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Find us on Facebook!
	Become a Fan of Ebersole Environmental Education Center on the social networking website Facebook. It is a great way to keep in touch and be one of the first to know about upcoming programs and special events! www.facebook.com/EbersoleCenter
Vote for Ebersole and help us receive $500,000!
	In celebration of Kohl's Cares 10th Anniversary, Kohl's is donating $500,000 to 20 schools. Each person 13 years or older can vote a total of 20 times, 5 times per person, per school. Vote for Ebersole Environmental Education Center today! Contest ends September 3, 2010. Official rules can be found at: www.facebook.com/kohls
Ebersole Wish List:
	Ebersole Center periodically has special projects that are not funded by our regular budget. Maybe you can help! Click here for more information.
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 Earns Grant:
	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.
Ebersole Center in the News:
	On April 27, 2010, the Lansing State Journal ran a story titled "School board considering 140 layoffs for Lansing" which included information about a proposal to "cease operations at Ebersole Environmental Center." Join the dialog on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/EbersoleCenter or contact the Lansing Board of Education with your thoughts or concerns.
	More articles have been published about this since the initial one: May 26, 2010, letter to the editor, "Keep Ebersole Center" June 2, 2010, letter to the editor, "Ebersole cut ill-advised" June 4, 2010, "Lansing school board may close environmental center" June 7, 2010, "Lansing school board may close environmental center" June 8, 2010, "Lansing schools might spare Ebersole by making it seasonal" June 17, 2010, "Public sounds off on proposed Lansing schools budget" June 17, 2010, letter to the editor, "Save Camp Ebersole" (from an 11-year-old student) June 18, 2010, "Supporters ask Lansing Schools to spare Ebersole" June 23, 2010, "Lansing schools OK $185 million budget (w/ video)" The Lansing school board passed a $185 million budget Tuesday - and included funding for more controversial budget items such as the district's Ebersole Environmental Center and alternative high school. But board members warned funding for those programs is not guaranteed and they will revisit the issues this summer.
	THANK YOU to all who rallied for Ebersole Center during this budget crisis to make Environmental Education a priority for Lansing School District students. While Ebersole is still operating, the board made it clear that they will revisit the Ebersole funding issue later this summer. Please join our Facebook page to keep informed about further developments.
Ebersole Receives Environmental Award:
	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.
Ebersole Center in the News:
	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
Telephone Changes:
	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.
Earthbeat Newsletter Archive:
	The Ebersole Center's "EarthBeat" Newsletter is issued twice annually. Earthbeat in .pdf format require free Adobe Reader to view:
	Spring 2010 (.pdf) \| (.doc) 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!

	Thank you to all who braved the clouds and showers to attend our Spring Open House. A great time was had by all! A special thanks to all of the volunteers who helped make the day a success, especially LTJG Tonia Blizzard and her terrific group of Naval Sea Cadets who spent the day with us!
	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.