tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431439979698185982024-02-19T00:05:12.584-05:00MHC Community Nature InitiativeDenny Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578465581578062712noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-27744948133096791632013-02-04T10:19:00.002-05:002013-02-04T10:19:09.120-05:002013 Piedmont Kite FestivalGo fly a kite! Plans are underway for the 2013 Piedmont Kite Festival. This year's festival will take place March 16, 2013 (rain date March 23) from 10:00am to 3:00pm. This will be our 4th annual festival at Jack Dalton Park. This year participants will be able to make and fly kites; participate in a variety of family-oriented outdoor activities and enjoy live music from Kim and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jimbo</span> Cary.Denny Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578465581578062712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-45792717500162394122012-04-18T11:30:00.001-04:002013-02-04T10:13:02.125-05:00Earth Week Celebration 2012April 20 - 28- We will have a wide variety of activities taking place throughout the community this week! Click <a href="http://www.vmnh.net/news.cfm?ID=240">here</a> to print off your Earth Week passport. MHC CNI representatives will be present at each event to stamp your passports. Bring your stamped passports to the Earth Day Festival on the April 28th to be entered into a prize drawing. <br />
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<strong>Starry Night at the Smith River Sports</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">8 – 9 p.m., all ages</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Spend an evening under the stars, and learn all about the amazing things you can see beyond Earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Come to Philpott Lake Park to enjoy fun </span><span style="font-size: small;">demonstrations and educational displays </span><span style="font-size: small;">by area organizations. Demonstrations </span><span style="font-size: small;">include fly tying, casting for kids, kayak </span><span style="font-size: small;">information, and more. </span></div>
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<strong>Earth Day at Fairy Stone </strong><strong>State Park</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Activities include Tree ID walks at 10 am </span><span style="font-size: small;">and 1 pm; and making recycled flower pots, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Meet at Shelters 3 and 4 at Fairy </span><span style="font-size: small;">Stone State Park.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Sunday Stroll and Scavenger Hunt at </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Philpott Lake</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Find hidden clues on the trail, and see if your nature </span><span style="font-size: small;">knowledge can lead you to the finish! Meet at the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Philpott Lake Visitor Center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Come out to the Collinsville YMCA to see a box office movie!!! Earth Day games and activities will </span><span style="font-size: small;">begin at 6:30 p.m. and the movie will start at 8 p.m. </span><span style="font-size: small;">There will be food available for purchase.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-256093022720461122012-02-06T16:42:00.002-05:002012-02-06T17:02:04.633-05:00Piedmont Kite Festival 2012It is time for the Piedmont Kite Festival!!! March 17, 2012 from 10:00am to 3:00pm, we will be conducting our 3rd annual festival at Jack Dalton Park. This year participants will be able to enjoy live music from Kim and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jimbo</span> Cary, the Henry County <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Patriots </span>will be demonstrating their radio controlled airplanes, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">custom</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">face painting</span> by Spellbound, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span> providing cool flight crafts, YMCA fun and games, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span> games! I hope to see you out there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-20528482327895368012012-02-02T11:34:00.002-05:002012-02-02T11:50:51.549-05:00Committee Updateso Henry County Public Schools- received a solar panel grant through the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy. They have purchased educational energy kits and trainings for the schools. They are currently installing new energy software for teachers and students to aide with the kits. In addition to working with the new grant, they are also developing summer camps.<br />o <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span>- They will be taking two field trips, one to the Air and Space Museum and one to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Morehead</span> Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span> will be working <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span> to conduct Star Lab programs. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span> is currently working on summer camps<br />o <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">NCI</span>- New lecture series begins soon and will focus on gardening and health. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">NCI</span> is also working on developing new summer camps for this year and will keep the organizations in the committee in mind for partnering opportunities.<br />o Henry County Parks and Recreation- The winter program guides are now available<br />o YMCA- Are beginning their DOT program, where students exercise for thirty minutes a day for ninety days. January 19, will be their Healthy Living expo. They will also be participating in Trout in the Classroom this year.<br />o Friends of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Philpott</span>- Handicapped playground at Bowen’s Creek to be completed by April. They are also working on a two week <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">IDIE</span> summer music program for kids.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-13616004170849756462012-01-06T16:41:00.002-05:002012-01-06T17:10:04.342-05:00Happy New Year!!!Happy 2012 everyone! I hope your new year is off to a wonderful start! We are currently planning some great events for 2012! Our first event in the Piedmont Kite Festival!!! So mark your calendars for March 17, 2012 for the festival! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-30614184691708152842012-01-06T16:38:00.002-05:002012-01-06T16:40:56.442-05:00Happy Holidays!!!<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">MHC</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">CNI</span> wishes everyone the best over the holiday season! Be safe and make sure you enjoy the outdoors!!!!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-82928747295437441582011-11-22T16:45:00.002-05:002011-11-22T16:56:51.469-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!!Happy Thanksgiving from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">MHC</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">CNI</span>!!!!<br />Make sure you try to take advantage of the great fall weather we have been experiencing during your Thanksgiving break! There are many ways you can enjoy the outdoors during the fall. The following are some ideas<br />Go on a hike and observe the leaves changing colors<br />Start a pick-up tag football game<br />Ride your bike on a nature trail instead of a road<br />Make a nature collage<br />Jump in some leaves<br />Look under fallen leaves and discover who lives in them<br />Feed our bird friends that do not migrate<br />Build a fort<br /><br />There are millions of things you can do during this time of year! If you have gone outside and taken part in something cool outdoors please feel free to post it!<br /><br />HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-52979298918290672192011-10-14T16:43:00.001-04:002011-10-17T11:27:17.238-04:00Screen on the GreenTake A Child Outside week went very well this year! The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">culminating</span> event that took place was Screen on the Green at Hooker Field. We partnered with YMCA, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span>, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinsville</span> Parks and Rec to conduct this event. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Despite</span> the cold weather we had dozens of excited families participating in this event. A special thank you to everyone who volunteered for this event and all the families that came! Thank YOU!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-32554190883174932011-09-29T15:46:00.002-04:002011-09-29T16:46:55.261-04:00Screen on the Green at Hooker Field!!!It's almost here! Screen on the Green is TOMORROW!! Yeah!!!<br /><br />Come out to Hooker Baseball Field to enjoy a wide variety of games and crafts followed by the showing of a box office hit PLANET 51!! Staring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jessica Biel, and Justin Long! This space themed event will be fun for all ages!! We will have Marty the Mustang on the field and food available for purchase!<br /><br />Activities start at 7pm and the movie will start at 8pm! :) $2 entry fee.<br /><br />Activities include:<br />Relay Races<br />Races against Marty the Mustang!<br />YMCA Games<br />Build-your-own rocket station<br />Making star finders<br />Face painting<br />Baseball accuracy contests<br />Building gliders<br />Disc golf<br />SEMAA Rockets<br />Games with Parachutes!!!<br /><br />SEE YOU THERE!! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-80402772804489043762011-08-31T09:17:00.002-04:002011-08-31T10:19:40.896-04:00TACO WEEK 2011!!It's that time again!! Take a Child Outside Week is here!! We will be celebrating this wonderful week September 24-30! We are currently planning the week. The culminating event will be
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<br /><div>Sharing Nature is the name of the book series written by Joseph Cornell that encourages interaction between students and nature. The teaching style is called Flow Learning and its the ability to teach the whole child (emotionally, mentally, and physically) while directing their focused energy onto nature.The Virginia Museum of Natural History partnered with Sharing Nature Worldwide to conduct the first ever Sharing Nature Natural History workshop that combines youth leadership with natural history using Sharing Nature principles. </div>
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<br /><div>The workshop is called the Virginia Institute of Natural Youth Leadership (VINYL) and this six day workshop trained educators and community leaders how to use sharing nature techniques to teach natural history and foster youth leadership within their students. We had 17 participants from various areas in Virginia and ever some educators from New Hampshire participated in this workshop. The workshop enabled us to showcase our wonderful natural areas in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinsville</span>-Henry County such as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Philpott</span> Dam, Fairy Stone State Park, and Frank Wilson Park. They also had concurrent natural history sessions taught by trained professionals such as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span> curators, park rangers, and educators from Virginia Tech and Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. This was a wonderful workshop and we are currently evaluating the workshop to see what our next steps will be. </div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-58023448547412010482011-08-17T09:51:00.002-04:002011-08-17T10:27:26.893-04:00June 10, 2011 Screen on the Green!This Screen on the Green was located at the Beaver Creek <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Reservoir</span> and we were going to watch the movie Alpha and Omega. An hour before the movie we went on hikes, got our faces painted, created awesome puppet wolves, and lots of other fun crafts! We were having a great time until the severe thunderstorm came in. We had to cancel the Screen on the Green due to the storm. The next Screen on the Green will take place July 8, 2011 at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Southside</span> Park!
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<br />And we would like to think all the community stakeholders for participating in these evaluation sessions! Thanks!!!!
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<br /><div>Earth Day Festival!!!</div>
<br /><div>This year's Earth Day Festival took place at the Smith River Sports Complex and had kayaking, inflatable slides, the daring inflatable Jacob's ladder, moon bounce, games, obstacle courses, face panting, blind folded games and activities, and a number of exciting activities that were conducted by local organizations. Over 400 community members participated in this free Earth Day Festival! The perfect conclusion to a very fun and successful Earth Week! </div>
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<br /><div>Due to inclement weather Screen on the Green had to take place inside at the Rives Theatre. We had over 60 people participate! Attendants were able to construct a recyclable craft with SEMAA, get their faces painted, take part in magic tricks, play a variety of recycling games, dance, and take pictures with Marty the Mustang! After the fun activities we watched the movie Yogi Bear staring Dan Aykroyd, Junstin Timberlake, Anna Faris, and Tom Cavanagh!</div></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-50646906249845789932011-08-16T16:27:00.004-04:002011-08-17T09:43:34.606-04:00April 20, 2011 and April 21<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">CITO</span> Hike/Bike the Dick & Willie took place April 20. The Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists lead a group of community members down the Dick and Willie passage and conducted a Cache In Trash Out event where they use <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">geocaching</span> to take part in a trash pick up! Great job keeping our community clean!
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<br />Crafty Earth took place April 21 and was lead by Henry County Parks and Recreation. Participants developed their own Earth Day Crafts using recycled materials!
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<br /><div>SEMAA, Martinsville Parks and Rec, and VMNH partnered to present Star Party!! Educators from VMNH and SEMAA lead a star gazing and participants were able to view Saturn and other planets and stars through very power telescopes! We had over 50 people attend the star party!</div>
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<br />This Earth Week program enabled participants to hike through the new fitness trail at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Philpott</span> Lake with the Friends of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Philpott</span> and test how fit they were. This hike was a lot of fun for all ages! </div></div>
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<br /><div>The Martinsville Family Nature Club conducted a Sunday Outing in Frank Wilson Park. Lots of families were able to enjoy a wonderful hike on the new trails in the park! While on the hike they learned about the wonders of nature and the wildlife that live in the park!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-67917365000694369532011-08-16T15:25:00.005-04:002011-08-17T09:41:02.891-04:00April 16, 2011<div>Earth Day 5K <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Despite</span> the inclement weather, the Earth Day 5K still took place and had over 90 participants! :) Way to go everyone!! :)</div>
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<br /><div>Edible Plant Identification, Mother <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">EARth</span> Mysteries Special Saturdays Program, Wilderness Survival, Environmental Expo at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Philpott</span>, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fairystone</span> State Park <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nite</span> Hike were all canceled due to harsh weather conditions. That's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span> everyone, these programs will be back in 2012! </div>
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<br /><div>April 15, 2010 Earth Day at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span> is a conference style event where we have special presenters from community <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">organizations</span> to lead during concurrent sessions for students. We had over 400+ parents and students attend the museum. We broke the day into two time frames so more classes from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinsville</span> and Henry County schools can have an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">opportunity</span> to attend this wonderful event! We had presenters from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Danville</span> Science Center, Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinsville</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span> program, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span>, and Master <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Gardeners</span>. Programs took place in Frank Wilson Park, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span> classrooms, and exhibit areas. </div></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-68138388626618304372011-04-14T13:23:00.002-04:002011-04-14T14:19:00.920-04:00Earth Week Celebration!!It's here! The Earth Week Celebration is here!! Earth Week officially starts tomorrow April 15!!!! Please visit <a href="http://www.mhccni.org/">www.mhccni.org</a> or <a href="http://www.vmnh.net/">www.vmnh.net</a> for more information regarding this celebration! Earth Week is a series of programs, events, and festivals conducted annually by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">MHC</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">CNI</span> the Saturday before Earth Day through the Saturday after Earth Day. The purpose is to celebrate Earth Day and learn about the wonderful programs and actions that are taking place in the community, even learn ways that you can go green in your life. This year we will be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">conducting</span> Earth Week a day earlier and will include Earth Day at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">VMNH</span> (a conference style event for students), Screen on the Green, Earth Day 5K, guided hikes, an environmental expo, star gazing, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">geocaching</span>, among other exciting activities!! We will be closing this event with the Earth Day Festival at the Smith River Sports Complex!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843143997969818598.post-42059380657348335762011-04-08T15:10:00.003-04:002011-08-16T12:30:10.306-04:00Piedmont Kite Festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXiHrOcgbzgX6Zs885dsjdKgKzX-hCTxnrMwKNbQLKuCDLap6miXiN0CRRNcdJrjy0ee0S2paMGyGmYxnLQDvOllpUM0hpC1dHWcwY3AHBwjGNzIGgc1WhGE5F_ZMmbR1KyJGPZItqH4/s1600/KITES_0252.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641483106025286370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXiHrOcgbzgX6Zs885dsjdKgKzX-hCTxnrMwKNbQLKuCDLap6miXiN0CRRNcdJrjy0ee0S2paMGyGmYxnLQDvOllpUM0hpC1dHWcwY3AHBwjGNzIGgc1WhGE5F_ZMmbR1KyJGPZItqH4/s320/KITES_0252.JPG" /></a>
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<br /><div>The Piedmont Kite Festival was a success!Thank you to all my volunteers that worked very hard during this event to make it so wonderful! We had over 760 people participate in the event! Thanks to our awesome volunteers, participants were able to enjoy a great time doing the following activities; listening to live music, getting their faces painted, building kites, painting kites, blowing bubbles, building helicopters, playing disc golf, testing their bird sports trivia, learning about bird migration, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">pushing</span> themselves to the limit in the Bird Olympics game and Food for the Brood game. Representatives from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">HC</span> Patriots RC club, Civil Air Patrol, Girls Scouts, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">USACE</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">SEMAA</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinsville</span> Parks and Recreation, and chick-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">fil</span>-A did a great job with their activities during the festival! Pictures to come soon! If you want to read more about it <a href="http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=27696&back=archives">check out this link to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinsville</span> Bulletin!</a></div>
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