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.

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Earth Week 2010 Highlights

Monday, February 4, 2013

2013 Piedmont Kite Festival

Go 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 Jimbo Cary.