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News from Nature Camps

"It's about a sense of wonder!"

May 2009

There is still time to register for all summer sessions. Visit our website for more information or contact us by email or telephone.

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earth

Director's Message:

Only a little planet

The planet you're standing on
looking out at the stars
Is the earth, the third planet from the sun
and the mildest
and softest
of the nine.

If you can stop, and let yourself look,
let your eyes do
what they do best,
stop
and let yourself see and see
that everything is doing things
to you
as you do things to everything.

Then you know
that although it is only a little planet
it is hugely beautiful
and surely the finest place in the world
to be.

So watch it, look at it
see what it's like
to walk around on it.

It's small but it's beautiful
it's small but it's fine
like a rainbow,
like a bubble.

Collins, L. Only a little planet. In Van Matre, S., The Earth Speaks, 1983. Greenville, WV: Institute for Earth Education, Cedar Cove.

	Nature Camps to hold it's Second Annual Family and Friends Work Days! Saturdays, May 9 and 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Snacks, Drinks, and Lunch will be provided. Please bring your own water bottle. Please bring tools such as rakes, shovels, pruners, wheel barrows, pails (five and ten gallon sizes), etc. Projects will include: Ropes Course maintenance (spreading wood chips, etc.); hanging cargo nets and swings; weeding, planting, maintaining rock walls in wildflower gardens; spreading rocks at hand water pump; moving picnic tables; spreading wood chips at big swings and by Lodge; hanging tarps and porch swings; organizing and cleaning Lodge; hanging signs, raking leaves from pool deck and flower beds; etc. Children are welcome, though young ones must remain with a parent at all times. Counselors will not be available to watch children. Please call 410-343-0223 or email if you will be able to assist us in getting Nature Camps ready for another fabulous summer!
	Open House Join us for our 35^th Open House on Sunday, May 17 from 1 – 4. Returning families, come for an afternoon of reconnecting with the staff, enjoying the woods, and welcoming new families. New families, you'll have the chance to meet Don, other staff, and veteran NC parents. You can also tour the grounds, ask questions, swing on the tall swings, and visit NC's unique Adventure Challenge Ropes Courses. NC water bottles and Camper T-Shirts will be available for purchase.
	Some Openings Available in All Sessions! Nature Camps still has several openings in all 2009 sessions. Be sure to register ASAP to hold your space! Go to http://www.naturecamps.com/enrollment/aps.html for all registration forms and information.
	Q: How did some Nature Camps Staff spend their Spring Break? A: Building homes through Habitat for Humanity in Miami. Anna Taylor, David Roswell, Scotty Shuldiner, and Andrew Barry spent a week installing drywall, landscaping, and roofing, as part of Habitat's Collegiate Challenge. This is the twentieth year for the Collegiate Challenge, an alternative break program that provides opportunities for students to spend a week of spring break working on Habitat houses.
	Family Overnight & Concert, June 25 Arlo Guthrie's Classic Ballad Alice's Restaurant To Be Performed Part of the evening's concert will feature Arlo Guthrie's classic 1967 saga of Alice's Restaurant. It will be told by Eric Hanson, with Nature Camps staff's musical accompaniment. Eric was a NC Counselor in the early 1990's. He is a Friends School alumnus and a teacher. Sneak peek.
	Nature Camps Welcomes Our New Neighbor: Camp Winwood A Camp for Middle School Boys! On the campsite on Blue Mount Rd (Camp Dancing Bear sign), our associate, Jeff Gunther will be directing a camp just for middle school boys. Highlights of Camp Winwood will be: -Leadership development -Team Building activities -Swimming and instruction -Overnight campout -Tubing and canoeing on the Gunpowder -And much more! Jeff has a strong background in training, coaching athletics, and working with this age group. He is excited about sharing the 230 acres of woods and the river with us. Look for Jeff Gunther's booth at the March Baltimore Child's Summer Camp Fair Camp Winwood . You can email Jeff at jeff.gunther@comcast.net, or by phone at 804-739-1483 or visit them on the web.
	Beat the Rush! Register Now! Are you tired of the annual rush to set your child's summer schedule? Beat the rush! Nature Camps is currently accepting registrations for the 2009 Summer Season! Register now online! Go to http://www.naturecamps.com/enrollment/aps.html
	2009 Calendar Click here for the schedule for this summer.