WHAT: Outreach collaboration with TRIO Clatsop in Astoria area public schools

We did it!!

“This week was incredible and we are so glad you all were able to come out to Astoria! Your impact is huge and I think the photos are evidence of this. Thank you all so much for sharing your time, knowledge, and passion with the students here. We appreciate you and hope to see you again in the fall!”
  -Lacy Guest, College & Career Advisor, TRIO Program

WHERE: Complimentary housing at The Y, 514 12th Street, Astoria, OR, 97103

WHEN: Tuesday, February 25 – Thursday, February 27, 2025

Noggin volunteers will spend three days visiting public schools with brains and art in Clatsop County this February, with time to enjoy the dramatic North Coast of Oregon. Participants will stay at the beautiful Y in the heart of historic Astoria, Oregon, and enjoy meals from local breweries and restaurants!

FULL SCHEDULE: NW Noggin Schedule 2025

DAY ONE: BUMBLE PRE-K AND LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY

“How do you think? Why is the brain bumpy? How does my leg move? If you don’t have that (myelin ) on the brain wires, does it go slower? I want to keep my own electricity ”

DAY TWO: ASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Annabel Jensen, PSU
4. Allan Gaither, PSU
5. Sam Mutschler-Adler, PSU
6. Noah Milman, OHSU
7. Becky Callos, PSU

See what we’ve done in Clatsop County before!

Brain Cells Dance

Pre-K, Fish and Logger Lobes!

Signal from Noise on the Oregon Coast

Viking, Shark, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!

Clatsop Community Cortex

North Coast Noggins: Art, Alevins & Brains!

Accumbens in Astoria