Blue Ridge Wildlife Center Announces Exciting Summer Camps
(MENAFNEditorial) Children 4 to 14 will learn about wildlife and habitat in three camp sessions
The Blue Ridge Wildlife Centerone of the largest wildlife rescue veterinarian hospitals in the Mid-Atlanticannounced today that it will hold three week-long summer camps dedicated to exploration, learning and fun at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center. The annual camp, known as Wildlife Discovery Camp, features topics ranging from birds of prey to animal camouflage, to exploring pond and forest wildlife. All sessions include animal guests such as hawks, owls, eagles, flying squirrels, bats and others.
This years camp, back due to popular demand, will expand on topics, ages served and hours from previous years and will be held at the new BRWC facility at 930 Tilthammer Mill Road in Boyce on the Burwell-Van Lennep Foundation Property.
We are so excited to be able to open our new wildlife center to this years campers, stated David Bancroft BRWCs executive director. The facility will provide space in case of inclement weather and for a broader array of activities. Weather permitting, the majority of camp is held outdoors on the expansive property where there is an abundance of wildlife and wildlife habitat.
Camp sessions will be split into three age groups: ages 4 to 6, 7 to 10 and 11 to 14. Campers may attend for one day or all days with each day offering a different topic and interactive experience. Group A, for ages 7 to 10, will be held from June 27 through July 1. Group B, for ages 11 to 14, will run from July 11 through July 15; and Group C, for ages 4 to 6, will be held from July 25 through July 29. Camp runs each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except for Group C (youngest campers) which runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All sessions are $35 per child per day.
Most of the BRWCs Education Ambassadors will also attend. These are wildlife that have been rescued and, for various reasons, cannot be returned to the wild. They have become accustomed to people and handling so that they can be used to educate the public. BRWC has education animals including bats, squirrels (including flying squirrels), a skunk, a barred owl, many turtles and snakes, a red shouldered hawk and a red tailed hawk.
Camp will be directed by Kristi Titus and Steve Martin. Both are teachers at Leesburg Elementary School. Sessions for older children meet Standards of Learning lesson requirements. For more information on BRWCs Wildlife Discovery Camp and to register, visit www.blueridgewildlifectr.org, call Jennifer Burghoffer at 540-837-9000, or email educationblueridgewildlifectr.org.
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About Blue Ridge Wildlife Center. The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center is a non-profit, 501(c)3 charitable organization for wildlife conservation and rehabilitation located in Clarke County, Virginia. The center assists the native wildlife of Northern Virginia and Northeastern West Virginia, and does not charge for services. Because the organization does not receive any local, state or federal funding, it is completely dependent on private donations. For more information, please visit www.blueridgewildlife.org.
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