DGC Sprouts: Winter Wildlife, Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear Education

7214 South Cass Avenue,Darien IL 60561

28 December, 2022

Description

This meeting will include education about our native wildlife and ways to identify them by sight, sound, and tracks. Learn where to hike this winter. We will talk about the conservation icons Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl and ways we can help conservation efforts. We will end the evening preparing posters of the characters to submit to the NGC Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl Youth Poster Contest. Find out more about our DGC Sprouts NOTES: All children must be accompanied by an adult. We will be meeting in the basement at the church. Please register for each child in your family so we can plan ahead. Woodsy Owl, America’s icon for the conservation of the environment, challenges children to “Lend a Hand, Care for the Land!” and to take an active role in caring for the land through recycling, reusing, and reducing waste, planting and caring for trees, using resources wisely, and not littering. We will tell Smokey Bear's story and learn how Smokey Bear is recognized nationally and internationally as the symbol for wildfire prevention. The original Smokey Bear appeared in 1944. Smokey’s message, “Only you can prevent wildfires!”