Community Education & EngagementJoin us at Twin Rocks Friends Camp in Rockaway Beach for the 25th Annual Children's Clean Water Festival! Sign up by clicking the Volunteer button above and learn about CCWF below.
A Tillamook County 4th-Grade Tradition
In 2002, the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership established the annual Children’s Clean Water Festival (CCWF) in Tillamook County. Over the last two decades of this landmark learning event, more than 6,000 fourth-grade students have attended this festival to learn about the importance of clean water across our watersheds. Nowadays, parents who attended the CCWF as 4th-grade students are returning to the festival as chaperones for their own 4th-grade children.
Celebrating Clean Water + Healthy Watersheds
Hosted at the Twin Rocks Friends Camp, the CCWF brings together all 4th-grade students from public, private, and homeschools across Tillamook County for a day dedicated to exploring estuaries. Through this landmark learning event, TEP strives to inspire students to become responsible estuary stewards.
Upon arriving, each class is greeted by a volunteer guide who leads them through a series of presentations and exhibits about water. While one class goes on an Incredible Journey, “becoming” individual water droplets who travel through a complex life cycle, another group may take a walk to a nearby wetland where they will get personal with aquatic insects and plants. More presentations open students’ eyes to the fascinating web of life in a mud flat, or give them a chance to giggle as they watch a classmate be transformed into a water bird with lots of silly props that illustrate avian adaptations.
This day, rich in hands-on learning, doesn’t stand alone. During the months prior to the festival, the Festival Coordinator visits each classroom preparing the 4th graders for the day in the field. The Children’s Clean Water Festival program supplements 4th-grade NGSS Science Standards.
25th Annual Children’s Clean Water Festival
2026 marks 25 years of CCWF! Thousands of students, volunteers, teachers, chaperones, Twin Rocks staff members, and community partners have been a part of this incredible day of hands-on learning. This festival would not be what it is without the 80+ volunteers that lead activities, guide school groups, present exhibits, etc. TEP is so grateful to work with the Tillamook County community to put on such a special event.
The Volunteer Registration Page is Live!
Click HERE to sign up and reach out to danielle@tbnep.org with any questions.
CCWF 2025 in Numbers and Pictures
