 Family Nature Discovery Day
WHAT: Cascades Raptor Center
invites families to participate in an afternoon of Wildlife Hospital
play where kids can be a wildlife rehabilitator for the day!
WHEN: Sunday, July 31st, 2011 12:00pm-4:00pm
WHERE: Cascades Raptor Center, 32275 Fox Hollow Road, Eugene
Participants will receive a report of an injured
stuffed animal to be rescued on CRC’s wooded, hillside property. After
rescuing their animal, kids can bring it to the wildlife hospital play
area for treatment. While their patient recovers, families can visit
with the nearly 60 permanent resident raptors at CRC. When the stuffed
patients are ready for release, participants can take them back to the
'wild.' Start with the 12:00 handler talk, if interested, and then stay
all afternoon - or come any time in between 12:00 and 4:00.
Activities are recommended for children between the ages of 4-11 and
children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost of activities are general
admission to CRC (CRC members receive free admission) and a $2 activity
charge for participants. If you ride your bike or hike the Ridgeline
Trial to CRC your activity fee will be waived! This Family Nature
Discovery Day is sponsored by KVAL and Levi Strauss.
Save the last Sunday afternoon every month this summer for a CRC Family Nature Discovery Day. Our next day will be on August 8th and participants can learn “All About Owls.” Our final Family Nature Discovery Day of 2011 will be September 25th where participants can stop by the Migration Station. Hope to see you all!
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 We Won!
As many of you are aware (because I emailed you
three times - I do apologize!), we were a finalist in Toyota's 100 Cars
for Good facebook contest. Originally, applications from up to
5000 organizations were accepted, from which 500 finalists were
chosen. Then, starting May 9th for 100 days, five organizations a
day have competed or are competing for the car of their choice via
supporter votes on facebook. On day 74, Thursday, July 21st, with
special thanks to our amazing volunteers for networking like crazy, and
an overall wonderful and overwhelming response from facebook friends,
volunteers, colleagues in the wildlife rehabilitation world, nest cam
watchers, Kendall Toyota friends and fans, and THEIR networks of
friends, family, and more - WE WON and will be receiving our new Toyota hybrid Highlander
sometime in the next few months! There were 11 finalists from
Oregon, and we are the first from this state to have won.
It was an exhilarating, intense, and exhausting day - at the end of which we thought
we'd won based on the percentage tally on the voting page, but it
wasn't til mid-morning on Friday that the official results were uploaded
to facebook. Toyota's generosity is very much appreciated!
Besides giving away 100 cars, all the runners-up receive $1000 each and
all contestants received a video camera.
Given the turmoil in Japan from the earthquake and
tsunami, it may take up to five months to receive the RaptorRig - but
we've submitted our choices for colors and other options. We will
be WELL outfitted for rescues, errands, classroom visits, booth displays
- and just building community awareness as we drive around town.
Our deeply sincere gratitude to everyone who voted, to everyone who
forwarded a request to vote, to all those who supported us throughout
this intense day - what a humbling experience to know that there is so
much support out there for our birds and our work!
THANK YOU! (Stay tuned - this
photo of the car is just a mock-up and we'll be polling our facebook
fans for input on the final bird photos and design for our 'wrap'!)
PS On August 12, the Audubon Society of
Portland is also a contender for 100 Cars for Good - your vote for
these colleagues would be much appreciated! Portland Audubon
connects people with nature and their power to protect it, operates the
largest wildlife rehabilitation center in the state, does lots of
conservation education, grassroots conservation activism, nest
monitoring, and runs 450 acres of wildlife sanctuaries!
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 Science Camp for Teen Girls
WING IT! -- August 8-12, 1-4 pm, at the Cascades Raptor Center:
In this just-for-girls camp sponsored by Nearby Nature
and the Cascades Raptor Center, teens will get to go wild about birds!
Enjoy close-up encounters with hawks, vultures, and owls. Learn about
bird anatomy by helping to dissect a raptor. Meet a veterinarian, hike
the Ridgeline Trail, and create cool bird-themed art.
Some scholarship assistance is available.
For registration and additional camp information, call 541-687-9699, email info@nearbynature.org, or see http://www.nearbynature.org/programs/summer-day-camps.
Note: This camp is appropriate for girls aged 12-14 entering 7th, 8th, or 9th grade.
>> For summer camp info, click here. |
