| Monthly Newsletter: May 2023 What is happening at Rock Hollow Woods? Walk in the Woods - Saturday, May 20th 5:00-8:00 p.m. "Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!" ~Robin Williams Tickets are selling fast! Put on your hiking boots and bring your sense of adventure as you walk into a culinary experience and breathe in the beauty of Rock Hollow Woods for our Walk in the Woods fundraiser event on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Enjoy food and drinks prepared by Chef Philip-Georges Davis using locally sourced ingredients. The evening will include a welcome champagne toast, an appetizer and cocktail station that showcases some of the property, a 4-course meal served in our charming stone pavilion, a silent auction, and networking opportunities to connect with others committed to Rock Hollow Woods' mission. This special event has limited seating so register today! ( May 13th is the LAST day to buy tickets ) Benefits from the event will help provide children with outdoor opportunities to discover and learn about the natural world and empower them to protect their environment. Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club - Tuesdays 4:30-6:30 p.m. We're excited that our Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club is getting more popular! This program gives kids a chance to "let go" after their school day and escape into nature as they explore and investigate the world around them. Participants will enjoy hiking different areas of Rock Hollow Woods during the 2 hour program and might engage in activities such as team building challenges, hands-on learning about topics in nature, and of course free play exploration! Space is limited so sign up today! Bird Walks for Adults- May 13th Bird Walks for Adults- It’s getting green outside, so get your binocs out! Let’s hike and “bird” together. As our bird friends travel back from warmer climates to find food and a good place to nest, we should be there to greet them and watch them enjoy the buffet available at Rock Hollow Woods. Every walk will be different. Sign up today! Summer is Just Around the Corner Featured Summer Camps Outdoor STEM: July 31st-August 4th, 12:30 -3:30 p.m. Did you ever think about designing and building a boat out of artifacts from nature? During Outdoor STEM , participants will engage in STEM-related challenges utilizing the Engineering and Design Process like creating simple machines, nature catapults, and bug hotels. Appropriate for children entering 2nd through 7th grades in Fall 2023. CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up today! Art Exploration through Nature: August 7th-11th, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Art Exploration through Nature will allow campers to paint, draw, sculpt, and sketch in the great outdoors. Each day children will work on a variety of art projects inspired by environmentally-themed artists. Campers will also engage in free play and team challenges. Appropriate for children entering 2nd through 7th grades in Fall 2023. CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up today! Wet & Wild: July 24th - 28th, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. During Wet & Wild camp , children will play games with water, experiment with water like scientists, and even create nature boats to race! Campers will also enjoy free play during each afternoon. Campers should be prepared to get wet (a little or a lot) every day! Appropriate for children entering K through 1st grades in Fall 2023. CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up today! In April we enjoyed a variety of educational programs. Toddler Time on the Trail, Homeschool Happenings, Nature Pre-K, Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club, 6 Reading SD field trips, 1 Daisy Garden Badge, and 2 Girl Scout Bug Badges. Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club Brownie Troops 12147, 1465, 1370, & 1011 earned their Bug Badges Reading SD Field Trips Nature Pre-K Program Homeschool Happenings Toddler Time on the Trail Daisy Troop 1544 - Garden Journey Badge Gratitude Corner We are so grateful for the many ways you continue to support Rock Hollow Woods Environmental Learning Center! Thank you to this month's donors: B & H Organics, Berkshire Podiatry, Birdsboro Family Dental Associates, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Herbein + Co., Meg Cowan-French, Reading Plastics, Tweed-Weber-Danks Inc., Village Motors Inc., and West Wyomissing Fire Company. Thank you for the gifts that are being used at Rock Hollow Woods: Heidi Androwick, Allison Bolt, Brooke & Kaiya Frey, Heather Hennessey, Jan Slater, and Mike Zeitz. Thank you for the amazing volunteers who help at Rock Hollow Woods: ~UGI Utilities for sending a fantastic group of volunteers over for our 'Earth Day of Service' who mulched and cleared invasive plants in our nature play zone to make it look incredible! ~Joan Hanley, Amy Langman, Tom Marks, Carol Patterson, and Michelle and Colin Zeitz for helping clear invasive plants, mulch the nature play zone, and clean our facilities during our 'Earth Day of Service.' ~Dr. Debbie Patt and Jonas Blake for assisting and helping during our Toddler Time on the Trail programs. ~AJ Engle for helping with land and facilities projects and for assisting during Toddler Time and Nature Pre-K programs. ~Girl Scout Troop 1284 for planning, designing, and painting signs to be posted around Rock Hollow Woods and they're AMAZING! Troop 1284 made amazing signs for RHW! Troop 1284, led by Thomas Dareneau Volunteers from UGI Utilities on our "Earth Day of Service" Please help us spread the word by sharing this with a friend! DONATE to support our mission Visit Our Site Check us out on social media! |
Monthly Newsletter: May 2023 | |
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What is happening at Rock Hollow Woods? | |
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Walk in the Woods - Saturday, May 20th 5:00-8:00 p.m. | | |
"Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!"
~Robin Williams
Tickets are selling fast! Put on your hiking boots and bring your sense of adventure as you walk into a culinary experience and breathe in the beauty of Rock Hollow Woods for our Walk in the Woods fundraiser event on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Enjoy food and drinks prepared by Chef Philip-Georges Davis using locally sourced ingredients.
The evening will include a welcome champagne toast, an appetizer and cocktail station that showcases some of the property, a 4-course meal served in our charming stone pavilion, a silent auction, and networking opportunities to connect with others committed to Rock Hollow Woods' mission. This special event has limited seating so register today! (May 13th is the LAST day to buy tickets)
Benefits from the event will help provide children with outdoor opportunities to discover and learn about the natural world and empower them to protect their environment.
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Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club - Tuesdays 4:30-6:30 p.m. | | |
We're excited that our Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club is getting more popular! This program gives kids a chance to "let go" after their school day and escape into nature as they explore and investigate the world around them. Participants will enjoy hiking different areas of Rock Hollow Woods during the 2 hour program and might engage in activities such as team building challenges, hands-on learning about topics in nature, and of course free play exploration! Space is limited so sign up today! | |
Bird Walks for Adults- May 13th | | |
Bird Walks for Adults- It’s getting green outside, so get your binocs out! Let’s hike and “bird” together. As our bird friends travel back from warmer climates to find food and a good place to nest, we should be there to greet them and watch them enjoy the buffet available at Rock Hollow Woods. Every walk will be different. Sign up today! | |
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Summer is Just Around the Corner
Featured Summer Camps
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Outdoor STEM: July 31st-August 4th, 12:30 -3:30 p.m. | | |
Did you ever think about designing and building a boat out of artifacts from nature? During Outdoor STEM, participants will engage in STEM-related challenges utilizing the Engineering and Design Process like creating simple machines, nature catapults, and bug hotels.
Appropriate for children entering 2nd through 7th grades in Fall 2023.
CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up today!
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Art Exploration through Nature: August 7th-11th, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | | |
Art Exploration through Nature will allow campers to paint, draw, sculpt, and sketch in the great outdoors. Each day children will work on a variety of art projects inspired by environmentally-themed artists. Campers will also engage in free play and team challenges.
Appropriate for children entering 2nd through 7th grades in Fall 2023.
CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up today!
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Wet & Wild: July 24th - 28th, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. | | |
During Wet & Wild camp, children will play games with water, experiment with water like scientists, and even create nature boats to race! Campers will also enjoy free play during each afternoon. Campers should be prepared to get wet (a little or a lot) every day!
Appropriate for children entering K through 1st grades in Fall 2023.
CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up today!
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In April we enjoyed a variety of educational programs.
Toddler Time on the Trail, Homeschool Happenings, Nature Pre-K, Afterschool Adventurers Nature Club, 6 Reading SD field trips, 1 Daisy Garden Badge, and 2 Girl Scout Bug Badges.
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Daisy Troop 1544 - Garden Journey Badge | | |
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We are so grateful for the many ways you continue to support Rock Hollow Woods Environmental Learning Center!
Thank you to this month's donors:
B & H Organics, Berkshire Podiatry, Birdsboro Family Dental Associates, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Herbein + Co., Meg Cowan-French, Reading Plastics, Tweed-Weber-Danks Inc., Village Motors Inc., and West Wyomissing Fire Company.
Thank you for the gifts that are being used at Rock Hollow Woods: Heidi Androwick, Allison Bolt, Brooke & Kaiya Frey, Heather Hennessey, Jan Slater, and Mike Zeitz.
Thank you for the amazing volunteers who help at Rock Hollow Woods:
~UGI Utilities for sending a fantastic group of volunteers over for our 'Earth Day of Service' who mulched and cleared invasive plants in our nature play zone to make it look incredible!
~Joan Hanley, Amy Langman, Tom Marks, Carol Patterson, and Michelle and Colin Zeitz for helping clear invasive plants, mulch the nature play zone, and clean our facilities during our 'Earth Day of Service.'
~Dr. Debbie Patt and Jonas Blake for assisting and helping during our Toddler Time on the Trail programs.
~AJ Engle for helping with land and facilities projects and for assisting during Toddler Time and Nature Pre-K programs.
~Girl Scout Troop 1284 for planning, designing, and painting signs to be posted around Rock Hollow Woods and they're AMAZING!
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Volunteers from UGI Utilities on our "Earth Day of Service" | | |
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Please help us spread the word by sharing this with a friend! | |
Check us out on social media! | |
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