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April 2003 Habitats (Complete newsletter) Volunteer Profile Volunteers are
the life force of any non-profit organization and Fair Hill Nature
Center
and its volunteers are no exception. Volunteers
can be any age, with any amount of time to give, from a one-time experience
to someone who returns faithfully week after week. We have volunteers
who come when we call, (“Jerry, the sink is stopped up again!”)
like Jerry Newman, head of our Buildings and Grounds committee or
Jerry Hendricks who designs and maintains our website. We have volunteers
who take on responsibility for special projects like our butterfly
garden, or who come out for trails days or help at annual fundraisers.
Boy Scout Troops think of us for Eagle projects and Girl Scout Troops
run craft stations or face paint at our special events like SpringFest. Summer Camp (Application) (Note:camps 1B, 3A, 3B, 5A, 6A, and 6B are full and camp 2B has been cancelled) Planning has begun
for this years’ summer camp (see
brochure) and includes some old favorites as well as some new offerings.
Nature Wizards at “Frogwarts” Academy will
again work their spells with owls and potions featuring the real
magic to be
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In
this issue of Habitats, Fair Hill Nature Center would like to introduce
you to an energetic and dedicated young man who has volunteered for
us two to four hours a week all fall. Billy Snider, a home schooled
seventh grader, who enjoys paying video games, fishing, and hunting,
shows up faithfully each Wednesday afternoon to hack multifora rose
with his trusty machete, haul mulch, build rock bridges, and cheerfully
do anything the Fair Hill Teachers can think of. Bill says he likes
to come out to the Center because it gives him something to do and
he enjoys visiting with the Nature Center staff, feeding our snakes,
and working outdoors. Last summer, when Billy attended the Chesapeake
Bay Camp at Fair Hill, he enjoyed helping the leaders as much as being
a camper. Bill’s mom felt that the staff was “friendly
and knowledgeable” so when the decision was made for Bill to
home-school she called FHNC to ask if he could volunteer to supplement
his home school curriculum. The staff was delighted. “After Bill’s
helpfulness at summer camp, I knew we were getting a real worker!” teacher
Janet Fallon noted. Bill’s Mom adds, “Volunteering is experiential
learning - by volunteering, Billy is learning to work with others, to
schedule his time for volunteering, schoolwork and other activities,
and obtaining a hands-on-learning environmental education.”
