Ambasadoret e Natyrës

Outdoor Ambassadors

 April 14^th – 27^th , 2010

Don’t miss the ‘Club Update’ on Gramsh below!

News

American Excursion Fundraising –The American Excursion Project is fundraising! This project will send 8 Albanian youth to America to participate in 2 weeks of an environmental camp and 2 weeks of home stays. They are fundraising through the Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP) to obtain funding from donors back home. Attached to this email is a draft letter that you can personalize and send to your family, friends and colleagues who may be able to assist. Please spread the word so that we can get these motivated youth to America! For more information or to donate please visit the American Excursion PCPP page at:

 https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=304-017&

Earth Day and Global Youth Service Days –  Peace Corps Volunteers have a great opportunity to celebrate and support local service opportunities through two different global days of action coming up in April:  Earth Day, April 22, 2010 and Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 23-25, the largest service event in the world with participants in more than 100 countries.  Attached are two documents with resources to help volunteers plan, organize, and share the great activities that will take place on these days.

Green Up Albania Poster Competition – Winners of the AARHUS/Outdoor Ambassadors poster competition have been selected! The evening of April 16^th the winning posters from each city will be exhibited at Artan Shabani’s Gallery in Vlore. Best of luck to everyone on completing their ‘Green Up Albania’ events during the week of April 19^th-25^th. All submitted posters are viewable here:

http://web.me.com/mollyaarhus/Green_Up_Albania/Poster_Competition.html

Club Activity Ideas & Links

Urban Nature Search – Attached to this email is a lesson plan for a fun activity to get students thinking about nature in an urban environment. Only paper, pen, and a walk outside are required!

Club Update

AN Club Name: Gramsh OA

Number of people in club: ten members and another 5 who filter in and out, BUT ALL ARE WELCOME

Club Mission OR ‘Theme’: Our club mission is to have fun with, protect, learn about, and teach the wonders of the Albanian Wilderness.

Brief summary of a recent meeting: Our club is very busy now that the weather has arrived! We are currently having a fundraising party next Friday to promote the club and raise money to travel back to the Sotire Waterfall. Last September we hiked out to the waterfall with the Elbasan group and cleaned up the camping area. This year we want to clean up the area before the tourist season starts and hopefully see one of the elusive Albanian Double Headed Eagles!

Photo: Sorry no photos!

~ Thank you to Kevin Miller for this submission! ~

Attachments:

Urban Nature Search Lesson Plan

Other attachments mentioned are in the previous posting