Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Girl Scout Event at Heifer Learning Center at Overlook Farm in Rutland on Sunday, Nov. 22

Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts is hosting Animal Connections, for Daisy & Brownie Scouts and Juliette Scouts in Grades K-3 at the Heifer Learning Center at Overlook Farm in Rutland on Sunday, November 22, from 1 to 3;30 p.m.
Explore Overlook Farm’s Global Village and learn about the benefits of livestock animals to humans and the 7 M's: Milk, Manure, Meat, Material, Money, Motivation, and Muscle.
Learn through hands-on activities like spinning wool in Peru or milking a goat in Guatemala.
Time permitting; we may also tour our other livestock facilities to see our many farm animals.
Activities may vary with the size of the group and the season.
This trip is a nice tie-in with any Troop's Animals and People of the World Try-It work.
The learning center and Farm is available for other dates and larger-group requests. Visit www.heifer.org to learn more about Heifer's mission.
The cost is $15 per person and maximum $150 per Troop for the event.
Registration will end with 15 girls or on Nov. 5th.
To register contact the Heifer Learning Center at 508-886-2221 or Overlook.Farm@Heifer.org

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