Some sessions are already full, and Audubon Community Nature Center is now accepting registrations for 2024 Summer Day Camp. Designed for children ages 4 to 14, the camp runs four days a week and provides campers with time for free play, outdoor adventures, interactive nature-based lessons, and discovery-based activities. Offers. Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 can discover their passion for environmental education and protection through paid or unpaid internships (depending on their age).
The Audubon Community Nature Center will be hosting several summer learning opportunities.
Summer day camp is an opportunity for children to strengthen their foundation in the natural world, expand their knowledge, and grow through play and exploration. During the eight-week day camp, children ages 4 to 14 play, explore, learn, build, grow, and experiment in fields, forests, ponds, and swamps. Some sessions are already at capacity, but a brochure with all camp details is available at her AudubonCNC.org/DayCamp, where you can also register.
Applications for day camp scholarships are available until May 1 at AudubonCNC.org/scholarships. For answers to your questions, please contact our Education Coordinator, Sarah Hatfield, at 716-569-2345 or email her at SHatfield@AudubonCNC.org.
Internships are a way for upperclassmen ages 15-24 to gain experience in a camp environment and discover a passion for conservation and education. Paid and unpaid internships are available depending on age and experience.
Interns will learn skills such as lesson planning, group management, developmentally appropriate activities for different ages, and how to use the natural world as a classroom.
If your school supports the program, applications for unpaid internships for students ages 15 to 18 are available by arrangement with your high school and career guidance counselor. Other volunteer and service positions are available for students ages 13 to 18 through the Counselor-in-Training/Junior Counselor (CIT/JC) section of the day camp page (AudubonCNC.org/DayCamp).
Paid internship information is available at AudubonCNC.org/Jobs and applications are being accepted until March 10th.
Application information for the Summer Invasive Species Management Assistant position is also available at AudubonCNC.org/Jobs. Applications will be accepted until March 15th.
Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, a quarter-mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown and Warren. Visit nearly 600 acres of nature preserves, see live birds of prey, and hike more than 8 miles of trails from dawn to dusk every day for free.
The three-story nature center building features interactive exhibits, a live animal collection including a hellbender exhibit, and a Blue Heron gift shop. Visitors are welcome Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and their SNAP/EBT card holders receive free admission to the building each day. Admission to the building every Sunday is also free for non-nature center members.
For more information about Audubon and its programs, call 716-569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook or visit AudubonCNC.org.
