Hinds Community College-Summer Enrichment Program for Adults (all ages) and Kids 5-16, Camp Silver Eagle
Name:
Hinds Community College-Summer Enrichment Program for Adults (all ages) and Kids 5-16, Camp Silver Eagle
Date:
July 11, 2016
Time:
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
Event Description:
Attention! Adults, Church Groups, Home Schooler’s, Youth and Children! Registration is now open for the Hinds Community College, Creative Learning Fifty-Plus, annual intergenerational summer enrichment program, Camp Silver Eagle, July 11-15, 8:30-1:00 (Awards Day on Friday) for adults of all ages and children and youth 5-16 (with an adult) at the Ted Kendall Ag-Complex, McKenzie Facility, located on Seven Springs Road in Raymond. Adults have the option to participate with or without a child or youth partner. Youth 17+ will be considered an adult. This program encourages an intergenerational experience of creative learning and adventure, shared by adults and their grandchildren or any child 5-16, which focuses on backyard conservation best practices. Most camp activities are inside; however, there will be outside morning activities as well, but with access to near-by air-conditioning if needed. The camp theme is Backyard Conservation: “Get Connected: You, the Backyard, and All That Lives There!” with focus programs to include, Amy Genke, Park Ranger, Interpretative Services, Natchez Trace Parkway: Flora and Fauna of the Natchez Trace Parkway, Melody Field, Melody Field, Hinds CC Coordinator, +50 Programs: Backyard Birding, Kyle Lewis, MSU, County Extension Agent, Hinds County, ERCC: Raised Bed Gardening for All Ages, Bill Maily, MSU, Extension Associate III, Central MS R & E Ctr: Backyard Habitat Management, and Fisheries Day-Managing Farm Ponds and Small Lakes, Weed Identification and Control, Identification of Common Fishes in Mississippi’s Fresh Water; visit to an private local lake to learn about characteristics we look for and practices used to manage the soil, water, as well as, the fish population. Cost is $35 per Adult, $50 per Adult/1st child pair, $15 second child, and $10 per additional child. Group rates for 10 or more available. For more information and to request a registration form, contact Melody Field, Coordinator, HCC Creative Learning Fifty-Plus @ 601-857-3773 or mfield@hindscc.edu, or Tommie Winters, 601.946-4054/601.954.5194. Don’t miss a great week of creative learning and fun at Camp Silver Eagle, 2016 “Operation: Wet, Wild, Winged and Wonderful!” Pre-registration required-spaces are limited!
