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align=center><STRONG><U><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The lecture will be
presented by a member of the Education Staff of the NATIONAL WILDLIFE
FEDERATION (NWF) The title <U>Connecting Today's Kids with Nature, A
Policy Action Plan, </U>is the action plan released by the National wildlife
Federation last spring. You can find the whole plan and summaries of it by
going to <A href="http://www.nwf.org">www.nwf.org</A> and typing in the name
of the plan on the search line. You will come to a list of
the complete paper and the summaries. (The complete plan has a
picture of a boy swinging by his hands from a tree on the right side of the
cover.) NWF has been a very strong advocate of Richard Louv's book, "The Last
Child in the Woods" and also of the No Child Left Inside Coalition, which
is working to guarantee environmental education be taught to all children in
the United States. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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called Green Hour. the following is a quote from their website regarding this
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><EM>"Most importantly, by giving
our children a "</EM><STRONG><I>Green Hour</I></STRONG><EM>" a day -- a bit of
time for </EM><STRONG><I>unstructured play and interaction with the natural
world</I></STRONG><EM> -- we can set them on the path toward
</EM><STRONG><I>physical</I></STRONG><EM>,
</EM><STRONG><I>mental</I></STRONG><EM>, and </EM><STRONG><I>emotional
well-being</I></STRONG><EM>. And at
</EM><STRONG><I>GREENHOUR.ORG</I></STRONG><EM>, you'll find inspiration and
ideas to do just that. Each week we publish a fresh issue full of activities
and information to help guide the exploration and focus on
fun."</EM><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">PLEASE JOIN US FOR THIS
SERIES</SPAN></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
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align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
2009</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"></SPAN></STRONG><o:p>Speaker: Patrick Fitzgerald,
Senior Legislative Coordinator</o:p></P>
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align=center>Fred M Rodgers Center at St. Vincent College, Latrobe,
PA<o:p></o:p></P>
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align=center>Reception 6-7, Lecture 7-8<o:p></o:p></P>
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MARCH 10, 2009</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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Russell, Director of Educational Programing</o:p></P>
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Library, Room 200.</o:p></P>
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align=center><o:p>Speaker and light refreshments<BR></o:p><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lehigh
University Bethlehem. PA</FONT> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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size=3>Presenters: Eliza Russell, Dir of Ed. Programming</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Heather White, Dir. of Ed Advocacy</FONT></DIV></o:p>
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2009</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Ruth Roperti<BR>965
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