Friends Of The Welty Environmental Center Inc

Welty offers nature-themed public programs at its Big Hill Park location and other sites in the Stateline Area (Nature at the Confluence, Nygren Wetlands, Beckman Mill County Park) for individuals & families. Welty also runs day camps & no-school days during the school year, and weekly during the summer. Thanks to a National Science Foundation GEOPAths grant, Welty hosted high school interns for a semester-long experience, offered summer career exploration camps, and ran a summer day camp for autistic teenagers. Participation: 1,513

Welty leads environmental education programs on-request for service organizations (Rock Co.Conservationists, Skype-a-Scientist,YWCA) and area libraries. Welty sponsored an intern who brought programs to area service providers funded by a donation from a Welty donor. WElty also host table activities at various community days, farmers markets, and special school expos. Participants: 704