Virtual FREE Nature & Meditation Programs April - May
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/18/2020
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
Virtual Programming April and May 2020
April 18
Deep Dive into Nature ~ Weekly Meditation with Marlow Shami
Join Marlow for a guided meditation designed to support relaxation and restoration with Nature during these uncertain times. Shami offers practical tips in deepening your healing connection with the natural world here and now. Refresh yourself while reveling in the synergy we create in our group meditation. 10:00 a.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
April 18
A Virtual Walk Along the Interpretive Trail with Gerri Griswold
Take a virtual stroll along this beautiful trail located across from the Nature Museum! Gerri guides you using the accompanying brochure generously sponsored by The Stern Foundation and free to you once the Museum reopens (TBA). You'll see, learn, and maybe even hear all sorts of interesting things along the way. 2:00 p.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 19
Planting for the Bees' Needs - Providing Habitat for a Diversity of Bees
Kim Stoner is an entomologist who specializes in bees and pollination at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. She will introduce you to the world of native bees in your backyard and the easy things that you can do to conserve them.
2:00 p.m., ZOOM, Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_daNoP0teSzGsVAYtB3TEzw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
April 21 / 22
GIVE LOCAL!
Hosted by the Connecticut Community Foundation, Give Local Greater Waterbury & Litchfield Hills is a 36-hour online community giving event that encourages donors to lend their support to the nonprofit organizations that work every day to make our community stronger.
Every dollar donated to the Conservation Center from 7 a.m. on April 21st to 7 p.m. on April 22nd will help defray the cost of the 39th Annual Family Nature Day on September 26, 2020! Your donations will be stretched with bonus funds provided by the Connecticut Community Foundation and generous Give Local sponsors. We are also eligible to win amazing cash prizes during the event!
The Covid ~ 19 pandemic has greatly hurt so many. All of our programming resources evaporated. We hope that you will consider even a small donation to The Conservation Center. After all…from little acorns grow mighty oaks!
Watch our website, www.whitememorialcc.org or visit our personal Give Local page https://www.givelocalccf.org/organizations/white-memorial-conservation-center Thank you!
April 21
Virtual Spring Wildflower EcoTour with James Fischer
Spring wildflowers are blooming as temperatures warm and spring rain rolls in. This presentation will review the wildflower species that will be blooming from late-April to early-May. Our EcoTour will range from uplands to lowlands and from warm to cool microclimates. Northwest Connecticut is a transition zone for many wildflower species and we are fortunate to see the spring season progress through with subtle changes detected every week. 2:00 p.m. on ZOOM Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/647191957?pwd=Wnk3bFRNSk1ZQXAxTnNvcU1jendmQT09
Password: 344398
April 23
Read-Aloud of This Is The Earth via Facebook Live in Celebration of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
Education Director Carrie Szwed will host a storytime with a poignant message – we must preserve our planet! “This Is The Earth” is written by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander, with breath-taking illustrations by local artist Wendell Minor. A live animal will join us. 4:00 p.m. Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
April 25
Deep Dive into Nature ~ Weekly Meditation with Marlow Shami
Join Marlow for a guided meditation designed to support relaxation and restoration with Nature during these uncertain times. Refresh yourself while reveling in the synergy we create in our group meditation. 10:00 a.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
April 25
A Virtual Pond Prowl with Gerri Griswold
Follow Gerri to Ongley Pond where she will rustle up some of its inhabitants. If we are lucky perhaps we'll catch tadpoles, giant water bugs, crayfish, scuds, dragon fly and damsel fly larvae, and maybe even a water scorpion! We'll discuss each creature's role in the food web and you won't even get wet!!! 2:00 p.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
April 30
Hike Ongley Pond from HOME via Facebook Live
Walk one of our most beautiful trails from the comfort of your couch! Let Carrie Szwed, Education Director, be your eyes, ears, and legs as she hikes the ¼ mile Ongley Pond Trail and points out some of the natural wonders that make this trail so special. 4:00 p.m. Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 2
Deep Dive into Nature ~ Weekly Meditation with Marlow ShamiJoin Marlow for a guided meditation designed to support relaxation and restoration with Nature during these uncertain times. Shami offers practical tips in deepening your healing connection with the natural world here and now. Refresh yourself while reveling in the synergy we create in our group meditation. 10:00 a.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 2 Virtually Bobbing for Bobolinks at Topsmead State Forest Join Gerri as she ambles through the fields of Topsmead State Forest in search of this beautiful grassland bird. Join us at 8:00 am on Facebook Live!
https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 7
Animal Care at White Memorial via Facebook Live
White Memorial Conservation Center currently has 9 resident animals (not to mention at least 1,000 honeybees!) that we use as education ambassadors. Join Carrie Szwed, Education Director, as she gives you a behind-the-scenes peek into her animal care routine, both in real time and with cool video clips. (Not for the easily “eewed”...dead mice and live earthworms will be used.) 4:00 p.m. Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 9 Deep Dive into Nature ~ Weekly Meditation with Marlow ShamiJoin Marlow for a guided meditation designed to support relaxation and restoration with Nature during these uncertain times. Shami offers practical tips in deepening your healing connection with the natural world here and now. Refresh yourself while reveling in the synergy we create in our group meditation. 10:00 a.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 9 Virtual Story Time at Memorial Rock with Gerri Griswold Pull up a chair, gather your family, and listen to a wonderful story of Nature read to you by Gerri Griswold under the backdrop of Memorial Rock. 2:00 p.m.
Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 14
Looking Under Logs Together via Facebook Live
Turning over logs in the woods is like nature’s ultimate treasure hunt; you just never know what going to be hiding under them! Join Carrie Szwed, Education Director, as she carefully rolls over (and returns!) logs to find invertebrates, salamanders, and even mycelia. What’s that? Find out by joining us! 4:00 p.m. Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 16 Deep Dive into Nature ~ Weekly Meditation with Marlow ShamiJoin Marlow for a guided meditation designed to support relaxation and restoration with Nature during these uncertain times. Shami offers practical tips in deepening your healing connection with the natural world here and now. Refresh yourself while reveling in the synergy we create in our group meditation. 10:00 a.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 16 Virtual Dawn Paddle on Park Pond with Gerri GriswoldPour yourself a cup of coffee and get your day off to a cheerful start by virtually joining Gerri as she paddles this lovely pond in Winchester. Griswold has been accompanied by Great Blue Herons, Beavers, Snapping Turtles, River Otters, and a rich variety of bird life on her frequent jaunts. 6:00 a.m., Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 21
Small Wonders Walk via Facebook Live
We tend to overlook the smaller things in nature, but organisms such as fungi, mosses, ferns, and lichens are important components of an ecosystem. Education Director Carrie Szwed will take you on a virtual hike to point out each of these small wonders, plus any forms of tiny animal life that may cross her path.
NGSS: (4)-LS1.A; (5)-LS2.A; SEP: Carrying Out Investigations; CC: Systems, Structure & Function 4:00 p.m. Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
May 28
Nature’s Nursery: Cats! via Facebook Live
Join us for a special program designed for young nature lovers aged 3-6 years old. Education Director Carrie Szwed will read “What Cat is That?” from The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library, followed by a meet-and-greet with Carrie’s own tabby cat. Then she’ll lead you through the making of a cat-inspired craft using materials you can find around the house. 4:00 p.m. Facebook Live! https://www.facebook.com/The-White-Memorial-Conservation-Center-169764963176166/
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.