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Sequim Gazette | Olympic Park Institute hosts returning veterans

Posted Date : Aug 30, 2010

Operation Purple

This week, NatureBridge’s Olympic Park Institute hosted military families participating in the Operation Purple Healing Adventures program.

The National Military Family Association program serves veterans who were wounded or experienced emotional trauma or illness related to their service in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

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NatureBridge's Olympic Park Institute Hosts Returning Veterans and their families participating in Operation Purple Healing Adventures Program

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Posted Date : Aug 27, 2010

Environmental education campus on the shores of Lake Crescent proves to be an ideal spot for National Military Family Association Program

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (Aug. 27, 2010): This week, NatureBridge’s Olympic Park Institute hosted military families participating in the Operation Purple Healing Adventures program. The National Military Family Association program serves veterans who were wounded or experienced emotional trauma or illness related to their service in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). It gives veterans and their families a chance to reconnect as they spend time together relaxing, fishing, boating, and enjoying adventures led by experienced outdoor educators.

Olympic Park Institute Board Member Erik Lindbergh on Seattle Voices!

Posted by Adrian Shulock

Posted Date : Aug 2, 2010

board of directors

Erik Lindbergh, a board member for Olympic Park Institute, is interviewed on Seattle Voices. Learn about the LEAP program he's running to inspire a technological breakthrough in electric powered flight, how intrinsic feedback led him to become a pilot and flight instructor and how he just has to make sawdust! You can watch the Seattle Voices episode by following this link: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3121032

President Obama Seeks Youth Opinion About the Great Outdoors

Posted by Adrian Shulock

Posted Date : Jun 29, 2010

Olympic Park Institute

At the request of President Obama, senior government officials are holding a Youth Listening Session on July 1st 2010 at Franklin High School in Seattle, WA to seek input on what will be the America's Great Outdoors Initiative.

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