Join us for a month of activities to celebrate land conservation and community!

While we can’t meet up in person this summer, there are lots of great ways to enjoy life in the Champlain Islands. Here are 4 weeks of ideas for you and your family to get outside, eat locally, and learn about the world together, no matter what age you are. We designed it for August, but encourage you to start whenever you are ready and adapt it as you like.

Week 4 Activities

August 24: Walk or bike past the conserved Health Hero Farm and count the cowsTo Dig Deeper: Learn more about Health Hero Farm’s humane and environmental practices.

August 25: Read an anti-racist book, the Worthen Library has a great list to get you started.
To Dig Deeper: Read the book with your family or a friend and have a conversation about it. What did you learn? What made you most sad? What gives you hope? What is one anti-racist activity that you can do this week?

August 26: Visit the Champlain Islands Farmers’ Market again!
To Dig Deeper: What’s different? Learn about the seasonality of local food by seeing the changes in what farmers are selling between your first and your second.

August 27: Go swimming or wading and enjoy some time in Lake Champlain
To Dig Deeper: Learn how you can help protect water quality in Lake Champlain with these tips from the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

August 28: Pick up some early apples at one of our two conserved apple orchards: Allenholm Farm and Hackett’s OrchardTo Dig Deeper: Learn to make applesauce and freeze or can some for sweet winter eating.

August 29: Do a scavenger hunt at the conserved Round Pond Natural AreaTo Dig Deeper: print a copy of our scavenger hunt with drawings to help you look, or a blank copy so that you can draw what you find!

Click HERE to see the whole calendar.