
VASHON WILDERNESS PROGRAM will host its 8th annual Coyote Tales Storytelling Festival on Sunday, February 8 at the Open Space for Arts and Community on Vashon Island. Starting at 2pm, storytellers Merna Hecht, Steve Jones, Janet McAlpin, and Gloria Two-Feathers will delight all with an imaginative evening of storytelling; complimentary dessert to be served during intermission. The proceeds will support the VASHON WILDERNESS PROGRAM mission to provide nature immersion experiences for Puget Sound youth.
Major sponsors for the Coyote Tales Storytelling Festival include Vashon Wilderness Program (VWP), Artisan Electric, Forest Halls, and the Genevieve Payne Family. VWP provides nature immersion experiences for Puget Sound youth, ages 4-17. More than 650 youth have been transformed through Coyote Mentoring, VWP’s approach to deep nature connection mentoring touted by award-winning author Richard Louv as "good medicine for nature deficit disorder."
Tickets can be purchased from brownpapertickets.com and also at the Vashon Bookshop.