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Upcoming Events:

• Ebersole Environmental Center's Annual Spring Open House is scheduled for Saturday, April 24, 2010, 10:30 am- 3:30 pm.  Please plan to join us to welcome the arrival of Spring!  FREE activities for the whole family!  Click here for more information!

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• You're invited to Ebersole Environmental Center's FREE "Winter Wonder Days"; an afternoon to get outside, experience the beauty of winter and have fun snowshoeing and cross country skiing on Center trails!

• Click here for more information.

News:

• The Ebersole Environmental Center phone system has been updated.  With this change, our Lansing phone number and fax number have also changed. The new office number is (517) 755-5000 and fax (517)-755-5009.  Our local Wayland number remains (269) 792-6294.  This new system also assigns Ebersole Staff individual numbers and offers staff voicemail.   New phones have been added to each of the classrooms, the dorm staff rooms, and the main lodge lobby.  At the same time, computer network jacks were added to these areas allowing visiting groups to connect computers to the internet.

• There is currently has a job opening on the Ebersole Center Staff Team for a Health Officer/ Assistant Resident Caretaker.  For more information, a complete job description, and information on how to apply, visit our Employment Page.

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• Ebersole Center periodically has special projects that are not funded by our regular budget.  Maybe you can help! 
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Fundraising Ideas for School Groups:

• With continued state and school budget cuts, many groups are finding it more challenging to pay for a trip to Ebersole Environmental Center.  We are compiling a list of funding ideas to help groups and would love to hear from groups with other creative funding options!  Our Funding Idea list can be found here.

• Ebersole Center recently received a grant from the Pennock Foundation for much needed medical supplies for the Ebersole clinic. Thanks to the generosity of the Pennock Foundation Board, on Friday, May 7, 2009, Ebersole Center was awarded a Life Pac 1000 AED. This defibrillator is top of the line and is a valuable asset to the health and safety of our visitors and staff.

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• Ebersole Center was awarded an Environmental Education Award from the Michigan Deputy Ranger Patrol (Laroehm's Rangers).  Ranger Randy Wilson nominated Ebersole for the award after learning about Ebersole's educational programs while he visiting the Center to release two rehabilitated painted turtles in June.  The turtles had both been hit by vehicles and had suffered non-life threatening shell injuries prior to being rehabilitated and released into Jackson Lake.

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• Our local (Wayland) Newspaper, the Penasee Globe ran two very nice articles about Ebersole Center in the April 21, 2008 edition:
• Spring is Blooming at Ebersole Center

• The Little Cabin in the Woods, a French Trader's Shelter

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Earthbeat Newsletter Archive:

• Fall 2009 (.pdf) | (.doc)
• Spring 2009 (.pdf)|(.doc)
• Fall 2008 (.pdf) | (.doc)
• Spring 2008(.pdf)

• Fall 2007(.pdf)
• Spring 2007(.pdf)
• Fall 2006(.pdf)
• Spring 2006(.pdf)
• Fall 2005(.pdf)
• Spring 2005(.pdf)

Thank You!

• WE DID IT!  Thanks to you!
  Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2009 Ebersole Foundation Fundraiser a success!  Our goal was achieved and we raised enough funds to complete the payment for the farm property!  The Foundation is now shifting the focus toward supporting Ebersole Programs through student scholarships, endowments and more immediate program support.

• Thank you to Jacki Tennent from EHEIM, North America for the donation of two canister filters and associated hardware for our new Native Aquatic Species display.  The display supplements our Water Ecology and Pond Study courses by helping visitors see and understand examples of aquatic species that live in Jackson Lake prior to actually visiting the lake.