About Barnacles & Bees
Barnacles & Bees is a nature-based education and non-profit organization founded by five Bremerton families. Our mission is to build an inclusive learning community that fosters a rich connection with nature, inspires confidence and creativity, and leads to the development of curious leaders, connected to each other and the planet that we share. Barnacles & Bees offers free Family Nature Play Classes and is host to Bremerton's first forest preschool program. Our programming is designed to help build stronger families through inspiring, immersive outdoor curriculum for children and caregivers that combat common community issues like childhood obesity, depression, attention deficit disorder, developmental delays and media addiction. Barnacles & Bees actively works to create affordable and accessible nature education for all.
Our Mission
Our mission is to build an inclusive learning community that fosters a rich connection with nature, inspires confidence and creativity, and leads to the development of curious leaders, connected to each other and the planet that we share.
Our Shared Values
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Community & Inclusion
We seek to create a diverse, connected community built on love and trust for each other and the planet. Confidence We seek to inspire confidence in ourselves and others and to build life-long learners and leaders that are resilient, courageous and unafraid of vulnerability. Curiosity We are seekers! We promote exploration and discovery and encourage everyone to ask questions and to look both inward, outward and to each other for answers. Creativity We seek to be inspired! We value the diversity of ideas, the beauty of play and the process of innovation as much as any outcome. Conservation We seek to actively build a more sustainable world, to do no harm and to leave a positive impact wherever we go so that the future of our community may enjoy what we have for generations to come. We seek to build the future stewards of our planet. |
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Our Vision
Our vision is to develop an organization that challenges our community to rethink the ways we support the development of our youngest citizens. We envision an environment where children are free to explore, discover and build relationships that inform the way they see our world and all of its creatures. We hope to preserve the sense of youthful joy and playfulness for our children, our families and the communities that we belong to and to promote a sense of wonder, kindness, courage and strength. Together with nature; inclusive and whole.