Outdoor Classroom Summer Schedule Ready!
As part of OFI’s Outdoor Classroom initiative Elizabeth Hanarahan will be offering programs for children and their parents grades 3 through 7 at the “Living Shoreline” at NCCAT, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Ocracoke Campus. These will be offered every Monday beginning May 28th. Four different programs will be offered; How to Raed a NC Beach, Wetland Metaphors, Saltmarsh Players and Net Gain-Net Effect. Each activity based program follows the North Carolina Essential Standards for Science. Elizabeth is a full time Ocracoke resident, an OFI Board member, a certified environmental educator and a licensed wildlife rehabilitator through the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Gene Ballance, local waterman and oyster researcher and Hunter O’Neal, local waterman and student – will cast net demo or crab pot demonstration. In the event of rain “Oysters in the Classroom” will be held at the Ocracoke Working Waterman’s Exhibit located on the dock at the Community Square. Programs will begin at 10:00AM and are expected to last 90 minutes. There is no cost for the programs which are open to island youth and the public. Program Flyer
Ocracoke Draft Ready for Review
North Carolina’s historic coastal communities are facing many challenges – politically, economically, environmentally and socially. What can we do to achieve sustainability? We have many assets and cultural strength within the community – and we want to keep it that way. By coming together and visioning our future we can adopt a plan that fits our needs and our vision. The Creating Sustainable Communities Workshops are here to guide us through the process. Through a series of five meetings held on the island issues, needs and visions for the future were identified. The results have been compiled and are ready for review by the community. This is a draft. Edits are needed to ensure accuracy and that nothing is forgotten. Edited pdfs can be emailed to bhufford@nccommerce.com or hand delivered at the next Saltwater Connections meeting. Date to be decided – either the third or fourth week of April. For more information on the Saltwater Connections Project please visit Saltwater Connections.
Summer Volunteers needed for Watermen’s Exhibit
The Ocracoke Working Watermen’s Exhibit is looking for volunteers to staff the Exhibit this summer. Hours are flexible but usually open from 9:30AM until the evening based on weather and number of visitors on the docks. The suggested shifts are 9:30AM – 12:30PM, 12:30PM – 3:30PM and 3:30PM – 6:30PM. The Exhibit also needs help with educational displays, mounting and framing new photos, and scrapbooking/archiving watermen related information. Send us an email to find out more info@ocracokefoundation.org