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GEEKs News
PEACE!! Back by popular demand...
Jamie Beane...Summer Spotlight...For more info, see "People
we admire" link
GEEKs are honored by an email from author Richard Louv
who says(paraphrased), "Thanks, Josh...(your words) are much appreciated as is your good work... an example of
what young people can do. I love your web site and the idea of your
organization...thanks for what you’re doing."
Back in the day...Our parents played
outside until after dark. They swam in the creeks. They caught lightning bugs and frogs...observed them and turned them loose
with a blessing to prosper. It's not too late for us to have this kind of fun. You may laugh and say, "Why would
we want to?!" But...don't mock it til you try it. Part of our inspiration to revisit nature for FUN and preservation
comes from Richard Louv's book...if you haven't read it, our advice is to do so. We can be the generation that made
a U turn back to the basics...back to a balance between virtual reality and what sustains all life...NATURE!
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New members WELCOME:
Dan Stewart (age 19), now in college in Oklahoma, Major study - meteorology. Enjoys manga, music, anime, weather, creating
websites/collaborative
manga, hiking, camping, outdoor activities
Patrick Stewart (age 13). Grade
8 in the Washington DC area, Wants to be a fisheries biologist. Enjoys sports,outdoor adventures, manga, hiking, video
gaming, fishing, water, mud, forests, anime, caves, oceans, etc.
Kevin Stewart (age 10) Grade 5 in Washington,
DC area. Wants to be an ornithologist. Started a birding life list. Enjoys bird calls, bird ID, reading,
outdoor adventures, video games, manga, hiking, exploring, bird watching,
GEEKS at UNIVERSITY...JSU!
JULY...We've been
helping out with all the Nature Camps at Jacksonville State University...more than 100 kids (ages 6 - 13) who now are well
versed in Nature activities and playing outside. We have had a BLAST!! And our Junior GEEKs membership has really grown through
this.
GEEK GIFT
Did we mention that Richard LOUV (Last Child in the Woods) sent us an autographed copy of
his book? Cool!
GEEKS at CAMP...
June 17 & 18
GEEKs Jamie and Joshua spent these two days volunteering
with JSU Field Schools Inner City Kids Camp at Talladega National Forest. They worked with more than 60 children teaching
them about environmental education and outdoor recreation. "Some of these kids said they had never been in the woods
before. Some had never been swimming in a lake. Others had never met live animals...we saw a deer and they yelled BEAR!! It
was awesome for us to see them light up and for them to learn so much," says Joshua Morrison.
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