Thrive Outside

To say we're excited for Summer is an understatement! If Summer is your favorite season, raise your hand! ✋

Did you know today is International Picnic day? What's your favorite meal for a picnic? Drop a comment below so we can give each other ideas!

Get ready for a thrilling twist on an old favorite! Introducing our 'brains and brawn' course, where teams tackle physical challenges, brainteasers, and puzzles to avoid... the GIANT MUD PIT! While we won't hold you back from diving in, it's all about using your wits and muscles to conquer the ultimate adventure. Are you up for the challenge? Register at https://runsignup.com/Race/RI/Warren/TheGreatMudEscape.

Fathers Day is Sunday! We don't think Dads are so hard to shop for. Our Thrive Outside team has selected some local gift ideas that we know our own Dads would appreciate. Check out these great options and consider supporting these amazing local businesses who happen to be big believers in outdoor education!

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Society of Rhode Island

Are you able to take part of your workday outdoors today? Today is a global initiative called Outdoor Office Day, and Thrive Outside is partnering with Jen Lial Photography to bring you our local initiative: Work Thrives Outside Day! Planning your day over coffee in the sunshine, a power walk with a colleague, a phone call made outside, outdoor lunch break, it all counts. We would LOVE for you to participate and snap a photo to give us an idea of what it was like for you. Please share your photos with us by tagging us, sharing via direct message, or emailing [email protected] ! Thank you Jen Lial for your support and for all that you do for our community.

Plants are the perfect gift for the teachers who nurtured incredible growth in our children. Might we suggest Domina's Agway for a wide range of beautiful plants and other gifts for the special teacher in your life? Head on over and they will help you pick out the perfect item. Domina's Agway

We don't think Dads are so hard to shop for. Our Thrive Outside team has selected some local gift ideas that we know our own Dads would appreciate. Check out these great options and consider supporting these amazing local businesses who happen to be big believers in outdoor education!

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Society of Rhode Island

Check out this article featuring our very own Sheila Dobbyn speaking to the impact nature has had on her own life and how this passion has lead her to Thrive Outside! Thank you Sheila for all you do!

Voices of the Bay: Warren’s Sheila Dobbyn Wants Kids to Thrive Outside - Hey Rhody Media Co. A non-profit development director and parent on creating safe outdoor learning zones

Check out our June Newsletter: Remember to Breathe 🌺- https://mailchi.mp/thriveoutside/september-9179378-wotyu2xf46-10328245

💚Thank you all for coming out last Sunday! We had so much fun in the fresh air at with friends and family to support the new Outdoor Learning Zone for . We have a long list of people to thank for making the event such a success! We are so greatful to have such a generous community!
Thank you to:
-Mt. Hope Farm for donating the space
-Jon Tyler for donating his performance time
-Alexa and Nicole for donating their performance time
-Susan Winterbottom-Shadday, the director of the KMS 6th grade band and her small ensemble of 6th grade band students who played
-Two Gals Cocktails for donating their net proceeds
-Kona Ice for donating 20% of sales
-Melanie Michaud and her Scentsy business for donating a door prize
-Little Kids, Inc. for donating bubbles and bubble machines
-East Bay Printing for donating the banner

We are here and ready for you, and tickets are TOTALLY available on site. Grab your family and friends, things are about to get going!

Today is the day! What better way to spend a Sunday than outdoors, with family, raising funds for a good cause? We hope you'll join us this afternoon to enjoy food, drink and entertainment! We are so excited to have such a BEAUTIFUL day and we can't wait to see everyone. Tickets are still available if you haven't had a chance to register yet. Head to: https://thriveoutside-bloom.kindful.com/e/fresh-air-family-fun-day-fundraiser
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Signs of spring (and summer!). Wherever these Gals show up is the place to be. We are so excited to have Two Gals Cocktails and their delicious adult beverages be a part of our event tomorrow. Get your tickets here https://thriveoutside-bloom.kindful.com/e/fresh-air-family-fun-day-fundraiser

☀Summer will be here before we know it. We have some fabulous ideas for how we can share the wonder of the outdoors with those we care for in Little Rhody, while are younger friends will be wearing just what they need.

Moses Brown Summer Camps Save The Bay - Narragansett Bay Piccolo - a unique boutique for children

We now have a CAR full of bubbles, bubble toys and bubble machines for Sunday's Fresh Air Family Fun Day and Fundraiser! thanks to Little Kids Inc. Live music, great food, adult beverages, kid activities, and a GREAT cause. Get your tickets here https://thriveoutside-bloom.kindful.com/e/fresh-air-family-fun-day-fundraiser

Disconnecting from screens in order to reconnect with nature and each other: this is principal Dennis Morrell's vision for the Outdoor Learning Zone. It's a vision that encompasses academic success through hands-on learning and student well being and togetherness that time in nature can uniquely provide. Do you have the generosity and resources to bring this vision to life? Join our Funders Collaborative by contacting Sheila at [email protected]

We are excited to announce new entertainment for our upcoming event! Thank you to the lovely Nicole Contente and Alexa Canario for joining us on our Fresh Air Family Fun Day this Sunday, June 2nd! 🎼🥳
If you haven't registered yet, please visit our event page and click tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/25397187989927781/

All are welcome!

THIS SUNDAY! Thanks to Little Kids Inc. we can now add Bubble Party to our ever growing list of kid friendly activities for the Fresh Air Family Fun Day and Fundraiser! Get your tickets now. Bristol Warren Regional School District Kickemuit Middle School Sunflower Designs, LLC Hugh Cole PTO Guiteras Elementary PTO Hugh Cole Elementary School Guiteras Elementary Rockwell PTO C**t Andrews Parent Group C**t Andrews Elementary School Bayside Family YMCA Nature Play with Vicky East Bay Nature Play

https://thriveoutside-bloom.kindful.com/e/fresh-air-family-fun-day-fundraiser?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3H2rEAjjGxFoeLud5ZzM2mAZQb2kNMwSgphjMQ0Jpr5aRMe0sXQp36b-U_aem_AcGhHUwpyS1l1J_f-CqGj9e6WDPTuFwj-cL6eo677z7CCGXqy4aHe8oobcZe6bn7kLz_ulIF46DifrBeQ5GhKBRB

Outdoor Teaching Day is underway! We are so excited to see your students thriving in nature today! Don't forget to tag us! A special thank you goes out to the Bethany Nursery Group for getting us started as they took advantage of the beautiful weather yesterday. ☀️ Have fun!
Thank you Dear Avant Gardener for sponsoring this initiative!

Thrive's 2023/2024 Teacher Learning Circle, aka TLC, teachers gathered for their final session this past Saturday at the beautiful Ocean Hour Farm ( ) in Newport. In addition to learning about all the work Ocean Hour is undertaking, teachers also learned about mindfulness techniques for both their students and themselves with holistic healer Awilda of Amorosa Wellness finishing the session with a healing sound bath and brunch! A little TLC for our TLC teachers! Congrats to all! 🥳

Interested in learning more about next year's TLC? We will have a sign-up link in our June newsletter!

We also want to extend a huge thank you to and for their generous support of this valuable program!

Join us! We have a wonderful Family Nature Walk planned for Sunday, June 2 at 12:30pm at the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium. Through our Empowering Youth Hike Leaders program, a collaboration with @‌riaudubon, we’ve trained teens and young adults to lead community walks for Bristol children and families. The Youth Hike Leaders will join in leading this Nature Walk, engaging the kids with hands-on learning activities.

Participate in the hike, then don't forget to hop over to Mt. Hope Farm to join us for the Fresh Air Family Fun Day to benefit the new Kickemuit Middle School Outdoor Learning Zone!

Link in bio to register:

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This hike and the Youth Hike Leaders program are made possible by the RWU Fund for Civic Activities.

Teachers, save the date! Outdoor Teaching Day is Thursday, May 23rd, and now is a good time to think about what activity you can do outside with your students. Please note that if this specific day isn't good for you, you can 100% choose another day that week to bring your students outside. Make sure to tag us with your pictures! Thank you Dear Avant Gardener for sponsoring this Thrive Outside initiative!

Dear Avant Gardener

Our morning workshop was great! Join us at 1pm for the afternoon birding activity at the Stephen Olney Park in North Providence, and see if you can beat this morning's record of spotting 15 species of birds. You'll get a free English Spanish birding journal too! Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

We are thrilled to introduce Lifespan as the official sponsor of our Spring Junior Gardener workshops! Our program aligns beautifully with Lifespan's shared values: Compassion: We are cultivating compassion for all of Earth's creatures among these future Earth stewards we are working with. Accountability: Gardening is a wonderful introduction to the idea of what happens when we don't follow through on our intentions. It takes a lot of focus and patience to begin a garden and see it through to the fruit bearing stages. Respect: As with any relationship in our lives, our relationship with nature must be based on respect in order for it to be a healthy, balanced relationship. Excellence: When students learn that they can grow their own food they learn that they can depend on themselves. Thrive Outside also firmly believes that hands-on learning of this nature encourages academic excellence, particularly in STEAM. Thank you Lifespan for your support!

Our Trusty Thrive Outside crew sojourned to Riverside Park in Providence for a family walk and clean up with support from a grant from Litter Free RI. We met some energetic kids and some future Thrive Families, handed out some bilingual birding journals and left the park better than we found it. Thanks to all who volunteered their time to beautify a beloved park.

This event was made possible by a RI DEM Litter Free RI grant. Thank you @‌ridem

Want to get involved? Our next event is an opportunity for some family birding! Join us this Saturday, May 18th at either Riverside Park in Providence at 10am or Stephen Olney Park in North Providence at 1pm!

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