Join us July 17, 18 and 19 at Coiner Park in Cottage Grove for the Spirit of BMD Festival! We will have several booths in the kids zone so come on by! Make a corn doll, buy a ticket for the "pocket lady" to pick her pockets for treasures, or check out the fur trappers […]
Pioneer Homesteading Summer Camp July 2025 Monday - Friday; July 21 - 259am to 3pm Each camp will feature crafts, games, stories, outside exploration, walking field trips, cooking, and more! Enjoy visits from special guests who will teach us, trade with us, or share stories. Read about the values children learn in our summer camps. […]
Learn about the famous pioneer girl, Opal Whiteley, as you explore nature! Opal was a nature lover who kept a childhood diary relating her adventures in the woods around Cottage Grove in 1905, including her “explores” with her animal friends. We will make fairy houses, create a journal and write and sketch in nature, play […]
Horseback Riding Day at Animal Rescue Teaching Sign up for this Singing Creek Center event and ride horses and ponies and make some fun horse themed art with us. The staff at ART will be leading a talk about horse care, teaching you how to brush the horses and giving a riding lesson in the […]
Monday - Friday, Aug 4 – 8, 9am to 3pm Learn about indigenous ways of the Kalapuya and other Native tribes in this outdoor camp at Prospector’s Park. This day camp (9am – 3pm) includes special guest Native people who will share about culture, traditional crafts, and music. Learn some words in the Kalapuya language, […]
Join us for a free talk about the Kalapuya Indigenous people by Karen Rainsong, the E.D. of Singing Creek Educational Center. Learn about foods, hunting tools, clothing, shells used as money and to display wealth, housing, seasonal round and more. We will meet at the ampitheater at the Pine Meadows Campground just East of Cottage […]
Join us at the Native American Cultural Encampment in August at Cascacdia County Park in Sweethome, Oregon, presented by the Native American Cultural Encampments with Deitrich Peters and friends. Learn how to put up a tipi, try making your own plant cordage, make a leather pouch, buy some Native made items, buy a raffle ticket, […]
Join us for a wonderful Grandparent's Tea at the SMJ house in Eugene. This fundraiser allows kids to honor their grandparent or "grandfriend" in a unique way.
Register now for the Western Region Conference of ALHFAM, located in Eugene, Oregon, on September 25th - 27th.Deadline to register: Sept 13th. Crossroads of Cultures Hosted by Singing Creek Educational Center Location: Campbell Community Center (With other events at the historic SMJ House and Dorris Ranch Living History Village in Springfield) Thursday, Sept 25th Opening Reception at […]
This beautiful exhibit details what we know about this courageous woman and her family's quest for life, liberty, and happiness in the unwelcoming territory of Oregon in the 1800's. Come see it before it's gone!