Honoring Outdoor Environments

Project Leads:  Wendy Ceccherelli and Nikola Davidson

Seattle is blessed with a beautiful lake in our backyard and nearby mountains with gorgeous hiking trails. We also are part of a large urban environment and contend with large city issues, trash and graffiti. SAKE members appreciate the outdoors and work to keep Lake Washington free from plastics and human-originated debris. We recognize that we can do more to protect and maintain our beautiful Pacific Northwest. 

Here are projects in the works for this focus:

April 18 - Celebrate Earth Day by giving back to our beautiful Lake Washington waterfront! This project builds on the work SAKE volunteers did last year to clean up the Leschi marina shoreline and other nearby "String of Pearls" street-end parks. This event begins at 11-11:30am, Saturday, April 18, 2026 with refreshments at our SAKE Proud event. We will then be focusing on just two street end parks - at Judkins and Norman Streets (next to each other)- walking distance from the Leschi marina. We will be doing some weeding at Judkins and spreading mulch at Norman St. Bring garden gloves if you have them. This community-driven event is a collaboration between Seattle SAKE Paddling Club, Leschi Community Council, Seattle Public Utilities, and Seattle Parks and Recreation. We'll kick things off with brief remarks from our partners before diving into the cleanup.  Let’s make a difference together! Sign up, mark your calendar, bring a friend, and help keep our parks and water access pristine.