"Saving Our Community from Nature Deficit Disorder"

Trail Angel Mary Parry has taken the lead on designation event planning for the A.T. Community Committee and is currently in the process of lining up partner organizations and programming for the day.  The tentative date for the event will be a weekend in May or June 2012 - date confirmation will go out soon (see info below).

The theme for the event will be: "Saving Our Community from Nature Deficit Disorder" (theme inspired by Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods) and will include partners from various local and regional conservation, outdoor recreation and community-based groups.

Thoughts on event date possibilities & potential conflicts are currently: 
 

    a. May 12 - strong - day before Mother's Day

    b. May 19 - conflict - Trail Days Damascus, VA 

    c. May 25 - conflict - Memorial Day weekend

    d. June 2 - possible - National Trails Days, Boiling Springs Founders Day

    e. June 9 - conflict - National Get Outdoors Day, Appalachian Trail Museum Festival

 
Send any info on date preference to trailangelmary@aol.com.  Stay tuned for updates!