See Your Art Go Global!

Kids—Your Art Can Be Seen “Around” the Globe at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 21 from 11 am – 3 pm!

Calling all budding artists! Here’s your chance to create a piece of artwork that can be seen around the globe at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s free Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 21 from 11 am – 3 pm! To enter, draw, paint or make a collage of your favorite nature spot using the template on the back side of this entry form.  This could be your backyard, a park, ALNC or anywhere else that is special to you! Get creative—your art can include animals and plants or anything else you can imagine! 

Two entries from each age category (3-6, 7-9, 10-13,  and 14-18 years old) will be selected to be transformed into a 6 foot-wide spinning globe during the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s Grand Opening Celebration onSaturday, April 21 from 11 am - 3 pm which will unveil exciting new interactive exhibits and programs. Winning artists will also receive a free ALNC membership for their family ($50 value).

Click here to find out more or here download anentry form. Entry forms are also available for pick up at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center.

Contest is open for ages 3 to 18 years old. One entry per child.  Winners will be contacted with further instructions. This entry form and artwork must be emailed to devcomm@naturenet.com, mailed, or dropped off at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (Attn: Globe Contest, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 330 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716) by Noon on Wednesday, April 4^th 2012.

GYAO with NEW Outdoor Adventure Camps for Middle Schoolers!

GYAO (Get Your Adventure On) this summer with the Aldo Leopold Nature Center's new Outdoor Adventure Camps for ages 11-16!

These new camps offer your tween or teen hands-on learning and adventure as they learn survival skills like orienteering, explore nature interpretation and photography, fish Madison area lakes, backpack and camp on the Ice Age Trail, kayak through the breathtaking sea caves of the Apostle Islands and much more!

Summer camp registration for all age levels is now open for ALNC Members and will begin on March 16 for Non-Members! Remember, in addition to registering early, ALNC Members also receive 10% off summer camps, plus a year of free admission for ALNC's new interactive exhibits which we will be unveiling at our Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 21! Click here to become a member!

Here are few more great (and NEW) features of ALNC summer camps:

• Full week packages and single sessions available for ages 4-10.  Monday through Thursday camp options are 9am-12pm, 12-1pm (lunch bunch) and 1-4pm!
• Fridays have single sessions available from 9am-12pm, 12-1pm (lunch bunch) and 1-4pm!
• Extended day option is available to help fit your work schedule for 1/2 hour prior to or after regular camp times!
• All camps are taught by ALNC's highly trained and experienced naturalists!
• Fun and diverse themes include Apostle Isle Sea Kayaking, Weird Science, Living Like Laura, Muckin’ in the Marsh, Little Lunkers and much more! 
• Check out the new Family Camps for summer fun with grandmas, grandpas, parents and all the kids. If you have found yourself jealous of your kids going off to camp each summer, this one is for you!

Camps are filling fast, so click here to find out more about ALNC's summer camps and register to GYAO!