Teen workshops

2025 registration to be announced in mid-spring.

Looking for something fun and meaningful to do this summer? Join us for FREE workshops at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center! Come learn about the foundation’s work and do some volunteering with us! 

Workshops are open to rising 9th through 12th grade students. Registration includes free breakfast and lunch each day. Check back in April for registration details. 

Limited spots – first come, first served! 

  • Close up of sign with hand-written messages of stigma affirmations
  • Teen visitors enjoy the "Our Work" gallery in the Discovery Center while interacting with a quiz.
  • Students colaborating in a classroom
  • Students looking at a microscope projection
  • students presenting innovative ideas to classmates at the Discovery Center
  • Close up of sign with hand-written messages of stigma affirmations
  • Teen visitors enjoy the "Our Work" gallery in the Discovery Center while interacting with a quiz.
    Visitors enjoy the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center in Seattle, WA on June 20, 2023.
  • Students colaborating in a classroom
    Students attend a microbiology class at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD onon November 21, 2016.
  • Students looking at a microscope projection
  • students presenting innovative ideas to classmates at the Discovery Center
    Presenters, visitors, and volunteers attend the 2015 Teen Action Fair at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center in Seattle, WA on April 25, 2015. A public celebration of young civic leaders, Teen Action Fair is designed to galvanize young leaders and create excitement about giving back. Presenting organizations include Washington State University 4-H Youth Development Program, Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Junior Asha, Maple Valley Youth Council, and African Promise Foundation.

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