The Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative: 2012 Summit – Thanks for coming! See links below for photos, supporting materials, etc.

Mark your calendars for the last Friday of Sept. 2013 for next year and join us again!

From the Backyard to Mount Everest:
Saving our Children One Outdoor Adventure at a Time

Here is the Bubble Wrap video we showed at the summit. It’s off the wall, but a good reminder of what the extremes of keeping our kids “safe” could look like!

Attendee List

Complete list of speakers:

Pecha Kucha Presenters:

 

1.  Marci Ryan

Chief Operations Officer, Camp Mary Orton/Executive Vice President,Godman Guild

“What Camp Mary Orton Has to Offer”

 

2.  Dr. James MacDonald

Asst. Professor of Pediatrics and Family Medicine

The Ohio State University/Nationwide Children’s Hospital

“Evidence in the Medical Literature to Support Outdoor Play”

 

3.  Jamy Zambito

Director, The Mary Evans Child Development Center

“International Mud Day at Mary Evans”

 

4.  Brenda Metcalf

Executive Director, the Environmental Education Council of Ohio

“The Ohio Environmental Literacy Plan”

 

5.  Judi Levicoff

The Butterfly Lady

Owner, The CONNECTION: Bringing People, Animals & Nature Together

“Children and Nature: Healthy Connections”

 

6.  Sue Hagan

Marketing and Communications Manager

Preservation Parks of Delaware County

“Programming for Families in Preservation Parks”

 

II.  11:10 P.K

1.  Carolyn Watkins

Chief of the Office of Environmental Education

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

“Great Environmental Education in Ohio’s Great Outdoors”

 

2.  Sue Wintering

Coordinator of Project Learning Tree Ohio

“Trees, Me, PLT and Much More!  Connecting to the Outdoors using PLT”

 

 

3.  Mark Young

Federal Legislative/Policy Chair

Ohio Parks and Recreation Assoc.

“Moving Kids Outdoors:  A National Priority”

 

4.  Tina Thonnings

Director of Business Development at Indianola Children’s Center

“Nature-Based Early Childhood Ideas”

 

5.  Traci Aquara

Program Administrator

Heart of Ohio Resource, Conservation & Development Council

“RC&Ds:  Preferred Project Partners in Your Community”

 

6.  Trisha Dehnbostel

Growing Matters Program Manager

Local Matters

“Growing Matters, Reconnecting Children and Adults to Growing and Cooking Their Own Food”

 

III.  11:30 P.K.

1.  Christie Stover

Director of the Program for Young Children

Columbus School for Girls

“Getting There:  Creating a Natural Playscape within a School Community”

 

2.  Betsy Loeb

Strategic Programming & Initiatives

Action for Children

“Nurturing Nature in the Wonder Years”

 

3.  Marci Bird

Parent

School-Based Nature Clubs:

Lessons Learned from the Green Barons

 

4.  Susan Sabo

Director

Family Nature Summits

“Enjoy the Outdoors!  Learn about Nature!  Become Inspired!”

 

5.  Laura Sanders

Artist/Painter

Native

Thank you to the following for their donation of time and materials: