Fair Hill Nature Center

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Welcome to the Fair Hill Nature Center Our mission is to promote responsible stewardship through an appreciation and understanding of our environment. Check the map for location and directions. Do you enjoy Fair Hill? Would you like to bring environmental awareness to our community? The Fair Hill Nature Center is now accepting positions for board members. The board sets policies, chooses direction, assists with special events, and generally advocates for future growth of the Nature Center. Application. Support the Fair Hill Nature Center. Shop on the Internet, visit our partner iGive.com and a portion of your purchase will be contributed to the Nature Center. Total Funds Raised through iGive: $937.75 Total Members Participating: 53 Make a Donation or become a member at JustGive.org or Network for Good	Summer Day Camp June 22 - July 17 Applications now being accepted. Events at The Woodlawn Wildlife Area Events at Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway North American Bumble Bee Survey 2009 A doctoral student at the University of Georgia is studying bumble bees and has designed a simple survey that anyone can fill out. There is currently no database for bumble bee nest site preferences in North America, and this information would be valuable for conservation efforts. If you should find a bumble bee nest please fill out the linked survey and send it as an attachment to nestsurvey@yahoo.com. MEMBERSHIPS ARE THE LIFE BLOOD Without the support of membership dues, the Nature Center couldn’t function. A great community organization deserves great support from those who care about the environment. If you’re a member who has already renewed for 2008, THANK YOU! If you would like to join or renew your membership, either send a check to “Fair Hill Nature Center” at the return address on this bulletin. Categories are: $15 Senior/Student; $20 Individual; $30 Family; $50 Business; $75 Patron; $150 Sponsor; and $500 Life Member. This is how we keep the Fair Hill Nature Center a thriving community service. Please make sure you’re a part of this effort! (Info here) "WISH LIST" If you have any of the following new or good-condition-used items and you'd like to donate them to them Nature Center, many grateful people would thank you! Energy efficient storm door A volunteer with some free time and handyman skills to assist staff with household maintenance and simple construction projects. Hot laminator FYI. David Francis,* retired Professor of Biology at the University of Delaware is conducting a plant inventory of the Fair Hill NRMA. Here is his current list (caution, file may be too large for a dial-up connection). GPS postions and locations on the 1998 Fair Hill Trail Map are included The following United Way codes can be used to designate a donation to The Fair Hill Nature Center. In Maryland: 260, Delaware: 5906.
Thank You, Thank You! The Nature Center staff would like to thank the following volunteers for helping prepare our trails for the new school year: Ashley and Bob Cather, Janet and Bob Fallon, and Tom Hannum. Thank you to Vincenti Decoys in Havre de Grace for helping to supply props for our new fourth grade program. The Nature Center staff would also like to thank the following people for volunteering their time during summer camp: Hayley Benson, Joseph Casini, Chris Carpenter, Ryan Clancy, Devon Freudenberger, Kelsie Fronheiser, Mackenzie Haight, Maddie Santoro, Melina Jones, Tyler Kackley, Scott Nonn, Joshua Pigman, Jessica Pursley, Gabrielle Thomas, Josh Trenary, Austin Tumas, and our special experts and entertainers: Lynn Mahaffy, Tom Rocek, Rick Waterhouse, Cole Wertz, Don Fieldhouse, and Dave Smith. Thanks to Bank of America and the Circle K group from the University of Delaware for volunteering their time to help with the fall clean-up and preperation of trails. Thanks also to the following for their recent generous donations:
Cecil County Bar Foundation for support of third grade visits. The Moran Family Charitable Foundation for four new microscopes. Country Thyme Garden Club provided field microscopes. Timber Bay Farm	Cecil Soil Conservation District for support of the fourth grade program. Waterfowl Festival is the major sponsor of the aquaic portion of the fifth grade program. Fair Hill Training Center Old Dominion Electric Cooperative for support of the Kindergarten Outreach Program
Sign up for our email list. If you would like to receive the latest news by email concerning events held at the Nature Center, send a message to fairhillnature@dol.net with the subject "Add to list" Normal Hours of Operation Weekdays from mid-March until mid-June and late-August until the end of November, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weekdays from mid-June until end of July, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (closed week of July 4th) Also, during other hours, weekends and other non-open days, Board members and staff who are working at the Center (which is quite often) usually open the doors so the public can visit.

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630 Tawes Drive
Elkton, MD 21921

If you have questions, comments or suggestions, email or call (410) 398-4909.
© 2008 Fair Hill Environmental Foundation, Inc.

Last Modified: 6/2/2009