Solstice in Sisters was a blast! Thanks for joining us for our annual summer gathering in June. Email your photos to sisterscommunitylabyrinth@gmail.org for us to use promotionally.
Next official event: Winter Solstice, December 20-21st
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A special place to walk & reflect.
Sisters Community Labyrinth is a gathering place for relaxation, meditation, and reflection. Walking the labyrinth, which uses the design of the Cathedral at Chartres, promotes health and wellness.
Our Solstice gatherings are non-religious and non-denominational; everybody is welcome. A metal "finger labyrinth" sculpture provides an accessible experience on-site instead of walking.
We typically gather for events on Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice.
People also walk the labyrinth on equinoxes, full moons or other days that mark the passage of seasons and the wheel of the year. These events are not formally presented by Sisters Community Labyrinth, but we encourage you to enjoy the labyrinth on those days.
Visit Sisters Community Labyrinth
We’re located in the newly renamed Sisters Gateway Park and Transportation Hub
It’s the triangle of land where Old McKenzie Pass Highway 242 meets Highway 20/Cascade Avenue in Sisters, Oregon.
The labyrinth sits near the western corner of the park.
One entrance and driveway are located on W. Hood Avenue (which is about to be renamed. Bear with us!). New parking spots sit on the southeast side of the park, along Hwy 242, across from Les Schwab.
The land & our sponsor
SPRD & THE COMMITTEE
Sisters Community Labyrinth was born in 2012 — learn more about our history below. The labyrinth is maintained by volunteers and the Sisters Community Labyrinth Committee. We’ve become a program designation of SPRD, Sisters Parks & Recreation District.
FRIENDS OF THE LABYRINTH
A loose assemblage of volunteers, donors and participants helps keep the labyrinth going—known as Friends of Sisters Community Labyrinth. Email sisterscommunitylabyrinth (at) gmail.com if you’d like to help out! And please join the general newsletter — see the “Subscribe” section above.
THE LAND
The land on which the physical labyrinth sits was formerly owned by the US Forest Service and is now owned by the City of Sisters. It’s now called Gateway Park Mobility Hub.
The area, formerly known as East Portal, is being converted into a transportation hub and park. The labyrinth has been retained during construction. Now we have well-maintained paths, lighting, asphalt, a dog park, and more.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The current committee consists of Jan McGowan and Sharlene Weed—who were among the labyrinth’s initial founders and builders—along with Pat Leiser and Tiffany Lee Brown (T). The youth ambassador is Gusty Berger-Brown.
Photo of Summer Solstice walk, from left: committee members T., Pat, and Jan, with nature educator Susan Prince and the labyrinth’s Youth Ambassador Gusty.
Donate to our nonprofit
Checks can be made out to SPRD, with Sisters Community Labyrinth in the Memo field. Bring to an event or mail to:
P.O. Box 2215
Sisters, OR 97759
At events, we also accept good old-fashioned cash.
In future, we will make online donations and credit cards feasible. Thanks!
Photo: SPRD executive director Jennifer Holland and Sisters Community Labyrinth Committee member Pat Leiser
Our Founding
Sisters Community Labyrinth was founded in 2012 by Sisters Cohort 3 of the Ford Family Foundation's Community Leadership course. The labyrinth is currently run by Sisters Community Labyrinth Committee of SPRD, Sisters Parks & Recreation District.
The leadership course was part of a series of training classes designed to create skilled, knowledgeable, and motivated leaders to contribute to the development of a thriving rural community through collaboration with a diverse collective of organizations. As part of the training, each cohort completed a project to present to the community.
The Sisters Community Labyrinth was one such project and was presented on December 1, 2012. More than $12,000 was raised for the project including a matching grant of $5,000 from the Ford Family Foundation.
DONORS & CONTRIBUTORS
Other major contributors included Bank of the Cascades, Campbell Foundation, Green Ridge Physical Therapy & Wellness, High Desert Aggregate, Jan and Jack McGowan, Rays Food Place, Sisters Parks and Recreation District, and the City of Sisters, in addition to the Ford Family Foundation.
ORIGINAL COHORT OF FOUNDERS
The Cohort 3 Class consisted of Sandy Alfonso, Annie Andreson, Cindy Barnes, LIsa Bergren-Fetrow, Wendy Birnbaum, Mary Pat Clasen, Jordyn Clymens, Beth Hanson, Beth Knowles, KIristin Kovalik, jan McGowan, Corrie Ortner, Candy Park, Jeremiah Perry-Weed, Helen Schmidling, Taylor Sickau, Leanne Smith, Sharon Thorkildson, Daniel Vitelle, Angie Ward, and Sharlene Weed.
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Visit the labyrinth at Sisters Gateway Park and Transportation Hub
Junction of Highway 242 & Highway 20, with driveway on W. Hood Ave
DETAILS:
Formerly the forest service land known as East Portal, the new park containing the labyrinth sits on the triangle of land where Old McKenzie Pass Highway 242 meets Highway 20/Cascade Avenue in Sisters, Oregon.
Driveway and parking lot are on W. Hood Avenue; parking is now officially available along Highway 242 on the southeast side of the park, across from Les Schwab and Xpress Printing.
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