Don’t forget to Let’s G.O. Get Outside! this Saturday from 2-4pm at Martin Road Park in Ferndale. The weather is looking a little dodgy, but we will be out there with our table, bundled up if necessary and ready to pass out the scavenger hunts and prizes!
Please sign in at the table when you arrive to get your hunt instructions, then come back to the table when it is completed to get your prize. I would also appreciate it if you could fill out the comments slip!
See you tomorrow!! 
On Sunday, April 22nd, join us at the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor for an Earth Day Celebration. It is FREE and there will be tons of activities! The local band Gemini will be performing, there will be some green cars on display, tables and info from over 70 environmental groups, a bubble station, face painting, an all species parade, and more! check out http://www.lesliesnc.org/ for more info!
The Ferndale Schools are partnering with
Clean the Ferndale Up! on Saturday, May 12.
Citizens from across the community will be
lending a hand for a city-wide spring clean
up, including picking up trash, clearing planting
beds, and planting.
In the district, teams will be at Coolidge,
Ferndale Middle School, and Grant to clean
up there. Bring your gloves and sign up on
the Ferndale Patch event page at:
ferndale.patch.com/articles/register-hereclean-
the-ferndale-up-on-may-12
Thanks to Matt Nowaczok who created and is
leading this project for the community.
The Great American Backyard campout is June 23rd this year! This is a night where families all over the country sleep under the stars and spend time together in the great outdoors. You can set up a tent in your own backyard, or join a group in your area at a campground, nature center, or other site. Check out www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Great-American-Backyard-Campout.aspx for more info! They also have activity ideas, campfire recipes, songs, etc. on the site.
Our family will be at the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor…you can check their site to see if they are still registering, but they only take the first 40 families, so hop to it!
Click this link: http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/packs/ and find a TON of free “packs” that you can request via email and then download and print…they are thematically based. There are topics from camping to ladybugs, to spring, to trees, etc. I just discovered this site and there is so much there! Definitely check it out!
It is a go to Let’s G.O. (Get Outside)!!! We will be hosting a nature scavenger hunt at Martin Road Park in Ferndale from 2-4pm on Saturday, April 28th! Afterwards,families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch so that they can enjoy the park and get to know their community neighbors better! Check out http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7055/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=47916 to sign up to attend! Hope so see many people there!
April is the month to celebrate Let’s G.O. (Get Outside)!
I am in the planning stages to host an outing for our nature club on Saturday, April 28th from 2-4pm at a local Ferndale park. I am thinking a nature scavenger hunt with everyone hanging out afterwards with picnic lunches…
I’d like to actually get fliers sent home with students at school so we have a nice turnout too. In the process of getting that approved.
What do you think? Does a nature scavenger hunt and picnic in the park sound like something you would come to? Thoughts welcome!
