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Hello Autumn Hike
Sunday, November 4th, at 3 PM
Come visit the Nature Center and join us for a hike along our trails. Enjoy our woods as colors peak in mid - Autumn! Meet at the cabin by Ruckman Pond...
November After-School Classes
Survival Skills
This month we will try our hand at some primitive technology, learning about how Native Americans used nature to survive and thrive. Dress for all conditions, as did the people who lived here not so long ago!
PK- K –Tuesdays- 6th -13th and 27th
1st and 2nd -Wednesdays -7th -14th and 28th
3rd through 6th –Thursdays- 8th -15th and 29th
Cost: $40 members, $50 non-members
Time: 3:45 - 5:00 PM
To register online please go to:
https://register.communitypass.net/Closter and you will be taken to Community Pass, our online registration and payment system.
If you would prefer to register in person, please call Marc Gussen at (201) 750-2778.
CLOSTER NATURE CENTER ADULT PROGRAM
“PRIMITIVE TECHONLOGY”
Thursday, November 15th, 7 to 8:30 PM
Presented by Marc Gussen
Come learn the skills of the ancients. This program for adults and teens covers the history of primitive technology from the first stone tools on up. Skills covered include fire making by friction, cordage, flint-knapping and a host of other lost arts. Light refreshments will be served.
The program is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted!
400 White 'Flags' in Our Forest...Help from Your Home?
While the dates for installing our deer exclusion fencing are uncertain - hopefully November - one thing is for sure: we are going to need an abundance of large white ties to mark the black vinyl fence at frequent intervals, to increase its visibility until the deer get used to its presence and don't run into it. As many as 400 white, or very light colored ties, may be needed. The size can be variable, but generally 3 inches by 3 feet long. Shaggy, torn ties are fine! Can you donate some bundles of 20 such ties? More? Or, bring sheets to the N. Ctr. porch table for others to tear up? It would be a great way to help out with this BIG project. Thank You!
Also, if you are able to help carry materials into the sites for actual installation, please e-mail Mary Mayer at marym812@aol.com.
Clothes Recycling Bins
MANY THANKS to all of our supporters who were concerned that the collection bins at the Stop & Shop in Closter had disappeared!
Apparently the bins are being repaired and refurbished and will soon be back in place. Just a reminder that the used clothing bins are maintained by Carecycle, a recycling company, and help to financially support our Closter Nature Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. So keep filling up those bags!
CNC Month By Month:
November: Sunday, November 4th, at 3 PM – Hello Autumn Hike
November: Thursday, November 15th, at 7 PM- “Native Technology” presented by Marc Gussen
December: Holiday Break Classes: Wednesday, 12/26 - Friday, 12/28
March: Photography Exhibition!
END OF YEAR GIVING
Closter Nature Center educational programs, held in Northern Valley classrooms, after school at the Nature Center, and during the summer session, reach over 6,000 children each year. Our goal is to disconnect children from digital devices and reconnect them with Nature! However, Closter Nature Center needs your support to extend our curriculum to as many Northern Valley schools as possible, and to expand our program offerings at the Nature Center. Please consider an education donation to the Closter Nature Center in your year-end giving plans. You can give either by going online to closternaturecenter.org, or by sending a check to P.O. Box 80, Closter NJ, 07624.
We are a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your tax –deductible donation will help support our programming, our facility and 136-acre tract of forested woodlands. Thank-You for your support!
COMMUNITY PASS TRANSITION
Closter Nature Center is gradually moving our administrative functions over to Community Pass. This digital support option allows our members to conveniently sign up for classes and renew their annual Closter Nature Center memberships. Community Pass renewal reminders will now be sent out on the anniversary date of your membership sign up. This transition is a significant change for the Nature Center and we hope it will enable us to better meet the needs of all our member families.
