VWS works with two different communities to provide monthly on-site Community Outdoor Club Meetings, as well as off-site programs that include transportation. Weekly off-site nature classes for youth occur during the school year while club meetings, single-day filed trips and overnight campouts for multigenerational participants occur year-round.
These programs are funded by the Outdoor Equity Grants Program, created through AB 209 and administered by California State Parks, Office of Grants and Local Services.
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Meet Us at the Farmer's Market
FREE Natural Science Education with arts and craft for kids while you shop, drop off your children (age 6 and up) to explore our nature table and create a craft.
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Programs in Your Community
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La Paz Middle School
1300 North Sanborn Road, Salinas, CA Ventana Wildlife Society and our key partner the Bird School Project are focused on providing routine outdoor learning opportunities to the students and families most marginalized in our community. This project, focusing on La Paz Middle School and the surrounding community, sustains the efforts of the Bird School Project's on-campus student-based and nature-based learning experiences for 7th and 8th graders, while adding an off-site, multigenerational and community component with Ventana Wildlife Society. Programs focus on connecting participants to nature through observing and learning about birds and their habitats. Contact Program Coordinator Cece Gutiererez for more information on how to get involved.
Start Your Adventure With Us, Today!
Join our Facebook page and see how we connect the community to nature through outdoor adventures, an exciting Outdoor Adventure Club that meets monthly, and more!
Visit our Facebook page and see what we've been doing this year! June 27 Facebook Posting:
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Women Infants & Children Center
632 E Alisal St Salinas CA In partnership with Dr. Pedro Moreno, a Family Physician practicing for the past twenty years at the Alisal Health Center, Ventana Wildlife Society completed piloting a multigenerational program for migrant farmworker families known as “Nature Prescriptions” that brings entire families to natural places. Now fully funded, the program is based out of the Women, Infants and Children Center and includes partnerships with not only WIC, but with Every One's Harvest Farmer's Market which takes place on site as well. Programs focus on healthy choices and activities, improving health outcomes for participants such as reducing anxiety and stress and increasing feelings of wellness and family and community connectedness. Contact Program Coordinator Patty Castellanos for more information on how to get involved.
Start Your Adventure With Us, Today!
Join our Facebook page and see how we connect the community to nature through outdoor adventures, an exciting Outdoor Adventure Club that meets monthly, and more!
Visit our Facebook page and see what we've been doing this year! Sept 16 Facebook Posting:
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Thank you again to the Outdoor Equity Grants Program, created through AB 209 and administered by California State Parks, Office of Grants and Local Services.
