"NATURE NERDS" NEEDED!
Mansfield Art Center and Mansfield Parks and Recreation are operating Community Nature Camps simultaneously at North Lake Park and Johns Park this summer starting June 14th and ending August 6th. Structured programming is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week and runs from 10 am - 3 pm in one hour blocks. Soft programming is on Tuesdays and Thursdays when kids and families pick up activity packets and breakfast and lunch to go. The camps have multiple goals: to address food insecurity, to engage Mansfield's age 5-12 community in fun, nature oriented learning along with a physical and recreational aspect intended to propel active life choices.
They need "Nature Nerds" to do nature journaling as part of the "structured programming" on Mondays, 11:00 - 12 at Johns Park, and Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:00 - 3:00 at North Lake Park. For Johns Park, we will need to bring nature stuff with us. This is for fun --your nature and art skills need be no better than a 10 year-old's.
Details:
- A maximum of 30 campers register for each site for the duration of the program. Teams of 10 are created based on ages. We will work with 9-12 year olds.
- Kids will be supplied with kits consisting of a spiral-bound hard-cover journal, a pouch containing colored pencils, pencil, pen and sharpener, and possibly a clipboard. They also will have string-backpacks.
- Programming is canceled for rain or temps over 90.
- I will work on a "curriculum" based on what we've done for Malabar School. Also, I am open to suggestions, especially for Johns Park.
Volunteer commitments can be as minimal or as expansive as you are willing to invest. If you're interested, please let me know your availability ASAP. Be specific --which hours/days and which weeks you will participate.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kate Peresie
kperesie@gmail.com
419.631.6786
