Service-Learning Opportunities. Your current options include: 1) Wednesday, April 5 @ 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Nancy Grayson Elementary School Science Night (Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Fun). Set-up at 5:15 runs to about 8:00 (out usually shortly after 8 p.m.). Need 2-3 students to assist with gathering materials from Shearer Hall about 4:00 p.m. loading them in my truck and then getting over to the school for set-up between 5:15 and 5:30. Families start to arrive around 5:45 usually (Sign-up below)
2) Friday or Saturday
April 14 or 15th Tree Planting at Furnace Run Park (Southampton Township Franklin County) Sign up for this one here: https://forms.gle/sgvVoHHQbVTU9kK1A You will need to provide your own transportation. Details are on the link.
3) Wednesday or Thursday April 19th or 20th
Teaching Sustainable Agriculture at the Campus Farm to Kindergarteners https://forms.gle/v8pazZhJVwvmFrs77 You can walk from campus to the campus farm. Details are on the link.
4) Saturday, April, 22 Michaux State Forest Pole Steeple Trail Work. Sponsored by Friends of Pine Grove State Park. 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Van transportation provided from Shearer Hall leaving at 8:30 a.m.
5) NEW OPPORTUNITY - Sunday, April 23, 1:00 to 4:00
Leap Day Farm Sustainable Agriculture Work and Learn Workshops. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic tenets of small-scale sustainable agriculture and topics including biosecurity, animal husbandry, milking goats, traditional no till agricultural practices, composting, and more. This experience will take place at 111 Big Pond Road, Walnut Bottom/Shippensburg. For more information and to sign-up, please click here here:
https://forms.gle/95cCb5QWXUG75Zpr7
6) Tuesday, April 25 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Campus Farm Spring Planting & Cultivation Work. Help with planting, bed prep, and other tasks as we continue to prepare for another year of excellent growing. Rain or Shine - as work can be completed in the high tunnel! (Sign-up below)
7) Thursday, April 27 @ 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Shippensburg University Earth Day Celebration on the Lehman Library Quad. Helping with education stations and games possibly for GBLUES Elementary Students (K through 5th grade). Details TBD.
8) Saturday, April 29 Ship Shape Day and Stream Clean-Up 8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Sign-in at the Fireman's Activity Center on Orange Street (Next to Ship Bev) before 9:00. T-shirts will be handed out and you will receive instructions and materials and a team (if you don't want to go to the stream) for clean-up. For those interested in the stream clean-up you will be assigned a "reach" of the stream and materials to collect trash that you remove from the stream and bank. Wear old clothes and shoes that can get wet if you want to go in the water. (Sign-up below)
When you participate in an outdoor field-based activity... What should you wear?
1) Wear sturdy shoes with a good tread/traction (no open toe, no flip flops, etc.) that you don't mind getting dirty. Hiking shoes are great, sneakers are Ok. Waterproof boots are best if it is muddy.
2) Wear long pants (old jeans). Trust me - you want this protection. You need to protect your legs from anything and everything!
3) Plan for the weather... A coat/rain coat/heavy sweater with layers and a t-shirt should you get warm.
4) Wear a hat to cover your head and keep sun out of your eyes.
5) Bring a pair of work gloves if you have them.
6) Use sun-screen for all exposed parts and hand sanitizer frequently.
7) Use some bug spray. Pants/long sleeves are good - as your first and best defense.
Other items:
Bring a water bottle.
