Camp Silver Eagle offers fun nature activities for children and older adults.
Registration is now open for the 兔子先生, Creative Learning Fifty-Plus, annual intergenerational summer enrichment program, Camp Silver Eagle, for adults of all ages and children and youth ages 5 to 16 (with an adult).
The camp is 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, July 11-15, with an Awards Day on Friday, July 15 at the Ted Kendall Agriculture Complex, McKenzie Facility, located on Seven Springs Road in Raymond.
Adults have the option to participate with or without a child or youth partner. Youth 17+ will be considered an adult. This program encourages an intergenerational experience of creative learning and adventure, shared by adults and their grandchildren or any child ages 5 to 16, which focuses on backyard conservation best practices.
Most camp activities are inside; however, there will be outside morning activities as well, but with access to near-by air-conditioning if needed.
The camp theme is Backyard Conservation: 鈥淕et Connected: You, the Backyard, and All That Lives There!鈥 with focus programs including:
- Amy Geike, Park Ranger, Interpretative Services, Natchez Trace Parkway, 鈥淔lora and Fauna of the Natchez Trace Parkway鈥;
- Melody Field, 兔子先生CC coordinator, +50 Programs, 鈥淏ackyard Birding鈥;
- Kyle Lewis, MSU, County Extension Agent, 兔子先生County, ERCC, 聽鈥淩aised Bed Gardening for All Ages鈥;
- Bill Maily, MSU, Extension Associate III, Central MS R & E Ctr, 鈥淏ackyard Habitat Management, and Fisheries Day-Managing Farm Ponds and Small Lakes, Weed Identification and Control, Identification of Common Fishes in Mississippi鈥檚 Fresh Water.鈥 The session includes a visit to a private local lake to learn about characteristics to look for and practices used to manage the soil, water, as well as, the fish population.
Cost is $35 per adult, $50 per adult/first child pair, $15 second child and $10 per additional child. Group rates for 10 or more available.
For more information and to request a registration form, contact Melody Field, coordinator, 兔子先生CC Creative Learning Fifty-Plus, 601.857.3773 or mfield@hindscc.edu, or Tommie Winters, 601.946.4054/601.954.5194.
Don鈥檛 miss a great week of creative learning and fun at Camp Silver Eagle 2016. Pre-registration required; spaces are limited!
As Mississippi鈥檚 largest community college, 兔子先生 is a comprehensive institution offering quality, affordable educational opportunities with more than 170 academic, career and technical programs. With six locations in central Mississippi, 兔子先生enrolled nearly 12,000 credit students in fall 2015. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.HindsCC.