Accokeek Foundation Announces Spring Events
Contact: Call the Office For More Information on Any Of These Events
Phone: 301.283.2113
Email: accofound@accokeek.org
RAIN BARREL VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Saturday, February 23, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Administration Building, Rain or Shine, Free
Spring is just around the corner and so are the April showers. Last year's Rain Barrel Workshop was a huge success and demand exceeded supply. So this year, we'd like to expand our workshop offerings. We're looking for a few volunteers willing to help build the rain barrels, or willing to teach the workshops. We'll provide the training and all the materials. If you're interested in spreading the word on water conservation, please join us for our first ever Rain Barrel Volunteer Training.
Volunteers will be trained in the construction of rain barrels and leading rain barrel workshops. Volunteers will be able to conduct workshops and educate homeowners about water conservation, use and care of rain barrels. From 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m we will learn to build rain barrels for future workshops. At 12:30 p.m. we will begin training volunteers so that they may teach future workshops, which will be held at the Accokeek Foundation's Education Center. All materials will be provided. For more information contact Kathy Talbot at 301.283.2113, ext. 32 or by email at ktalbot@accokeek.org. Please identify whether you are interested in building rain barrels or teaching the workshops.
THE STATE OF JOHN SMITH'S CHESAPEAKE BAY, 1608
Sunday, March 9, 2008
2:00 p.m. Coffee, 3:00 p.m. Lecture
Education Center, Rain or Shine, Free
On March 9th, we'll be hosting Dr. Kent Mountford for his discussion on "The State of John Smith's Chesapeake Bay". Don't miss this entertaining and educational talk on the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, discussing the manner of exploration and how the ecosystem looked and worked during the time of Native American settlement, before European intervention.
The Foundation is pleased to have Dr. Kent Mountford as the second speaker in the 2008 Robert Ware Straus Lecture Series. Dr. Mountford is an Estuarine Ecologist and Environmental Historian for Cove Corporation, with 40 years experience focused on North America's mid-Atlantic temperate estuaries. He spent the balance of his 16 years at the Environmental Protection Agency as Bay Program Senior Environmental Scientist. Dr. Mountford is an effective and engaging naturalist-lecturer with a sense of humor and a particular sensitivity for historical context. His numerous lectures have been abundantly illustrated from his own archive of 21,000 color slides and thousands of digital images. In addition, he has published dozens of papers and articles. He has been a sailor for over fifty years and a licensed U.S. Coast Guard captain since 1987. His logbooks span more than half a century and are filled with experiences and sketches, covering some 40,000 miles sailing his own boats and those of others on waters domestic and foreign.
PROJECT WILD
Friday, March 14, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Education Center, Rain or Shine,
Registration required by Friday, March 7, 2008
$15.00 Admission, Lunch, Snacks
Project WILD Materials Provided Free to Attendees
Calling all Educators! For the first time ever, The Foundation is offering a very special opportunity for teachers, home school programs, and scout leaders to receive training from the nationally-recognized Project WILD, a conservation and environmental education program for K-12 educators. The workshop is designed to assist educators in presenting materials in their classrooms at all grade levels. One of the sections includes information on how to integrate Project WILD activities into any content area and how to connect this information to federally mandated No Child Left Behind requirements.
BLUEBIRD TRAIL MONITOR VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
Saturday, March 15, 2008
1:00 p.m.
Education Center, Rain or Shine, Free
Registration Required
Birdlovers wanted! Help preserve Maryland's bluebirds! We're looking for volunteers to help maintain the Ken Otis Bluebird Trail. Volunteers will learn how to monitor bluebird nesting boxes along the trail. Training will include a guided hike. Please wear closed-toe shoes and clothing appropriate for walking in tall grasses and on various terrains. Eight volunteers are needed to monitor the nesting boxes from March through August. Contact Tricia Hardin at 301.283.2113, ext. 12 or by email at programs@accokeek.org to register.
COLONIAL FOODWAYS
March 15, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Subsequent demonstrations occur third Saturdays monthly from March through December
National Colonial Farm, Rain or Shine
Admission Fee Required, Members Free
And here's something for history lovers AND food lovers! Ever wonder how people cooked before microwaves or what people ate before the advent of fast food? Join us the 3rd Saturday monthly as costumed interpreters demonstrate preparation of foods, representative of "middling" sort tobacco growing families in the late 1700s in Prince George's County, Maryland. Demonstrations vary monthly, and involve seasonally available foods, colonial implements and methods.