About the Martinsville-Henry County Community Nature Initiative

With the support of The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont, Virginia Museum of Natural History and its partners, Dr. Denny Casey and Tamara Poles developed a new nature and outdoor initiative entitled the Martinsville Henry County Community Nature Initiative (MHC CNI). The CNI will serve as a clearinghouse for environmental information, use nature as a way to stimulate learning, develop opportunities for quality family time in the outdoors, and position VMNH as a leader in environmental education. CNI will serve as a means to provide hands-on, real-world opportunities for children, educators, and families to increase appreciation for nature and as an effective means to better understand and address community environmental issues.

Click the above CNI logo for official website and to access your Earth Week Passport!

Earth Week 2010 Highlights

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Volunteer Requests!

If you would like to volunteer for MHC CNI please contact me at tamara.poles@vmnh.virginia.gov. We currently need volunteers for the Piedmont Kite Festival taking place March 12, 2011, you can stay all day or take part in one of the two shifts. Shifts are 9:00am to noon and 11:45am to 3:30pm. Volunteers that stay all day will be eligible for free food!

We will also need volunteers for our large Earth Week Celebration that will take place April 23 at the Smith River Sports Complex. This event will be from 10:00am to 4:00pm however volunteers will have to be there no later than 9:00am. More information to come on about this event.
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Curriculum Development

As I type MHC CNI is facilitating a curriculum development session with fantastic teachers from Martinsville and Henry County public schools! We would like to thank them for all their hard work! You guys are doing amazing and i can see why you are such an asset for the Martinsville and Henry County Public School Systems!!
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Piedmont Kite Festival 2011

This year's Piedmont Kite Festival will be taking place March 12, 2011 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at Jack Dalton Park! Bring your own kites! See amazing demonstrations that would not be possible without wind! Listen to live music from Kim and Jimbo Cary, learn about the wonders of wind, play flying games, make a kite, and be able to get your facepainted! Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Exhibitors will include Henry County Parks and Recreation, Martinsville Parks and Recreation, Henry County Patriots, SEMAA, USACE Philpott, and the Martinsville Composit Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.
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Busy times for MHC CNI

MHC CNI has been working diligently on our third year's programs and projects. We have a lot in store for you this year and we hope you will enjoy! We are currently creating a curriculum, the Piedmont Kite Festival, Nature Guides, publishing papers, Earth Week, Earth Week Festival, Sharing Nature and Natural History workshop called VINYL, and summer camps! We will keep you posted!
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