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Bellingham Youth ActivitiesI am impressed with all the Bellingham youth activities that are offered in town! It's really great! As a parent of 3, now grown, children, I know the importance of keeping them involved with positive and productive activities. Here I will do my very best to bring it all together the programs that are offered for our children here in town so you can pick and choose the ones for your children- outside of school!
Here are a list of organizations that always have Bellingham youth activities going on!
For more information about the upcoming programs check out the Bellingham Parks and Recreation website or call 676-6985. Volunteer groups of teens are scheduled to work with organizations including Habitat for Humanity, refugee assistance in Seattle, Lighthouse Mission, Common Threads Farm and Womencare Shelter.
These are all really fun programs to get your children involved in outside of school activities and help teach them good social habits as well! Some of the programs may even need your expertise to volunteer. Scroll all the way down to see The Perfect Gift that will WOW! your hard to please teen, keep them busy, and help them to be positively productive! More Bellingham Youth Activities below!!!
More Bellingham Youth Activities
Bellingham Railway Museum
1320 Commercial Street Bellingham, WA 393-7540 This hands on museum for youngsters includes everything about trains. Enthusiasts can blow their whistles and check out the tracks!
WWU Planetarium Western Washington University Campus Bellingham, WA 650-6146 Starry-eyed night gazers and amateur can enjoy a visit to WWU's state-of-the-art planetarium with its 24-foot dome. Otion 301 West Holly Street Bellingham, WA 676-1030 "Good clean fun!" What youth wouldn't want to belly up to the "soap making bar" to the ocean? There is no need to buy equipment or ingredients; and best of all, someone else mops up any mess!!!
American Museum of Radio and Electricity 1312 Bay Street Bellingham, WA 738-3886 Have an electric experience! An interactive and multi-sensory, the museums' artifacts spand three centuries. Educational, hands on learning experience about electricity and radio's.
Arne Hanna Aquatics Center 1114 Potter Street Bellingham, WA 98229 360-647-7665
Cornwall Park 2800 Cornwall Avenue Bellingham, WA 676-6985 Disc golfing! Played with golf rules, but using a frisbee, disc golf is the best of both world's and it is FREE!
Bellingham Skate Park/Dirt Jump Park
Puget Street-across from Civic Field Bellingham, WA 676-6985 Side by side on Puget Street, these two parks offer skateboarders and bike riders a chance to practice (or show off) on a variety of ramps, walls, rails and jumps.
Skateboard Talk!Would you like to impress your youth? Use these skateboarding terms!Deck: Is the actual board not including the wheels or axles. Grind: To scrape both axles on a bench, curb, rail, or other surface. Half pipe: A U-shaped ramp usually with a flat surface in the middle. Kickflip: Is a variation of the Ollie where the skater kicks the board into a spin before landing on it. Ollie: Is a jump performed by tapping the tail of the board on the ground which sends the rider and the board airborne.
Sports Plex 1225 Civic Field Way Bellingham, WA 676-1919 Ice skating! Lace up some skates and go! Admission is cheaper than a movie and watching your friends lose every ounce of dignity is more entertaining!! They also offer indoor soccer.
2900 Sylvan Street Bellingham, WA 676-6985
With its lush greenery and eclectic collection of outdoor sculptures, the Big Rock Garden Park is a great place for an afternoon adventure. Stroller friendly paths, 25 pieces of original artwork, water features and a gazebo make this 2.5-acre garden a feast for the eyes and a soul soothing oasis of calm beauty!
See more of Bellingham's Big Rock Garden click here!
Bellingham's NewYouth Activity CentersThe Loft, the new teen zone at the Rec. Center in Sudden Valley, with Pinball, Area 51, Radical Bikers, and more!The Loft will be open Monday thru Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m. For more information call the Rec. Center at 360-312-5189 or visit the Sudden Valley website at www.suddenvalley.com and click on "activities!"
NEW!Bellingham youth activity center! Jump Around Fun Zone-for children ages 12 and under with a height of less than 60 inches. With "safety first" and cleanliness an absolute must, the new Jump Around Fun Zone is a great place in Bellingham, WA where parents can relax and kids can have fun and jump for joy in the inflatable houses, slides, and on an obstacle course.
Kids can jump at the facility that is located at 4600 Meridian Street in Suite #108. The "fun hours" are 11am-8pm Tuesdays thru Saturday and 11am-5pm on Sundays..Closed on Mondays.
The new Jump Around Fun Zone also offers to set up the fun at your place for birthday parties, corporate events, or block parties as well.
For more information about rates visit their website at www.jumparoundfunzone.com or you can call them at 360-647-JUMP.
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SBI gives you everything you need to build a great web site! Click here to check out Nori's website! Nori was only 14 years old when she started Anguilla-Beaches.com If you have ever gone to Anquilla, I'm sure you are familiar with her website!
If you would like to know more about Site Build It, click on Click here to learn more about SBI! The guy on the front page is Nori's dad, Ken! He's the owner of SBI and will answer any questions you may have! You can even ask to talk personally with an SBI professional!
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If you know of other youth activities in or around Bellingham, WA that we don't have listed, please let us know so we can help to get the word out!
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The Arne Hanna Aquatics picture was beautifully taken by "esthr" from flickr.com
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