We are guided by 4 Core Program Components

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We rocked it out cleaning up Salt Meadow Park, a beautiful stretch of playing fields and walking trails on Long Island Sound.  We grabbed gloves, garbage pickers, and bags and fanned out in teams, picking up hundreds of pounds of garbage, including cement blocks and a tire! Kids earned their Litter Hawk badges.

Using science, innovation, and ingenuity, our kids handmade stomp rockets and blasted them off into the sky at Bauer Park in Madison.  It was an incredible event and a new annual tradition we'll carry forward! 

Using science, innovation, and ingenuity, our kids handmade stomp rockets and blasted them off into the sky at Bauer Park in Madison.  It was an incredible event and a new annual tradition we'll carry forward! 

We tried our hands - literally - at making ice cream the very old fashioned way with ziploc bags and salt!  It was a blast and actually edible ice cream to boot!

Braving the cold on the longest night, we welcomed winter at the fireside, making s'mores and building bonds.

We braved the freezing cold to venture out to Willard Point to spot seals in the waters around Hammonasset State Park!  Didn't find any but it was an adventure in resilience and patience!

Valentine's Day involved making and sending cards to our loved ones.  It was a creative night and folks reported back that the recipients of the cards loved receiving them!

We joined a local Irish band for an hour to learn about and play various instruments, lend our voices to song, and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with folk songs and more.  

We met up on a beautiful early spring day to learn how maple syrup was made.  We searched for tadpoles in the ponds and ran around at Killingworth's beautiful Parmalee Farm.

After a long winter, we met up at a cool playground in Guilford where the kids ran around and built bonds, and the parents really enjoyed several hours of socializing in community.

We met up on a beautiful early spring day to learn how maple syrup was made.  We searched for tadpoles in the ponds and ran around at Killingworth's beautiful Parmalee Farm.

We learned to sew together and made stuffies; we did additional hikes; we met up at the public library to do puzzles and play games; and we formed bonds with each other, creating circles of love through every group activity and in new relationships we've carried forward together outside of our group time.  It has been an incredible year and we look forward to more!