The Education committee is pleased to announce its sponsorships for the DEC youth summer camp programs. We had seven applicants in all. This year we will be sending Ar Nwai of Albany, Macy Frederickson of Ballston Spa, and Blake Vaisey of Warrensburg, to participate in a fun-filled, educational week of environmental activities at Pack Forest. Ar Kee of Albany, and Andrea de Riele of Ticonderoga will be heading to Camp Colby to join in the outdoor fun and learning experiences presented there. Two other candidates are pending and will be announced at a later date. Our chapter, as usual, will pay the weekly fee which has risen to $325 per candidate.

At present, we are still looking for candidates for ADK's Teen Trails program. This year's projects range from two sections of the Northville-Placid Trail (one in the Lewey Lake area, the other in the Cedar Lake region), to the Deer Pond Loop in the Tupper Lake area. Other possibilities include Scarface or Lyon Mountain. If you know of anyone aged 14 to 17 who might be interested, please go to our website's education link and download an application and send it along to me a.s.a.p..

Come March, I'll be over in Amsterdam enlightening some sixth graders on the pleasures of hiking, and, perhaps, leading them on a short hike at a latter point in time. June will find Nancy and me back at Queensbury's third-grade Adirondack Day which is always a pleasurable day for all. Let this be a reminder to schools that we are available to come speak to classes, perhaps on survival skills in conjunction with a story or novel read, or to enhance a unit on the outdoors or to lead a short hike in which we incorporate discussion/identification activities as requested. Feel free to contact me if you feel we can be of help.

Once again, I invite anyone who wishes to join our committee and/or offer new ideas or a helping hand to call or e-mail me at 696-7265 or lranado@hotmail.com.

- Linda Ranado, Education Chair

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