WALKING WITH FIRE: Family Backpacking Trip
May 30 – June 1, 2025
Lake Eleanor | For Families
This event is now full
Description:
This safe, two-night backpacking trip is made for our youngest relatives and their families. Together, we’ll walk trails, share fire circles, and take part in simple acts of land care guided by trusted SGR mentors and cultural stewards.
This is not a training. It’s a remembering.
For many children, this will be their first night under the stars, first forest story, and first ceremonial fire.
These moments matter.
SUN DANCE
Dates:
- Tree Day: July 9, 2025
- Dance Days: July 10–13, 2025
- Lake Tahoe Day: July 14, 2025
Location: Hungry Valley Indian Reservation – Sparks, Nevada
Description:
SGR is honored to support our relatives at Tribal Minds as they host the 10th Annual Star Village Family Sun Dance. Held on sacred ground at Hungry Valley, this gathering is a time of deep prayer, healing, and togetherness.
We are not hosting this event, but we’ll be showing up with open hearts and helping hands wherever we’re needed. Join us.
For more details or to connect directly with the hosts
Elkhorn Slough Wilderness Education & Film Night
Elkhorn Slough Wilderness Education & Film Night
Elkhorn Slough Wilderness Education & Film Night
Date: October 4–6, 2024
Location: Elkhorn Slough Reserve, Monterey County
In partnership with Elkhorn Slough Foundation, this three-day wilderness experience invited youth and families to camp, learn, and reconnect with the land. Participants explored wetland habitats, learned from local stewards.
As part of the weekend, SGR partnered with t
Date: October 4–6, 2024
Location: Elkhorn Slough Reserve, Monterey County
In partnership with Elkhorn Slough Foundation, this three-day wilderness experience invited youth and families to camp, learn, and reconnect with the land. Participants explored wetland habitats, learned from local stewards.
As part of the weekend, SGR partnered with the Urban Indian Health Institute to host a special outdoor screening of the Decolonizing Data Film Series. Surrounded by oaks and stars, families gathered to watch powerful stories about reclaiming narrative, data sovereignty, and Indigenous health justice. A quiet, moving moment in a weekend full of connection.
This event offered a unique blend of land education, cultural learning, and reflection rooted in community and made possible through cross-organizational collaboration.
First Annual Fundraising Dinner
Elkhorn Slough Wilderness Education & Film Night
Elkhorn Slough Wilderness Education & Film Night
Date: June 1, 2024
Location: Blue Agave Club, Pleasanton, CA
Our first-ever fundraising dinner was a beautiful evening of connection, laughter, and commitment to the work ahead. Supporters, donors, and community members came together under the stars to help seed SGR’s future growth.
Annual Prayer Service
Elkhorn Slough Wilderness Education & Film Night
Monterey Bay Aquarium Experience
Date: March 2024
Location: Hollister, California
Each year, we gather in prayer with relatives from across the region to honor the land and those who walk it. In 2024, the prayer circle expanded to welcome families, elders, fire practitioners, and first-time guests into a shared moment of presence and renewal.
This is a cornerstone event fo
Date: March 2024
Location: Hollister, California
Each year, we gather in prayer with relatives from across the region to honor the land and those who walk it. In 2024, the prayer circle expanded to welcome families, elders, fire practitioners, and first-time guests into a shared moment of presence and renewal.
This is a cornerstone event for SGR. A time to listen deeply, stand in solidarity, and move forward with intention.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Experience
Monterey Bay Aquarium Experience
Monterey Bay Aquarium Experience
Date Range: September 2024 – May 2025
Location: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Through SGR’s Free to Learn programming, youth and families were invited to explore the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Many for the first time. Over multiple visits throughout the school year, participants immersed themselves in ocean science, marine life, and coas
Date Range: September 2024 – May 2025
Location: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Through SGR’s Free to Learn programming, youth and families were invited to explore the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Many for the first time. Over multiple visits throughout the school year, participants immersed themselves in ocean science, marine life, and coastal ecology.
From kelp forests to deep-sea wonders, each visit offered a chance to see, ask, and imagine expanding what’s possible for the next generation of land and water stewards.
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Monterey Bay Aquarium Experience
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Seasons: March, June, September, and December 2024
Location: Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek, CA
Through our Free to Learn series, SGR families were invited into the world of animal rehabilitation and wildlife education. At Lindsay Wildlife Experience, youth connected with raptors, reptiles, and rescued animals. Some up close for
Seasons: March, June, September, and December 2024
Location: Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek, CA
Through our Free to Learn series, SGR families were invited into the world of animal rehabilitation and wildlife education. At Lindsay Wildlife Experience, youth connected with raptors, reptiles, and rescued animals. Some up close for the very first time.
These seasonal visits helped young participants understand the role of wildlife in local ecosystems, while also creating space to reflect on cultural teachings around animal kinship and care. Each visit encouraging deeper relationships with the living world around us.