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In case you didn’t see this Wall Street Journal article….

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Hope Taft mentioned this article to me, since it might be of interest to the Collaborative: Article LINK Here PAGE ONE The Wall Street Journal German Tots Learn to Answer Call of Nature By MIKE ESTERL April 14, 2008; Page A1 IDSTEIN, Germany -- Each weekday, come rain or shine, a group of children, ages 3 ...

Are you tired of my exclamation marks? :-)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I just noticed every posting on this site in recent history ends in an exclamation mark. Are you sick of it? Then you should write your own post! :-) Just scroll to the very last item in the right-hand column and register on the site. You will then be able to post ...

LNCI presentation and new member!

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

April 27, Alice Hohl spoke at a meeting of SCOPS South Central Ohio Preservation Society, which was held at Camp Wyandot. Following the presentation, SCOPS members in attendance voted to join the Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative! SCOPS is an organization devoted to preserving both natural spaces and ...

Congratulations Jenny Morgan!

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Jenny was awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Award at the Environmental Education of Ohio Conference this past weekend! The award is given to a volunteer who has made a significant or outstanding contribution to environmental education in Ohio. She received the award for her hard work bring the Leave No Child Inside ...

Saturday 4/26 Tree Planting in New Albany area!

Friday, April 25th, 2008

This was submitted by Bill Resch of New Albany Schools: Please join us for planting trees tomorrow! We will be planting trees rain or shine. If you are interested in participating in an earth week activity closer to home visit www.nowgetbusy.org or visit www.franklinswcd.org and click ...

Welcome our newest member, Four Seasons City Farm!

Friday, April 25th, 2008

We are pleased to announce a new member of the Collaborative, Four Seasons City Farm, a network of urban gardens in Columbus! Four Seasons City Farm c/o Old First Presbyterian Church 1101 Bryden Rd. Columbus, Oh 43205 (614) 252-2237 Mission statement: Four Seasons City Farm is committed to building a sense of community and renewing ...

Earth Day Cupcakes!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

One of our individual members, Kely Mertz, has this story to share. I am posting it so you can all look at the cupcakes and get a smile for the day! LNCI: Sharing my son's Earth Day cupcakes he took to preschool yesterday :) I had inquired about what they did for Earth ...

Success Story: Columbus schools turns ball field into nature preserve!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

St. James the Less School, which sent three of its faculty to the Leave No Child INSIDE summit last fall, has some great news to report: The LNCI members have worked with the church pastor, who oversees the school. The pastor, who was raised on a farm, is very interested in ...

Movie screening was a success!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

BIG THANKS to all of you for your support and/or participation in last night’s screening of "Where Do the Children Play?" It appears as if we had approx. 50 attendees. Received 31 feed-back forms most rating “very good”. All comments were thoughtful and each person seemed to bring at least one ...

Louv in Cincinnati: Change of time and new price for members!

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Here Richard Louv lecture at the Flower Show at 1:00 pm April 26 for Member Price of $15.00! LNCI members - take advantage of the great rate! From Betsy Townsend: IMPORTANT! Leave No Child Inside has received a Member Discount for the Richard Louv Lecture at the Cincinnati Flower Show. The lecture will ...