Benson, Terri Butler, Bethany Bylsma, Andrea & John Chatburn, Timothy Clark, Jan Eisenhardt & Roger Willsie, Laurie Evans, Catherine Falknor, Adja Maimouna Fame, Meghan Heather Ford, Joan Forest, Tina Greene, Christie Hammond, Francis, Carol Sue & Elizabeth Janes, Warren & Elizabeth Lynn, Christina Malecka, Geoff McNeely, Clyde & Marcia Monma, Marta Mulholland, Bjorn & Elise Peterson, Karen Ramey & Don Farber, Jane Charles Savarise & Marco Savarise, Anne Stadler, Diana Thomas, Emmett Thompson, Kent & Monica Wales, Claudia & Tom Walker, Hilary Wilson & Sawyer Gillespie, Susan Wong

Commons Donors Andy Anderson, Anonymous, Virginia & Ken Bloom, Boeing, Terry & Penelope Bourk, Cathy Buller, John Veith, Hannah Veith & Paul Simon, Aaron Chaiclin, Kristen Corning-Bedford & Slade Bedford, Jeff Dahlseid, Dave Davis & Barbara Hardman, Casey Dilloway & Shane McNamee, Janet Dowd, Virginia Felton, Craig Fleck & Stephanie Ryan, Floyd|Snider SPC, Gwynne Gambit, Andrew Himes, Dean Hively, Marcy & Rick Jackson, Chris Johnson & Kim Devine-Johnson, Dana & Doug Kelly, Kristin & Earl Lasher, Donald Luby & Christine Adkins, Lynnaea Lumbard & Rick Paine, Christie Lynk, Jean MacGregor & Rob Cole, Janet McDonald & Ian Fraser, Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Jerry Millhon, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Timothy Onders, Laura Wilbur & Sophie Onders, Pacific Integral, Johnny Palka, Wendy Palmer, Linda Sue Park, Victoria Santos, Leslie Scott, Dr. Lynn Shewmaker, Kate & Doug Snider, Janet Staub & James DeLong, Mira Steinbrecher, Tucker Stevens & Sara Kelly, Peter Sugarman & Kirstie Lewis, Jerry Wennstrom & Marilyn Strong

Monthly Donors A special thank you to the 33 donors who give between $10 and $525 each month. Your gifts arrive by check and automatic online payments. When we see your gift notification pop into our email box month after month, we feel your presence and dedication to this home for transformational learning. Thank you!

New Donors

Photo: Thomas Arthur

Welcome to 82 new donors who joined our supporting community in 2021! Often, a visit to the land inspires a first gift. Thank you, visitors and program participants, for offering your support to care for this place, our staff and work, and the future of programming at the Whidbey Institute.

Thank You . . . Operations & Program Support

Finley, Kristen Holway, Kimi & Michael Hoover, Susan Howlett

Shelly & Doug Ackerman, Judith Adams, Keola Akana, Amel

& David Bauman, Mollie Hughes, James & Linda Hunt,

Alsalman, Allan & Deloris Ament, Jeanne Amundsen & Kurt

Katherine Hyett

Herzog, Craig Anderson, Terra Anderson & Thomas Buxton, Anonymous, Andrea & Joe Asebedo

B Sara Baldwin, Jack Bautsch, Albie Beannacht, Larisa Benson, Lynn & Malcolm Best, Walt Blackford & Shirley Jantz, Kimberly, Harvey & Irene Bowen, Wendie Bramwell & Dan Cherkin, Laura Brown, Janette Bucy, Beth & Madeleine

I Rick Ingrasci & Peggy Taylor

J Nicholas Jackman, Mary Jakubiak O.P., Trudy James, Francis, Carol Sue & Elizabeth Janes, Killoran, Marli & Jason Jenkins, Anne Jenness, Maggie Johns, Doug & Jane Johnson

Bunnell, Julie Burg, Terri Butler

C Rick Cantral, Joseph Carroll, Andrea & John Chatburn, Kaci

Mary Ella Keblusek, Dana & Doug Kelly, Gary Ketcheson, Patricia O’Connell Killen, Vanessa & Mark Kohlhaas

Cheyne, Michael Clyburn, Doe Stahr & Birdie Sam, Jacqueline Cohen, Kristen Corning-Bedford & Slade Bedford

Kristin & Earl Lasher, Stacy Lawson, John Lee, Karen Litfin, Ernesto López, Nicole Luce & Janet Hall, Sharon & Fred Lundahl

Suzannah Dalzell, Dave Davis & Barbara Hardman, Deborah & Jonathan Davis, Dennis Deleon, Linda Dethman, Gabriele Dickmann, Casey Dilloway & Shane McNamee, Melissa & Hanna Dowd

E Pamela Engler, Laurie Evans, Patricia Evans, Tom Ewell & Cathy Whitmire

F Rev. Suzanne Fageol, Wendy & Carl Fjelsted, Craig Fleck & Stephanie Ryan, Natalie Flynn, Mark & Kathleen Forman, Nick Fowler, Jay & Bonnie Freundlich

G Kathleen Gibson, Lianna & Robert Gilman, Julie Glover & Robert Kenny, Ross Godwin, Jerry Golech, Sally Goodwin, David Gray, Tina Greene, Gretchen Griffin, Nina Griswold, Michael Grove, Allison Gubata & Thomas Sante, Elizabeth & Stephen Guss

H Christie Hammond, Stella HeartSong, Bruce & Nancy Herbert, Lindsay Hill, Mary & Chris Holder, Mary Holscher & Paul

Betsy MacGregor & Charles Terry, Sallie Rose Madrone, Christina Malecka, Dan McKee, Ron Milam, Jackie Miller, Clyde & Marcia Monma, Marie & Peter Morton, Mully Mullally

N Dan Neumeyer & Elise Miller, Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow

O Mr. & Mrs. Edward Onders, Timothy Onders, Laura Wilbur & Sophie Onders

P Johnny Palka, Shriram Parashuram, Sharon Parks & Larry Daloz, Dave Paul, Anne & Don Pettit, Gary Piazzon & Dianna Deseck-Piazzon, Sarah Prentice

R Erica Rayner-Horn, Mary Reddy, Valerie Reuther, Virginia Rhoads & John McConnell, Henry Richards, Linda & Gregg Ridder, Linda & Tony Robinson

Site Evolution Donors Terry & Penelope Bourk, Floyd|Snider SPC, Paul Lippert & Julie Beckman, Jerry Millhon, Nancy Nordhoff

S Barbara Schaetti, Pam Schell, Nat & Jenna Scholz, Steve Scoles & Gulla Gisladottir, Jim Scullin, Ron & Eva-Maria Sher, Dianne Shiner, Joel Shrut, Stephen Silha, Krish Srinivasan & Divya Krishnan, Janet Staub & James DeLong, Diane Staves, Mira Steinbrecher, Vivian Stembridge & Lance Porter, Claire Stern, Jack & Peggy Strother, Jim Struve & Jeff Bell, Peter Sugarman & Kirstie Lewis, Katsuko Sugiyama, Megan Sukys, Robin Supplee & Mike Derzon

Peer Group Fundraisers rallied friends to donate for a specific purpose Phyllis Shulman (Organization Systems Renewal 1995), Sally Wilkins & Alison James (Kindling Words West)

In Honor Of Sheila Belanger, Alina Benson, Larisa Benson, Madisun ClarkStern, Marie Dithrich, Holly Harlan, Anne Hayden, Fritz &

Kathleen Taylor & Ken Miller, Christine & Kenneth Taylor-

Vivienne Hull, Invitas, Jack & Cody, Heather Johnson, Katherine

Butler, Emmett Thompson, Susan & Christopher Thorsen, Aly

Kameshka, Dan Mahle, Sr. Bridget Clare McKeever, MenHealing,

Tibbetts, Candace Tkachuck & Donald Guthrie, Stacy Tollie,

Mom, Teresa Morgan, Sophie Onders, Sharon Parks & Larry

David & Cynthia Trowbridge, Mary Evelyn Tucker & John

Daloz, Kate Hively Snider, Stacy Tollie, The Beauty of Nature, The

Grim, Dani Turk, Amy Tuthill

Onders/Wilbur Family, The Whidbey Institute Staff & Board of

V Aimie Vallat & Bill Phillips, Todd Vogel & Karen Hust

W Marianne Wallace, Cindy Weeks & Don Johnston, Lisa Weinberg, Jerry Wennstrom & Marilyn Strong, Lynn Wenzel & Robert Finke, Eli Wheat & Sarah Gillett, Louise Wilkinson, Suzanne Williams, Marc Wilson & Anza Muenchow, David Emerald Womeldorff & Donna Zajonc, Tenneson Woolf

Y Kikue Yamamoto, Susan Yates

Z Anne & Don Zontine

R&R Retreat Donors Cate Andrews & Richard Stroller, Anonymous, Cynthia Babcock, Corrine Bayley, Janette Bucy, Victoria Castle & Tim Morley, April Claxton, John Crane, Elizabeth Fenwick, Elizabeth & Stephen Guss, Sheryl Harmer & Steve Boyd, Russell Horning, Mollie Hughes, Karen Kohlberg, Dianne & Mike Langtry, Timothy Onders, Laura Wilbur & Sophie Onders, Bjorn & Elise Peterson, Jan Pickard & Anne Harvey, Mary Purdy & Keith Hitchcock

Directors, Whidbey Island Waldorf School

In Memory Of Angeles Arrien, Emma Bezy, Bernie Camin, Dawna Fowler, Greg Garbarino, Lizz Golech, Fran Graham, Judith Harlan, Anne Hextrum, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Shoshana Levenberg, James Mulholland, Gaylan Paige, Yvonne Palka, Eloys Parks, Mary Martha Piazzon, Bob Pitney, Jim & Jo Shelver, Judith Yeakel

Thriving Communities Initiative Thriving Communities Initiative (TCI) individual donors Jim & Kristan Anderson, Thomas Bangasser, Lori Barian & Lance Landquist, Sandy Bishop & Rhea Miller, Ross Chapin & Deborah Koff-Chapin, Ann Cutcher, Barbara Dunn & David Wilder, Kate & Bill Dussault, Sally Fox & Steve Brown, Lisa Holden, Peggy & Neil Holman, Jonas Hunter, Rick Ingrasci & Peggy Taylor, Dana & Doug Kelly, Kristin & Earl Lasher, Betsy MacGregor & Charles Terry, Jerry Millhon, Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow, Nancy Nordhoff, Linda Sue Park, Pam Schell, Ron & Eva-Maria Sher, Anne Stadler, Aimie Vallat & Bill Phillips, Shannon & Joe Wallis, David Emerald Womeldorff & Donna Zajonc

Thank You . . . Thriving Communities Initiative TCI business & organization donors Houlahan Foundation, The Open Circle Company TCI scholarship donors Thomas Bangasser, Andrea Caupain, Kate & Bill Dussault, Maggie Johns, Anne Miller, Jerry Millhon, Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow, Pam Schell, David Emerald Womeldorff & Donna Zajonc TCI in honor of Heather Johnson, Jerry Millhon, Gus Newport TCI in memory of Kay Millhon

Employer Matching Gift Donors

Business & Organization Donors 501 Commons / Washington Gives, AmazonSmile Foundation, Avanade, Inc., Benevity Fund Matching Gifts, Center for Spiritual Living Bellingham, D.A. Davidson, Edward Jones, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Floyd|Snider SPC, Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, Goodenough Community, ImpactAssets, Island Ductless Heat Pumps, Jan Hively Community Fund, Kindling Words, Knee Deep Company LLC, LPL Financial, Morgan Stanley, National Philanthropic Trust, Network for Good, Organization Systems Renewal (OSR) 1995, Pacific Integral, Raymond James Charitable, Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Schwab Charitable Fund, Seattle Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund / YourCause, Whidbey Audubon Society, Wilkinson Family Investments, World Affairs Council

Avanade, Inc., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Matching

Foundation & Grant Support

Gifts Program, Boeing, Brighton Jones, LLC, Intel Foundation, Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, OMRON

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, O.D. Fisher Charitable

Foundation Inc., Salesforce Foundation

Foundation

Surprising, Generous Gifts It’s such an uplift to know that our community of over 400 donors stands with the staff and board as we continue to care for this place, these programs, and the community of leaders and learners that calls the Whidbey Institute home. When a surprising, generous gift comes in it helps us lean into our bright future. We received such a gift in early 2021 when Nancy Nordhoff surprised us with a donation to build a long-needed maintanence shed for facilities steward Beno Kennedy, along with replacing roofs on the old shop and Farmhouse picnic shelter. Also in 2021, Paul Lippert and Julie Beckman gave a generous donation that allowed us to pay the balance on our 30 acre Legacy Forest purchase and invest in our Forest Stewardship plan. After a conversation in the Art Barn last spring, Penelope and Terry Bourk donated to support development of facilities near Storyhouse once our Youth Campus plans are finalized. Gifts like these, which often come after donors and community members visit the land and feel what their investment might make possilble here, take our breath away. Thank you! 24

Volunteers ^ indicates board member Lanette Abdelnoor, Liam Adadow, Kitty Adams, Lara

In-Kind Donors Bliss Diggins, Ferry View Farm, Dana Kelly, Matthew Swett & Sarah Birger

Allan, Brett Beaulieu, Chris Bell, Valerie Bemoval, Hannah

All Donors

Bennett, Larisa Benson, Brett Black, Cathy Buller, Catherine & Beloved Burke, Bruce Butler, Terri Butler, Amy Byrd, Joseph Carroll, Sharon Carroll, Jing Chen,

* indicates new donor

Gabe Cisneros, Michael Clyburn, Toyan Copeland, Bliss Diggins, Casey Dilloway^, Colin Dusenbury, Ross Godwin, Mara Gray, Amy Gulick, Erin Hansen, Jack Hansen, Holly Harlan, Stephanie Hegstad, Thaddeus Herrick, Cole Hoover^, Dylann Jones, Robin Jones, Adia Jumper, Robert Keeney, Evan Malczyk, Rick Manson, Shannon Markley, JJ McMinds, Shane McNamee, Lisa Meoli, Laurie Monahan, Lynn Nelsen, Nancy Neudecker, Ravi Neumeyer, Pamela Osterhout, Lucy Ploof, Connor Porter, Lois Pugh-Hansen, Arcani Robinson, Kristina Robinson, Makala Rossi, Brit Schneider, Tyler Scott, Paige Simons, Kate Snider^, Mira Steinbrecher, Tucker Stevens^, Amanda Sweet, Dani Turk^, Amy Tuthill, Sophie Unders, EV VanderWeil, Tiffany Volosin, Layni Wachter, Lisa Weinberg, Hilary Wilson^

Taproot Architects

Laurie AbiEzzi, Shelly & Doug Ackerman, Judith Adams, Kitty Adams, Monica Aebly, Keola Akana, Bart & Joan Alexander, Lara Allan, Amel Alsalman*, Allan & Deloris Ament, Jeanne Amundsen & Kurt Herzog, Andy Anderson, Craig Anderson, Karen & Dave Anderson, Terra Anderson & Thomas Buxton, Robert H. Anderson, Cate Andrews & Richard Stroller, Judy Andrews & Doug Thorpe, Anonymous, Andrea & Joe Asebedo, Andrew Ashmore, Gabriel Ayerza*

B Cynthia Babcock*, Samuel Backus*, Sara Baldwin, Kim Barber-Stokely, Lori Barian & Lance Landquist, Jack

Thank You, Match Pool Donors! Thanks to Linda Sue Park, Nancy Nordhoff, Peter and Melissa Evans, and an anonymous donor, we had $95,000 in matching funds for GiveBIG and the 2021 Autumn Campaign. Thank you, donors, for inspiring so many to give generously for this place we all love.

All Donors Bautsch, David Baverman, Corrine Bayley, Albie Beannacht,

C orning-Bedford & Slade Bedford, Felise & Tim Coutu*,

Kristin Beck & Andy Liotta*, Sheila Belanger & Anne

J ohn Crane

Hayden, Geoff Bellman & Sheila Kelly, Larisa Benson, Richard Bergeon & Caroline Fu, Carmen Bernier-Grand*, Lynn & Malcolm Best, Jim & Charlotte Beyer*, Sharon Bingham, Walt Blackford & Shirley Jantz, Virginia & Ken Bloom, Meiko Blosser, Jody Bourgeois, Terry & Penelope Bourk, Kimberly, Harvey & Irene Bowen, Wendie Bramwell & Dan Cherkin, Betsy Bridwell, Carol Brinster, Karen Brooks, Laura Brown*, Janette Bucy, Cathy Buller, John Veith, Hannah Veith & Paul Simon, Bunnell Family, Julie Burg, Michael Butler & Robin Ferry, Terri Butler, Bethany Bylsma

C Gingi Cabot*, Evan Callahan & Margaret Delp, Rick Cantral, Joseph Carroll , Tara Cash*, Victoria Castle & Tim Morley, Aaron Chaiclin*, Andrea & John Chatburn, Mary Kay Chess & Karyn Lazarus, Kaci Cheyne, Timothy Clark, April Claxton*, Chris Cluett, Michael Clyburn, Doe Stahr & Birdie Sam , Jacqueline Cohen *, Rick Collins, Sally Collins, Ellen Cooper, Kristen

D Jeff Dahlseid, Connie Daloz Gray, Suzannah Dalzell, Dave Davis & Barbara Hardman*, Deborah & Jonathan Davis, Peggy Davis*, Patricia & Dick de la Chapelle, Dennis Deleon, Ted DesMaisons, Linda Dethman, Maria Di Miceli*, Gabriele Dickmann, Casey Dilloway & Shane McNamee, Anonymous Donor, Janet Dowd, Melissa & Hanna Dowd, Catherine Duffy*, Barbara Dunn & David Wilder, Kate & Bill Dussault

E Jan Eisenhardt & Roger Willsie, Judy Ellis & Carl Ulmschneider, Pamela Engler, Laurie Evans*, Patricia Evans, Peter & Melissa Evans, Tom Ewell & Cathy Whitmire

F Rev. Suzanne Fageol, Catherine Falknor*, Adja Maimouna Fame, Judy Feldman, Virginia Felton, Elizabeth Fenwick*, Cecilia Finnigan & Patrick Daugherty, Geoff Fitch & Abigail Lynam, Wendy & Carl Fjelsted, Craig Fleck & Stephanie

Photo by Marnie Jackson

An in-person staff meeting . . . finally! From left, Yadi Narvaez-Martinez, Nick Jackman, Jules LeDrew, Rose Shirley,

Ryan, Nancy Bo Flood*, Natalie Flynn, Meghan Heather

Holscher & Paul Finley, Kristen Holway, Kimi & Michael

Ford, Joan Forest, Mark & Kathleen Forman, Michael &

Hoover, Russell Horning*, Susan Howlett & David

Linda Fortune, Nick Fowler, Jay & Bonnie Freundlich, Kevin

Bauman, Holly Hughes & John Pierce, Mollie Hughes*,

& Terri Fristad, Joe Fuller

April Hulvershorn & David Goodell, Anne & Timothy Hunt,

James & Linda Hunt, Katherine Hyett

Diana Gale & Jerry Hillis, Gwynne Gambit, Richard Gammon & Carol Stoel, Finn Gatewood, Kathleen Gibson, Lianna & Robert Gilman, Julie Glover & Robert Kenny, Ross Godwin, Sarah Goettsch & Jim Fischer, Jerry Golech*, Alice Goodman, Sally Goodwin, Amy Gordon*, Gabriel Grant, David Gray, Ginny Green & Kendall Hubbard, Tina Greene, Cheryl Greengrove, Elizabeth Griffin*, Gretchen Griffin, Nina Griswold, Michael Grove*, Allison Gubata & Thomas Sante, Elizabeth & Stephen Guss

H Christie Hammond, Hal & Leslie Harber, Holly Harlan, Sheryl Harmer & Steve Boyd, Betsy Hasegawa*, Beth Healy, Stella HeartSong, Nancy Hepp*, Bruce & Nancy Herbert, Lindsay Hill*, Andrew Himes*, Dean Hively, Jan Hively, Kurt Hoelting, Mary & Chris Holder, Mary

Rick Ingrasci & Peggy Taylor

J Nicholas Jackman*, Bert Jackson, Marcy & Rick Jackson, Reagan Jackson, Sego Jackson & Raven Jirikovic, Mary Jakubiak O.P., Alison & Joplin James*, Trudy James, Francis, Carol Sue & Elizabeth Janes, Killoran, Marli & Jason Jenkins, Anne Jenness, Maggie Johns, Chris Johnson & Kim DevineJohnson, Christyn & George Johnson, Doug & Jane Johnson, Jenny Johnson-Riley*, Maureen Jones, Christina Joslin*

K Mary Ella Keblusek, Pam Kelley Elend, Dana & Doug Kelly, Lorraine Kelly, Gary Ketcheson, Keith & Susan KloveeSmith, Gray & Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Karen Kohlberg, Vanessa & Mark Kohlhaas, Lea Kouba, Pamela Krueger

Sommer Bowlin, Thomas Arthur, Beno Kennedy, Marta Mulholland, Holly Harlan, Heather Johnson, Cathy Buller.

All Donors

Samantha Ladwig*, Marcia & Gary Lagerloef, Jen Lahiff,

Margaret Radford*, Karen Ramey & Don Farber*,

Beverly Laird*, Dianne & Mike Langtry, Kristin & Earl Lasher,

Charlene Ray, Erica Rayner-Horn, Mary Reddy, Valerie

Lawson Sarkowsky Family*, Elizabeth Leavitt, John Lee, Tom

Reuther, Virginia Rhoads & John McConnell, Henry

Leschine & Kit O’Neill, Thomasin Levin & Stefan Petrie*,

Richards, Linda & Gregg Ridder, Linda & Tony Robinson,

Barry & Janet Lia, Susan Linde, Diana Lindsay, Paul Lippert &

Kirsten Rohde*, Jelcy & Conrad Romberg, Judith Roska &

Julie Beckman, Karen Litfin, Ernesto López*, Donald Luby &

Lisa Jones*, Marcia Rutan & Carl Woestwin, Amy Ryan*

Christine Adkins, Nicole Luce & Janet Hall, Lynnaea Lumbard & Rick Paine, Sharon & Fred Lundahl, Kolin & Lizanne Lymworth, Christie Lynk, Warren & Elizabeth Lynn

Michele Sakaguchi & Leigh Bloom, Victoria Santos, Jane Charles Savarise & Marco Savarise, Barbara Schaetti, Pam Schell, Brit Schneider, Nat & Jenna Scholz, Eric

Jean MacGregor & Rob Cole, Betsy MacGregor & Charles

Schreiber*, Steve Scoles & Gulla Gisladottir, Leslie

Terry, Dana MacInnis & Antonio Escalante, Sallie Rose

Scott, Jim Scullin, Estate

Madrone, Erin Mahan, Dan Mahle & Lindsey Randol, Karl

Eva-Maria Sher, Dr. Lynn Shewmaker, Dianne Shiner,

& Maggie Mahle, Christina Malecka, Sarah Manchester

Sandy Shipley, Judith & Brent Shirley, Marybeth &

& Howard Aposhyan, Bill Mate & Mary Honstead, Janet

Gabriel Shirley, Elizabeth Shreeve, Joel Shrut, Phyllis

McDonald & Ian Fraser, Debra McElroy, Dan McKee,

Shulman & Seth Ellner, Stephen Silha, Holly Simpson*,

Sue McNab, Geoff McNeely, Tim McNichol & Anne Egan,

Kate & Doug Snider, Krish Srinivasan & Divya Krishnan,

Franny & Casey Mead, Ron Milam*, Jackie Miller, Jerry

Anne Stadler, Janet Staub & James DeLong, Diane Staves,

Millhon, Michael Moch, Clyde & Marcia Monma, Steve

Tristan A.B. Steel & Dr. Jeffrey LaGasse, Ari Steinberg

Moore, Dan Morman*, Marie & Peter Morton, Marta

& Suzanne DeWitt, Mira Steinbrecher, Kris Steinnes,

Mulholland, Mully Mullally, Jenanne Murphy

Vivian Stembridge & Lance Porter, Claire Stern, Tucker

Jim & Jo Shelver, Ron &

Stevens & Sara Kelly, Baz Stevens & Sandra Towne,

N Kay M. Nairn, Nancy Neudecker & Roger Jones, Dan Neumeyer & Elise Miller, Nancy Lynn Newman, Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow, Nancy Nordhoff

O Patricia O’Connell Killen, Heather Ogilvy, Paul Olafson, Timothy Onders, Laura Wilbur & Sophie Onders, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Onders

P Johnny Palka, Wendy Palmer, Shriram Parashuram*, Linda Sue Park, Sharon Parks & Larry Daloz, Jafer Patterson, Dave Paul*, Bjorn & Elise Peterson, Anne & Don Pettit, Gary Piazzon & Dianna Deseck-Piazzon, Jan Pickard & Anne Harvey, Autumn Preble, Sarah Prentice*, Mary Purdy & Keith Hitchcock

Bob Stilger, Laura Strong & Jonathan Evelegh, Jeanne Strong, Jack & Peggy Strother, Jim Struve & Jeff Bell, Peter Sugarman & Kirstie Lewis, Katsuko Sugiyama, Megan Sukys*, Sarah Sullivan, Robin Supplee & Mike Derzon, Don Swartz

T Edgar Tanner*, Kathleen Taylor & Ken Miller, Christine & Kenneth Taylor-Butler, Christine Tezak*, Diana Thomas*, Emmett Thompson, Brittany Thornton*, Susan & Christopher Thorsen, Aly Tibbetts, Laurel Tien, Candace Tkachuck & Donald Guthrie, Stacy Tollie, David & Cynthia Trowbridge, Mary Evelyn Tucker & John Grim, Dani Turk, Amy Tuthill

V Aimie Vallat & Bill Phillips, Rubye & Gary Vallat, JL Viniko, Mark & Wendy Visconty, Todd Vogel & Karen Hust, Colette Vogele*

W Nancy Waddell, Kent & Monica Wales, Claudia & Tom Walker, Howard Wallace, Marianne Wallace, Grace Wang, Nathan Weed*, Cindy Weeks & Don Johnston, Lisa Weinberg*, Jerry Wennstrom & Marilyn Strong, Lynn Wenzel & Robert Finke, Eli Wheat & Sarah Gillett, Nancy White, Sally Wilkins, Louise Wilkinson, Suzanne Williams, Hilary Wilson & Sawyer Gillespie, Marc Wilson & Anza Muenchow, Susan Witter, David Emerald Womeldorff & Donna Zajonc, Susan Wong*, Tenneson Woolf

Y Kikue Yamamoto, Susan Yates

Z Vito & Dorit Zingarelli, Anne & Don Zontine

At right: Beno Kennedy cleaning a Meadow Row roof. Below: from left, Holly Harlan, Linda Sue Park, Nancy Nordhoff, and Kate Snider.

Get Involved Participate in a Program Check out our events calendar for programs supporting transformational learning in the areas of personal growth, leadership development, social justice, ecology, mindfulness, creativity, and more!

Rest & Restore Our team warmly invites you to experience or gift the healing beauty of the land with a Restoration & Renewal Retreat. Retreats focus on unstructured time to walk, read, create, or rest, and include delicious, nourishing meals from Chef Christyn Johnson.

Bring Your Work Here If you’re a program leader, team member, or community educator looking for a home for your mission-aligned work in support of transformation, we’d like to hear from you! Groups of all sizes and backgrounds can experience the Whidbey Institute as a nurturing home for their work.

Connect with Nature Over four miles of trails are open to the public from dawn until dusk, 365 days a year. Consider joining for a program on our trails or in our labyrinth and gardens!

Volunteer Westgarden work parties, trail days, and volunteer days are just a few of the opportunities that await! We gladly welcome individuals and groups.

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