Gates Foundation Discovery Center

TEENS 📣 Passionate about making a difference? Sign up for Teen Week 2024–a free week of workshops for high schoolers that spotlight local and global issues and offer inspiring ways to take action, held July 22-25 at the Discovery Center. Register for all four workshops, or pick and choose the ones that align with your interests. Topics include: Global Goals, All About Food, Fighting Disease, and Sanitation & Design Thinking. Open to rising 9th-12th grade students. Cap it off at the Teen Lounge, a free party July 25 from 3-7pm, with games, tours, activities, snacks, and a live DJ. 🎉 Space is limited for the Teen Week workshops, so register today ➡️ gates.ly/4bepdPz

Melinda French Gates has played a crucial role in all that we’ve accomplished at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her vision will leave a lasting legacy, and our foundation remains committed to creating a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life. 

Our gut is often called our second brain. Join us June 4 to hear experts from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Washington delve into the fascinating world of the gut microbiome and how it impacts our health, the benefits of fermented foods, and the impactful work happening in the field. Plus, taste some fermented foods! Free to attend | All ages welcome | ASL services provided RSVP to attend in-person or virtually ➡️ gates.ly/4aRMPcE

We've been honored to get to work with so many incredible teachers, students, and schools this past year. To wrap up #TeacherAppreciationWeek we want to remind you of the educator resource guides that can help bring lessons about global health and development to your classroom. 🍎✏️ Check them out under each topic here: gates.ly/3Sv1Skr

Think you know about toilets?🚽💩🚰 Come in and test your knowledge about all things sanitation at our latest exhibition "A Better Way To Go." Chief Communications Officer Susan Byrnes gets a gold star ⭐

🍎✏️ Celebrating #TeacherAppreciationDay with gratitude and goodies from our former classroom teachers Elizabeth, Andy, Patrick and Erin! Teachers ➡️ Swing by the Discovery Center anytime this week to claim your free bag of swag! Just mention you are (or were) a teacher and let's celebrate your incredible dedication to shaping minds. 📚

"Interactive displays engage visitors throughout the exhibit, to break down the taboo of poo." GeekWire's Kurt Schlosser visited our exhibition on sanitation. Read key takeaways from what he calls an "educational tool for young people and others who may not grasp all that goes into … going." ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gGNmcbb6

How is sanitation connected to education, climate, and disease? Join us this Thursday to learn more, and hear how you can make a difference–and how investing in sanitation can lead to a healthier, more resilient future for all! Free to attend | All ages welcome | In-person & virtual options RSVP ➡️ gates.ly/3PSrFTc

Join us for a guided tour of our galleries and toilet exhibition, happening every day that we are open, Wednesday-Saturday!

How does the beginning of a partnership lead to the end of a deadly disease? By creating the first-ever free HPV vaccine program in China. To empower and protect women across the country, more and more cities and provinces are implementing the program to eradicate cervical cancer once and for all. Because when you remove the barriers to someone’s potential, the possibilities are endless. Discover more stories of good people doing great things at gates.ly/3y0TIdj