GREAT BASIN NATURALISTS - SUMMER CAMP 2020 CANCELED
Dear Great Basin Naturalists Families,
For 10 years now, you have entrusted us with the important job of keeping your child safe at summer camp. Our commitment to your child’s safety now requires that, with a very heavy heart, we must cancel our summer camp sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing all options, this decision was made for the health and well-being of our campers, staff, and greater community.
With respect to refunds for the season, there are a variety of options for those parents who have either partially or fully paid for their camper’s session. Those options are as follows:
1. Rollover - Forward any current 2020 summer camp payments made to date to a 2021 camp session of your choosing. Historically, the Great Basin Naturalists have offered spring, summer, and fall break camps; you and your camper will be able to choose from any of these programs. Furthermore, you will be given early access to registration for the 2021 camp season to ensure you are able to apply your funds to the session of your choosing.
2. Donate - Please consider donating any payments to the Great Basin Naturalists at the Galena Creek Visitor Center. Like many organizations, we have suffered from the financial impacts caused by COVID-19. Your donations will be used to assist us in providing community and educational resources to thousands in the Reno-Tahoe community.
3. Refund - Receive a full refund for all payments made to date.
Please email lazzarello@gbinstitute.org by Monday, June 1st to indicate your desired option with your refund. If your child received a full or partial scholarship to attend camp this summer, funding can be transferred to a 2021 camp session of your choosing.
We realize you may be feeling many emotions right now. Your campers are likely upset about the possibility of summer without camp, while parents may be feeling stressed out at this prospect. We understand your role as a parent has been tested beyond anything imagined these past few months. Rest assured, we are currently working on alternative summer camp programming which reduces risk but also provides outdoor education that campers can do from the safety of home. We will be sure to notify you as soon as the details of this program have been finalized.
We want to thank you for your continued love and support over the past weeks. Without you and your smart, silly, adventurous, kind, spirited children, we would not be able to do what we do. We look forward to coming back together in 2021, stronger than ever.
Best,
Laura Azzarello
Visitor Center Outreach and Education Coordinator
For 10 years now, you have entrusted us with the important job of keeping your child safe at summer camp. Our commitment to your child’s safety now requires that, with a very heavy heart, we must cancel our summer camp sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing all options, this decision was made for the health and well-being of our campers, staff, and greater community.
With respect to refunds for the season, there are a variety of options for those parents who have either partially or fully paid for their camper’s session. Those options are as follows:
1. Rollover - Forward any current 2020 summer camp payments made to date to a 2021 camp session of your choosing. Historically, the Great Basin Naturalists have offered spring, summer, and fall break camps; you and your camper will be able to choose from any of these programs. Furthermore, you will be given early access to registration for the 2021 camp season to ensure you are able to apply your funds to the session of your choosing.
2. Donate - Please consider donating any payments to the Great Basin Naturalists at the Galena Creek Visitor Center. Like many organizations, we have suffered from the financial impacts caused by COVID-19. Your donations will be used to assist us in providing community and educational resources to thousands in the Reno-Tahoe community.
3. Refund - Receive a full refund for all payments made to date.
Please email lazzarello@gbinstitute.org by Monday, June 1st to indicate your desired option with your refund. If your child received a full or partial scholarship to attend camp this summer, funding can be transferred to a 2021 camp session of your choosing.
We realize you may be feeling many emotions right now. Your campers are likely upset about the possibility of summer without camp, while parents may be feeling stressed out at this prospect. We understand your role as a parent has been tested beyond anything imagined these past few months. Rest assured, we are currently working on alternative summer camp programming which reduces risk but also provides outdoor education that campers can do from the safety of home. We will be sure to notify you as soon as the details of this program have been finalized.
We want to thank you for your continued love and support over the past weeks. Without you and your smart, silly, adventurous, kind, spirited children, we would not be able to do what we do. We look forward to coming back together in 2021, stronger than ever.
Best,
Laura Azzarello
Visitor Center Outreach and Education Coordinator
The Great Basin Naturalists at Galena Creek
The Galena Creek Visitor Center's, Great Basin Naturalists, education programs facilitate hands-on, outdoor learning for students of all ages. Our team of naturalists, or environmental educators, work to create exciting and informative educational activities that are consistent with Next Generation Science Standards and STEM principles. For some, this is their first interaction with forest ecosystems. With this in mind, the Great Basin Naturalists are committed to providing quality outdoor experiences that engage students with the environment, encourage curiosity, and promote protection and preservation of our beautiful planet. If you are interested in supporting Great Basin Naturalists, you may find more information about becoming a partner here.
Learn about our School Field Studies here.
Learn about our Youth Exploration Camps here.
Learn about our Field Biology for Teens Camp here.
Watch the video above for more information about Great Basin Naturalist Education Programs
"Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion. Nature can frighten a child, too, and this fright serves a purpose. In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace."
Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, Algonquin Books, 2008, p. 7
Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, Algonquin Books, 2008, p. 7
