Register for Youth Environmental Interest Club
Are you a fourth to twelfth grade youth that likes the outdoors? If so, it’s time to register for the Environmental Interest Club offered by Iowa State University Extension Boone County.
Youth will participate in eleven outdoor sessions one Saturday each month from January through November 2010 for a registration fee of $20 for 4-H members and $50 for non 4-H members (fee includes membership in 4-H with opportunities to participate in other fun 4-H activities and show at fair). Natalie Hedlund (Boone County Extension Youth Program Assistant) and Lisa Anderson (Environmental Education Corrdinator) will facilitate the sessions at different locations in and around Boone County.
February 6, 2010 ~ Food Chains
Boone County Extension, Boone
10am - Noon
February 20, 2010 ~ Soil or Dirt?
Iowa State University, Ames
10am - Noon
March 27, 2010 ~ Birds
Wild Birds Unlimited, Ames
4 - 6pm
April 17, 2010 ~ Spring Clean up
Mc Hose Park, Boone
10am - Noon
May 22, 2010 ~ Creek Walk
Iowa 4-H Camp, Madrid
10am - Noon
June 12, 2010 ~ Club Project
Boone County Extension, Boone
10am - Noon
July 24, 2010 ~ Fishing
TBA
10am - Noon
August 21, 2010 ~ Canoeing
Don Williams Park, Ogden
10am - Noon
September 18, 2010 ~ Dragoon River Romp
Boone County
7:30 am - Approx. 2pm
October ~ Member's Choice
November 13, 2010 ~ Family Potluck
Mc Hose Park, Boone
5 - 7 pm
Registration forms are available at the Boone County ISU Extension Office (603 Story Street in Boone). Parents are welcome and encouraged to accompany their children during the sessions at no cost.
Questions may be directed to Natalie Hedlund at the Boone County ISU Extension Office, (515)432-3882.