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Instructional
Take-Home Lunch and Learn with In-Person Learning (Ages 50+)
Our Lunch and Learn series provides free, in-person education sessions on healthy living for your brain and body, followed by a take-home meal. To register or learn more, please call 336.883.3584 or stop by the Senior Center. Special thanks to Healthteam Advantage for sponsoring these informative programs! Roy B. Culler, Jr. Senior Center Wednesdays October 19, 11 a.m. - noon, Breast Cancer Screening November 16, 11 a.m. - noon, Diabetes Care December 21, 11 a.m. - noon, Controlling Blood Pressure and Osteoporosis Free Games for Seniors (Ages 50+)
Research suggests older adults who frequently participate in intellectually and socially engaging activities can maintain and improve cognitive skills. We'll play games like Wheel of Fortune, Bingo and The Price Is Right and compete for prizes while enjoying fellowship with other senior adults! Morehead Recreation Center Tuesdays October 11, noon - 1:30 p.m., Price is Right November 8, noon - 1:30 p.m., Wheel of Fortune December 13, noon - 1:30 p.m., Bingo Free
Outdoor Adventure & Nature Education
Parents and Toddlers: Bat Masks (Ages 3 - 5)
Take a hike with a PEC staff naturalist to learn about bats, our flying furry friends of the night. We'll talk about their lives, habits and diets; afterwards, we will create a simple bat mask for participants to take home and enjoy. Piedmont Environmental Center Saturday, October 8, 10 - 11 a.m. $5 per child
Take a walk through the beautiful autumn woods with a PEC staff naturalist to collect leaves. Participants will bring them back to our classroom and make seasonal leaf wreaths made out of paper, glue and the colorful leaves discovered on the hike! Piedmont Environmental Center Saturday, November 12, 10 - 11 a.m. $5 per child Parents and Toddlers: Animal Winter Coats (Ages 3 - 5)
Parents and toddlers will take a short winter hike with a naturalist at Piedmont Environmental Center to introduce the topic of how fur and feathers keep animals dry and warm during the winter. Afterwards, they will head inside to conduct a science experiment that will show them how animals stay dry and warm using paper bear cutouts, wax crayons, pipets and water. First, participants will color in their papers with the wax crayons, making a hydrophobic layer that repels water. Then, they will use their pipets to drip water onto their paper. This will demonstrate the natural oils that animals produce to stay dry. Participants can take their “water-proof” bears home to enjoy and help reinforce the experience. Piedmont Environmental Center Saturday, December 10, 10 - 11 a.m. $5 per child You can register for all programs by visiting our website or calling our office at 336.883.3469.
Outdoor Adventure & Nature Education
Junior Winter Camp (Ages 6 - 7)
Junior Winter Camp is a one-day camp experience specifically designed for young nature enthusiasts. Six and seven-year-old campers will be engaged in outdoor nature adventures as they learn about the lives of plants, birds, mammals and other animals in the winter season. Throughout the day, campers will take weather measurements and gain an understanding of how wind, temperature and moisture relate to the life cycles of living things in winter. Piedmont Environmental Center Friday, December 30, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $50 per person for members, $60 for non-members Winter Nature Camp (Ages 8 - 12)
For two days of winter vacation, PEC will once again host its Winter Nature Camp. This year, campers will be engaged in a giant game of "Natural Clue" with activities that use the "tools," visit the "places" and sort out the "characters" of the game. Using the classroom as a base laboratory for investigations, campers set out to find clue stations set up in the forest, grounds and garden areas of PEC. Clue stations include Talking Trees, Wild About Weather, Bird Beak Mix-up, Underground Escapes, Made-up Maps, Tipi Tales and more. Activities and events take place outdoors and on the trails, so campers need to be dressed for outdoor play. Each day, campers need to bring a lunch, two snacks and a water bottle. Piedmont Environmental Center Wednesday & Thursday, Dec. 28 & 29, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $25 per person for members, $30 for non-members Halloween Safari (All Ages)
No tricks, but plenty of treats await children and adults on PEC’s trails! As you make your way through the darkened woods, you will meet “animals” who tell interesting things about their lives up close and personal, followed by apple cider, cookies and a campfire to complete this unusual, educational Halloween adventure. Safari hikes last about 45 minutes. All participants should bring a flashlight and wear appropriate shoes. Please call 336.883.8531 for more information. Piedmont Environmental Center Fridays & Saturday, October 28 & 29, 7 - 9 p.m. $4 per person ages five and older $1 per person under five Fall Leaf Tour (All Ages)
Enjoy a long-standing High Point tradition on this annual guided tour, which takes park visitors around High Point City Lake on our excursion boat. During the 45-minute tour, participants learn about the seasonal changes and wildlife in and around the lake from PEC's Parks Supervisor Dick Thomas. Please call the High Point City Lake Park Marina at 336.883.3498 for more information. High Point City Lake Park October 21 - November 6 $4 per person, Seniors/Friday - $3, 3 and under are free Fridays - 1 and 2 p.m., Saturdays - noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Sundays - 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
Fall Leaf Kayak Tour (Ages 16+) Enjoy a guided kayak tour of the lovely Arnold J. Koonce, Jr. City Lake during its most scenic season. On our tour, facilitated by PEC Park Supervisor Dick Thomas, we will see an abundance of beautiful seasonal colors with the changing of the leaves; we may even see some wildlife! Registration begins Oct. 3. High Point City Lake Park Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m. - noon $22 tandem kayak, $15 single kayak, $6 bring-your-own Brices Creek & Neuse River Kayak Ecotour (Ages 18+)
Brices Creek is a high-quality black water creek that begins in Croatan National Forest and flows northward through wilderness landscapes that support an abundance of wildlife. This picturesque creek provides important habitat for flora and fauna and was also the setting for Nicholas Sparks’ book and movie, “The Notebook.” During the trip, we will explore by kayak eight miles of Brices Creek and a couple of small abandoned quarry lakes off its forested banks. We will also hike on nearby Flanner’s Beach Trail and paddle a section of the Neuse River shoreline and two tributaries. Camping accommodations are located at Neuse River Recreation Area, which is equipped with comfortable bathrooms and shower facilities. This trip is designed for the beginner and more advanced kayak paddler. All paddling equipment, fees, food and guides are provided. Guides are Level 3 certified kayak instructors. Piedmont Environmental Center Thursday - Sunday, October 13 - 16, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. $185 for members, $215 for non-members
