June 2, 2009 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley
Nature Rocks Campaign Urges Families to Get Outdoors This Summer
Back in the day when I was in elementary school, scouting was the road most traveled by children wanting to explore the great outdoors. These days, scouting is still around, but it’s hardly the draw it was in past decades. Instead, we rely on costly summer camps to help wean children off the Wii controls and laptops and get them into the woods, challenging their bodies and imaginations.
But if you’re like me, you don’t want camp staffers to have all of the fun teaching your kids about their natural world. …
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