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Newsletter – February, 2017
FEBRUARY ACTIVITIES AND CLASSES: AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS: Volcanoes! Watch out!!! Mount Closter is about to erupt again! This month’s after-school science program will focus on everyone’s favorite natural disaster – Volcanoes! We will try to get outside each day, so please dress for the weather. Kids will make model volcanoes and we will erupt our giant volcano simulator, Mt. Closter. […]
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Summer Program
The Closter Nature Center is proud to offer its annual summer program to children ages 4 – 14. For over 50 years, campers have had an opportunity to explore the Nature Center’s 136 acres of ponds, streams, meadows and forests in a fun and nurturing environment. Our campers hike, dig, wade in the water, and […]
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History
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR CENTER In 1961 the mayor and council- concerned that unwise development might erode the future quality of life in the borough- established a committee to study the prospects for a nature center. A public association was incorporated in 1962, to which 80 acres of land was leased from the Borough. […]
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Mugs
Soup-er sized mugs! Oversized mugs suitable for soup, our annual Soup Supper or a whole-lotta-coffee!
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CNC T-shirts
Original Closter Nature Center t-shirt made in a comfortable polyester/cotton blend. Color is a light gray. We stock both adult and youth sized t-shirts. All adult t-shirts are sized for men.
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Youth Programs
The Closter Nature Center is the site of hundreds of hours of programming each year for grade-school aged children. These programs include: After-school classes Mini-camps during school vacations Scout programs Organized hikes And a 9-week summer program that has been serving the community for more than 50-years Our on-site Naturalist, Marc Gussen leads many of […]
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February Winter Camp
Looking for something for the kids to do during the winter break? Bring them to the Nature Center!
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Topics will depend on the weather, but they will definitely be fun and educational.
To help make these programs fit your schedule the classes will run for 4 days but kids can sign up for 1, 2, 3, or all 4 of the days.
We will try to spend time outside each day, so please dress for the weather. -
Newsletter – January, 2017
JANUARY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS: Winter Wonderland We will bring in the New Year with the magic of winter! This month’s program will focus on snow: what it is, where it comes from, and what it means for us and for nature. We will try to get outside everyday, so please dress for the weather. Pre-K […]
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New Bridge Project
New bridge built by volunteers and the NY/NJ Trail conference, funded with generous support of Whole Foods Markets.
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New Bridge, November 2016
An aging bridge spanning a stream at the Closter Nature Center has been replaced with a new and sturdier one thanks to a grant from Whole Foods and volunteers of the NY/NJ Trail Conference and Nature Center.
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The Closter Nature Center is a certifying organization in the President’s Volunteer Awards Program (PVSA). The PVSA program is sponsored by AmeriCorps and operated by Points of Light Inc.
Points of Light, Inc. works to create products and services that help volunteers, nonprofits/NGOs and corporations maximize their impact and “inspire more points of light in communities around the world.”
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