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Subject: Primitive Pursuits now enrolling for Winter & Spring
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:49:19 -0500
Enrollment is now open for all Primitive Pursuits winter & spring
programs!
Visit our web site at
www.primitivepursuits.com for school break days, after-school
programs, and more!
Call Primitive Pursuits at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County, 607-272-2292 x195 for more information.
WINTER EXPLORERS - FOR AGES 10-16 Boldly go places you've never gone before! Join us as we
explore a different winter habitat each week around Tompkins County, and
push our wilderness living skills in new directions. We'll bring along
snowshoes, and hop on the Primitive Pursuits Express to practice
tracking, forestry, navigation, storytelling and SURVIVAL!
You never knew winter could be so cool!
When: Thursdays, 9:00am - 1:30pm, Jan 12 - March 8 (no program
2/23) Who: Ages 10-16 Where: Meet at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County,
615 Willow Avenue, for transportation by van to various natural areas
around Ithaca. Cost: $220-$350 (self-determined sliding scale)
WINTER TRACKS & TRAILS - FOR AGES 6-9 Explore and play where winter meets spring! Follow animal
tracks in the newly fallen snow, build cozy shelters, warm yourself as
you cook over a fire you made, and welcome the change of the season with
songs and gratitude.
When: Thursdays, 9:30am - 1:30pm, Jan. 12 - March 8 (no program
2/23) Who: Ages 6-9 Where: 4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creek Rd, Ithaca, NY Cost: $175 - $250 (self-determined sliding scale)
YOUTH NATURE AWARENESS PROGRAM
SPRING SESSION - FOR AGES 6-15
"Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if
the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would sleep
that night, of course. Instead the stars come out every night, and we
watch television." - Paul Hawken
Find out what it is like to be fully immersed in the woods: gather your
own food, build fires with only sticks, and cozy up in a shelter of
leaves. Come rain or cold, we'll enjoy the splendors and luxury of the
woodland way.
YNAP presents the best of all that Primitive Pursuits has to offer so
come join us at our central fire and you'll never look at the world the
same way again. When: Thursdays, 9:00am - 1:30pm, March 15 - June 14 (no program
4/12) Who: Ages 6-15 Where: 4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creek Rd, Ithaca, NY Cost: $340 - $440 (self-determined sliding scale)