Yesterday, we had a River Safety & Rescue class at Wasena Park. The girls learned about how to prepare for a paddle trip, read the river, swim defensively upstream to safety, and how to assist their friends who need help.

The river was still high yesterday, so we found another way to have fun in the water. We visited Roaring Run, one of our favorite spots for a short hike and a summer swim.

The river was up today after heavy rains, so no paddling…but we could still float! (Literally.)

It’s PADDLE season, and we’re kicking it off with our West End Center Paddlesports Camp. We have some new faces this year, and we were excited to introduce the girls to stand-up paddleboarding on Carvin’s Cove today.

Science rocks, y’all. Yesterday we visited Green Hill Park for some SUPing on the Roanoke River + macroinvertebrate exploration.

The Wild Way is honored to be the Roanoke Co+op's CHANGE! recipient in the month of June. The CHANGE! program gives shoppers the opportunity to ‘round up’ their change to donate to nonprofit organizations doing great work in our community.

Yesterday, the rain held off long enough for us to get in a solid day of OUTDOOR CLIMBING at Hanging Rock. These girls held nothing back, and we had some serious climbing from veteran and beginner climbers.

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.