NATURE’S CALLING IS SET TO GROWE (Literally!)
Beginning January 2025 Nature’s Calling will assume operations of GROWE Outdoor School located near Brantford. GROWE is a forest school very similar to our Norfolk Forest School. It is also a private school, has the same philosophy, and has nurturing and capable staff operating it. Formerly started as a long-time dream of Tara Carpenter, GROWE has become synonymous with quality enquiry-based and child-led outdoor education in the Brantford and surrounding area.
In September Tara approached Nature’s Calling to ask whether we would be interested in acquiring GROWE as she felt the long-term sustainability of the operation would be best served if run as a not-for-profit. Following several discussions, it was agreed that we would not only make GROWE and its staff part of NCEE but hire Tara as our new Programs Director. This will ensure a smooth transition and provide NCEE with a capable and experienced manager to work with our Executive Director, Bernie Solymár.
Solymár stated, “Bringing the GROWE operation and its staff into the Nature’s Calling fold is an amazingly positive development. It allows us to expand our philosophy of quality outdoor education to a larger geographic area and provides new opportunities for introducing additional programs, like outdoor pre-school for 3-year olds, summer camps and curriculum-based outdoor classes for local schools, in the Brantford and surrounding area”.
Photo: New Program Director, Tara Carpenter with NCEE’s Founder and Executive Director, Bernie Solymár
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“We acknowledge that we have gathered on the traditional territories of the Attawandaron, Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples who, for thousands of years, have walked and lived on this land. We also recognize the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and we wish to show respect for reconciliation through peace and friendship.”For more information on Nature's Calling please email info@naturescalling.ca or call us at 519-410-7376.
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