Invaluable Staff at Eco Camp

Our summer staff is having fun with the Eco Campers. Michelle, Jenny, Jade, & Cate are all working hard to keep up with the kids. They are a FANTASTIC asset to HDT!!! YAY girls!!

Eco Camp Session 2: Day 3

The Eco Campers pulling weeds and thinning out the radishes at the Happy Dancing Turtle Community garden plot.




The kids used their garden markers to mark the vegetables in our HDT garden plot.



















It's snack time in the school forest! Yum! :)




















Barb leads the kids in Tree Identification.




















The Eco Campers learning about the pond.

































The kids enjoy making Hummingbird feeders from old baby jars.



















The kids enjoyed preparing their own Bagel Faces for our afternoon snack.

Eco Camp Session 2: Day 2

At Terrific Tuesdays, the Eco Campers reused plastic bags to make jump ropes.
















They used the jump ropes in the Olympic themed activities.




































In honor of the Olympics, the Eco Campers reused CDs to make their own medals.
















The kids learned about how disease and toxins can spread through
water sources in an activity called Poison Pump.




















Michelle helped the kids finish their bandannas.
















Jade and Cate slaved away in the kitchen to make Gold Medal Cookies for the kids' snack.

Eco Camp Session 2: Day 1

Today we created garden markers for our plot in the community garden.
We will soon know where each vegetable is growing.















The kids used their knowledge of the oil spill in Louisiana
to help Jenny simulate our own oil spill.















Barb taught the kids all about our campus on a tour.
They learned many things including: the benefits of having a
"Green Roof" and using a worm bin.

































Avery used her creativity to tie-dye a bandanna.















Miah enjoyed our morning snack, moose lips.




















Rochester learned about his impact on the earth with his Eco Footprint Quiz.

A few more introductions

Since our Eco Events Assistants have been given airtime it's only fair that we also recognize our outdoor crew. This team will be dividing their time between HUG and HDT projects around campus. So far they have been battling the weeds in the garden, clearing brush in the woods and planting A LOT of trees.

Sarah Wood, has returned to remind the weeds who's boss!

Cody Dabill, a Pine River local knows what hard work is all about.

Derek Sonenstahl returns to HUG and HDT as summer staff - last year he constructed and put up bluebird houses around campus for his Eagle Scout Project


Last but not least we have Dalton Dabill, but I have yet to catch up with him and get a picture...

We can see the raspberries again!

Sarah has been busy all spring trying to stay ahead of the weeds in the garden. Thanks to her diligent efforts and some help from Derek the raspberry plants are once again visible!

Before

Yes, there really are raspberries in there!

After

Raspberries, less the weeds and a new layer of mulch!

HDT Welcomes Michelle Hoefs!

Michelle Hoefs joined the HDT team in May 2010 as a full-time program assistant. In her role, Michelle will provide support for all HDT programs in the areas of education, food and water security, and sustainability programs. She jumped right in with the planning and preparation for the first session of Eco Camp.