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Welcome Winter & Giving Tuesday!

Hi Friends!


Welcome to December! There are so many beautiful salmon and wild plant connections this month that I can't wait to share with you. I will have a second blog with more activities later, but there are a few December invitations that couldn't wait. In this blog we will connect with generosity, eco-friendly gifting, seasons, and Cedar.



First, I need to call attention to Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is a "global generosity movement"created in 2012 as a day to encourage people to do good. This can look like helping a neighbor, volunteering somewhere, or can be as simple as making someone smile! Some people choose to make financial donations on Giving Tuesday.


If your family has a tradition of donating money on Giving Tuesday, I invite you to consider the non-profit, Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP). Did you visit the spawning salmon at Carkeek last month? You probably saw and talked to dedicated CWCAP volunteers who are committed to creek and salmon restoration. I love volunteering for CWCAP and plan to include them in my Giving Tuesday gifting. Today, December 2, 2025, an anonymous donor is matching the first $2000 in donations!



  • Learn more about Giving Tuesday and other ways to be generous here: https://www.givingtuesday.org/

    You might consider making a Giving Tuesday donation in someone else's name to an organization that celebrates their values and interests as a holiday gift. This is an Earth friendly, sustainable gift and it shows someone how well you know them and what they care about. My own family lost a very generous person this month. We will honor him in our gifting this season.


Today is the second day of December. Your calendar says it is still Fall. Does it feel like Fall where you live? If you take a walk outside now, what do you notice? Which plants still have leaves? Is it colder outside? What animals do you notice or not notice anymore? What are the animals doing? How soon does it get dark outside? All of the leaves have dropped from the oak and maple trees in my yard and I can see so many more birds now that brances are bare! Lots of birds are hopping around pecking in the leaf litter in my garden.




  • Connect with Cedar! If you live in the PNW, you likely have a Western Red Cedar nearby. Cedar is a culturally important tree for Coast Salish people and she is the plant teacher of Kindness and Generosity. Look for a Western Red Cedar when you go on your Welcome the Season walk. What do you notice about Cedar branches? Cones? Do you like the smell of cedar? How does her bark feel?



    We will explore Cedar more this month, but start learning about Cedar more here:

    https://www.nativeplantsandfoodsinstitute.com/post/celebrating-the-gifts-of-grandmother-cedar


I hope you enjoy connecting with Gratitude, noticing seasons and Cedar. More soon.


In joy, gratitude and waterproof shoes,

T'gwicid


Teacher Becky




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