Check out what we were up to in April and what we have to look forward to in the month of May

It’s a climbing week for The Wild Way! Today, Wild Wayfarer Caroline Welfare led an “Intro to Indoor Climbing” event.

The Wild Way partners with Girls on the Run, another confidence-building program for girls that culminates in a 5K Race every fall and spring. We were at the race today to show our support and cheer on a few of our Wild Way participants.

This year's GIVE Roanoke was a success! Thanks to donor support, we raised $2,569 dollars to help get more girls outside and feeling confident.

This past weekend, we relaxed our minds and bodies with some yoga, mindfulness, and art at Uttara Yoga Studio.

The Wild Way is about to be SCOUTED! We won the opportunity to be featured in The Scout Guide’s “Scouting for Adventure” edition.

The Wild Way spent last weekend re-upping our NOLS Wilderness First Aid (WFA) certification.

Did you know that one of the easiest ways to test the water quality of our streams and rivers is to capture, identify, and quantify the macroinvertebrates (i.e. aquatic bugs) that live in them?

Thanks to a very generous donation from Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church's Endowment Fund and a fabulously successful 2025 Annual Fundraiser, we have finally been able to purchase our very own 15-passenger van.

We followed up our Nature-Based Creative Writing event with a We followed up our Nature-Based Creative Writing workshop with a Nature-Based ILLUSTRATION event hosted at Art On 1st.

Exciting announcement! We'd like to introduce SoJo Haire and Caroline Welfare, our first "Wild Wayfarers". Our new Wild Wayfarers program is for experienced Wild Way participants ages 15+ who have aged out of our usual programming and would like to build their leadership skills.

Spring is in full swing!

We want to say THANK YOU to the volunteers who made last week’s Spring Break Camp possible.

Each Spring Break, we pick a confidence-related theme and this week was all about LEADERSHIP.

Spring Break 2025 was action-packed!! We had a group of 20 girls who joined us for a full week of outdoor adventure.

This weekend, we honed our self defense skills at Summit Jiu-Jitsu Academy, and it was a WILD ride!

The Wild Way’s 3rd Annual Dinner and Fundraiser was a SUCCESS!

The Virginia Association of Environmental Education’s annual conference was held at the Hotel Roanoke this week, and The Wild Way was there to learn new skills and activities that we can add to our programming.