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

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Screen on the Green at Hooker Field!!!

It's almost here! Screen on the Green is TOMORROW!! Yeah!!!

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!

Activities start at 7pm and the movie will start at 8pm! :) $2 entry fee.

Activities include:
Relay Races
Races against Marty the Mustang!
YMCA Games
Build-your-own rocket station
Making star finders
Face painting
Baseball accuracy contests
Building gliders
Disc golf
SEMAA Rockets
Games with Parachutes!!!

SEE YOU THERE!! :)