April Events
Ansonia Nature & Recreation Center
Earth Day and Playground Fundraiser
OLD ANSONIA NATURE CENTER PLAYGROUND DEMOLISHED!
Major Fundraiser for new playground set for Sat., April 30 at Earth Day Celebration.
Saturday, Apr 30, 2016, 10:00 AM
Ansonia Nature & Recreation Center, Deerfield Road, Ansonia, CT, United States
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EARTH DAY CELEBRATION SCHEDULE- APRIL 30TH, 2016
9:00am Native Plants Planting with Bungay School
10:00am Opening Ceremony – with Ranger Dan
10:30am Tree Planting
11:00-3:00 pm Plant a Seed with Ranger Amie
11:00am Bird Walk – with Kathy Gambicini
12:00 pm Tree ID Hike – with Alison Rublemann
12:00 pm Live Animals with James Tully “Featured Creatures”
12:00-2:00 pm Live Music with “Rattlin’ Windows”
12:45 pm Memorial Bench Installation
1:00 pm Nature Games! – in the field – with Ranger Jessica
2:00 pm Amphibian Search – with Ali Rublemann and Wendy
3:00 pm Live Animals – with Jessica & Dan, and James Tully
4:00 pm Raffle Winners Drawn!
End of Earth Day Celebration!
ON-GOING EVENTS AND EXHIBITS:
Bake Sale (inside) & Raffle (inside) Crafts for Kids – FREE!
ANC Playground Fund
ACOG (Ansonia Community Organic Gardens)
CT Agriculture Experiment Station (fliers)
DEEP C.A.R.E.
DJ’s Grill Food Truck
Electrolux – Laundry Pro by Aerus
Elm City Kettle Corn
Featured Creatures with James Tully
Food Corps.
Jr. Rangers – Ponding Touch Tank
Mr. Softee’s Ice Cream
NOFA (Northeast Organic Farmers Association)
NRRG (Naugatuck River Revival Group)
Regional Water Authority (Fliers)
Roseanne Shaw – Artist
Solar City
Scott Schuldt – Artist (Display Case)
Susan Wilson
USDA (fliers)
Valley Arts Council
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Bungay School (Seymour) – Planting
Earth Tones – Plants
Boys & Girl’s Blub Keystone Teachers Leaders Club – Planting
CTTEAM – Recycled crayon donation
Kreative Kastle, LLC – Jenn Tully – Painting Donation
Marcia Cohen – Raffle Items Donations
Joan Bettencourt – Raffle Items Donations
Creature Feature, Saturdays, noon
Earth Day Celebration, Saturday April 30, 10:00-4:00
Guided Hike, Sundays at 1:00
FITNESS AWARENESS JOG –-- Mondays Apr. 4–June 27, ----5 pm
FREE, but please register 203 736-1053
FAMILY ORGANIC GARDEN PROGRAM –------------ Fridays, Apr. 15 –June 17, -----3:30–5 pm
Food Corps and ANC will lead fun, family-friendly activities in our organic garden. Learn about growing a variety of fruits and vegetables. Dress appropriately; keep in mind you might get water and/or soil on your clothing. Closed-toe shoes, please!
FREE, with the potential to take home fresh local produce! Please register 203 736-1053
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AND PLAYGROUND FUNDRAISER–---- Sat. Apr. 30, 10 am–4 pm
Every day is Earth Day at the Nature Center! We invite everyone to honor Mother Earth with our Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center co-hosting this annual event. Enjoy hikes, live animals, environmental exhibitors and much more! Join one of our naturalists for a wildflower walk too. Food and snacks available from local vendors. All ages welcome, young and old—bring family and friends.
NATURE’S CHILD: Birds –---- Fri. May 6, 10 am
If we find a baby bird this spring, what should we do? Join one of our Nature Center naturalists to learn about the life of a baby bird. Hear a short story, make “binoculars,“ and then take a short scavenger hunt hike.
TUITION: $7 per child ($5 for family-level FANCI members and Ansonia residents). Please pre-register for this class for preschoolers and their adults.Please call to register 203 736-1053
WILD EDIBLES –--------- Saturday May 7, 10 am
Backyards, vacant lots, woodlands, and open fields support tons of
food and medicines for the natural collector! Join Rangers Jessica and Dawn for this in-depth study class. The rangers will lead us in identification of wild plants, and we’ll taste and smell some along the way.
Please pre-register 203 736-1053 Class size limited. FREE.
ASTRONOMY: Metonic Calendar -------– Friday May 13, 7 pm
Gaianne Jenkins, a retired mathematician with an interest in paleo-astronomy, will teach us about the lunar calendar and phases of the moon for any date in the past 300 years or for the next 300 years.
Gaianne will be handing out examples of metonic calendars for you to take home. Afterwards, join Bob Carruthers and the New Haven Astronomical Society for a chance to see the first quarter moon and other objects through their high powered telescopes. FREE; please pre-register.
OUTDOOR LIVING SKILLS: Lashing Project II – Sat. May 14, 11 am – 3 pm
ORIENTEERING FOR BEGINNERS – Sat. May 14, 2 pm
Our assistant director Wendy will teach this basic orienteering and map reading class, which is a good indoor/outdoor program for families. Once the basics are learned, we will take you outdoors to follow our orienteering course. Class size is limited to 15 children at least 7 years of age, each accompanied by an adult.
TUITION: $5 per person. Call for information about suitable compasses or borrow one of ours. Please register.