Hawthorne 4th grade classes featured in Seattle Times

Seattle program brings underserved students outdoors: ‘Snowshoeing! That’s fun!’

Seattle’s Every Kid in a Park Collaborative addresses some of the barriers that keep low-income youth from accessing public lands.

Park ranger Kevin Mahe gives a demonstration on panning for gold to fourth-graders from Hawthorne Elementary last month. They’re at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Seattle’s Pioneer Square... (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)