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Ashokan Center 2nd Seasonal Community Work & Play Day
ORGANIZATION: Ashokan Center
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1 person is interested
Every Fall there is a lot of work to do around the beautiful Ashokan campus to prepare for the Winter months. If you enjoy being outside, getting dirty, winterizing gardens, painting or clearing trails please join the Ashokan Team for the 2nd Seasonal Community Work and Play Day on November 19th. We are also looking for people who are interested in volunteering on an ongoing basis to assist the administrative and maintenance teams. Of course it won't all be work. There will be food as well as singing and dancing with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. Please bring work gloves and tools (shovel, trowel, hoe, rake, etc.) YOUR involvement helps us provide high quality programming and events for children and families. Register to join The Ashokan Community Work & Play Day!! http://signup.com/go/sgLCBu or email: Peter Cook at volunteers@ashokancenter.org.
The mission of the Ashokan Center is to teach, inspire and build community through shared experiences in nature, history, and the arts.
Nestled in the Catskills in Olivebridge, New York on 385 acres of fields, forests, trails, and streams, the Ashokan Center is a special blend of geologic, natural and human history.
In addition to producing and hosting performances, camps and special events for the local community, staff of the Ashokan Center lead residential and day programs for K-12 school students and teachers, colleges and universities, and organizational retreats of all kinds. Our trained staff takes full advantage of Ashokan’s unparalleled natural setting to teach science, history, writing, team-building, music, dancing and graphic arts through a unique hands-on and place-based approach designed to foster curiosity, problem-solving, and a love of life-long learning in people of all ages.
The rustic elegance of our new campus along with the natural beauty of Ashokan’s forests, fields and streams help to create an unforgettable experience for visitors of all ages.
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About Ashokan Center
Location:
477 Beaverkill Rd, Olivebridge, NY 12461, US
Mission Statement
"Our mission is to nurture hearts and minds for the challenges of tomorrow, through shared experiences in nature, history and the arts."
Description
The Ashokan Center is a magical place, where nature inspires. We seek to practice green, sustainable living and positive land stewardship in all programs and activities.
Ashokan serves schools, organizations, families and individuals. In 1967 the first environmental and outdoor education programs in New York State were launched here. Since then numerous cultural and environmental organizations have come to call Ashokan their home.
Over the decades, schools have valued Ashokan’s distinctive style of hands-on learning, which recognizes important connections between nature, history and the arts. Over the years, the Ashokan Center’s curriculum has grown beyond traditional outdoor education to include community-building, place-based living history and natural science.
Ashokan is also home to a growing group of organizations, including Ashokan Music & Dance Camps, led by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason since 1981, the Northeast Blacksmith’s Association,SummerSongs and many more.We also host family-friendly community events, such as the Summer and Winter Hoot, Maple Fest, and Fall Family Fun Festival, along with concerts, dances and lectures throughout the year.
In 2008, an historic and forward-looking partnership was established between the Open Space Institute, New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the Ashokan Foundation that transferred the 374-acre Ashokan Field Campus, its programs and its facilities from SUNY New Paltz to the Ashokan Foundation, a New York State 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit. As part of this extraordinary transaction, the Ashokan Foundation launched a bold and ambitious effort to replace its creekside campus buildings with new sustainably-designed facilities. This $7.25 million endeavor concluded in late 2012 with the opening of a 200-seat performance hall, classroom spaces, dining rooms for 200 people and semi-private and shared residential lodges for 150 guests.
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WHERE
The Ashokan Center477 Beaverkill Rd.Olivebridge, NY 12461
DATE POSTED
October 10, 2016
SKILLS
- Office Management
- STEM
- Landscaping
- Songwriting
- Environmental Education
- String Instrument
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