The best of outdoor play, sustainability and so many other good things are wrapped into this 2 day camp for kids!
The Virginia Association for Biological Farming is offering a Youth Program for children between the ages of 5-12 during two days of the 21st annual Conference at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. The Program is offered Sunday, January 12, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM and Monday, January 13, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The Youth Program is being held in the Mill Mountain room at The Hotel Roanoke and meals are served in the Roanoke Ballroom for all Conference attendees and the children participating in the program.
The Youth Program registration fee is $40 and includes lunch and dinner on Sunday and lunch on Monday. Plenty of yummy snacks will be available in the classroom both days, provided by Friendly City Food Co-Op. Lots of educational and fun activities are planned, all around the conference themes of sustainable living and farming, agro-ecology, earth healing and restoration, as well as making things and having fun!
Planned activities include kids yoga, art projects, games, craft projects, making a medicinal salve, seed saving, garden planning, making seed bombs, mushroom innoculation, making bottle balls from recycled plastic, working with natural dyes and more! An outdoor nature scavenger hunt is planned on Monday. The kids will learn about gardening, how bees make honey, and edible fruit trees. Teacher Nancy Lilly will explore water quality and how water moves through a landscape using a watershed model and team games.
Art and reading stations will be set up in the classroom for self-directed entertainment throughout both days. Various speakers from the conference will visit the classroom to share their knowledge and expertise with the kids, and the kids will also visit the conference exhibits and trade show to see and talk about the displays and products. The program is led by three experienced teachers both days. Children will always be closely supervised and can only be signed out by the registered parent(s) or guardian(s) listed on the registration form. Register at vabf.org! Find the Youth Program page under the Conference heading at the top of the website. The Youth Program is sponsored by Carter Farms & Carter Brothers.
Learn more and register here: vabf.org/vabf-conference-youth-program/
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