Date: 4/27/25 3:36 pm From: Barry Haas <bhaas...> Subject: Please help the Arkansas Audubon Society recruit current 5th, 6th or 7th grade Youth who Love Nature for our Halberg Ecology Camp
Arkansas Birders,
Each summer the Arkansas Audubon Society (AAS) hosts several hands-on ecology camps. The Halberg Ecology Camp is for current 5th, 6th and 7th grade boys and girls who have a special interest in nature, its complexities and wonders. Some of these first-year campers will go on to a second or even third year of more advanced nature study at our camps.
This is where you come in- we hope. Our biggest challenge post-Covid is getting the word out to the families of these budding naturalists. One way is to make them aware of the AAS website arbirds.org <http://arbirds.org/> where they will find a camper application form and teacher recommendation form:
https://arbirds.org/EcologyCamp/https://arbirds.org/EcologyCamp/ https://arbirds.org/EcologyCamp/ Eligibility is boys and girls currently completing the 5th, 6th or 7th grades. Families can also contact executive director Tamzen Tumlison <ttumlison...> <mailto:<ttumlison...> if they need an application option other than online via the AAS website. We have a limited number of scholarships and tuition assistance available for families that can’t afford the full regular tuition of $450 for first-year campers.
If parents/grandparents ask about activities that take place during the Sunday to Friday sessions, they can view one of the two slide shows during a Halberg Ecology Camp session last June to get a really good idea what takes place at camp (Week One or Two Review Video):
Thanks for helping us get the word out via social media, family and friends. Attached is a flyer that you can share as widely as possible. If you get questions about the Halberg Ecology Camp after sharing this information, feel free to give folks my e-mail address and I will respond to them.
Thanks for helping us recruit more applicants to fill as many first-year camper openings as possible. These youth will be the future caretakers of our natural world.
