The Coriell Institute for Medical Research holds its 29th Annual Tri-County Science Fair, showcasing the very best of South Jersey’s science programs on Saturday at Camden County College’s Blackwood campus.
More than 200 students in grades 6 through 12 from Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties will compete in categories such as behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, [...]
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March 12th, 2010
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March 12th, 2010
Check OUT Spring Family Nature Hike April 3
Enjoy an outdoor adventure exploring a wide array of plants and animals by participating in an Awaking to Spring Family Nature Hike on Saturday, April 3 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Palmyra Cove Nature Park’s 250-acre preserve.
The Awaking to Spring Family Hike will highlight animal and plant activity with the emergence of spring, [...]
March 11th, 2010
Check OUT The Treehouse in Audubon Friday
The Treehouse Coffee Shop in Audubon will be hosting the youth of UrbanPromise as part of their open mic night this Friday from 6:30-7:30.
During the month of March The Treehouse Coffee Shop is celebrating Youth Art Month by hosting a collection of artwork created by the students of UrbanPromise for their fifth annual Youth Art [...]
March 11th, 2010
Building North Pole Replica Dog Sleds in Camden
The dog sleds being built recently in Camden weren’t because of the record snow this winter.
The project wasn’t a panic move like, say, building an ark during heavy rain.
Rather, for the last four months, nine students who attend an UrbanPromise after-school program in South Camden along with four mentors were building the dog sleds to [...]
March 8th, 2010
Sun is OUT … Beach is Open
If you are looking to get OUTside on this sunny and sixty day and need somewhere to go … well check OUT the Palmyra Cove Nature Park where the hiking Trails are clear and the beach trail offers a view of the Philly skyline here today!
If you can’t get here today … come here next [...]
March 8th, 2010
Get OUT and Golf . . . Sunny and Sixty Today
Last Thursday afternoon, with banks of snow still making Pennsauken Country Club look like the downhill ski slope at the Vancouver Olympics, Quentin Griffith answered a phone call in the pro shop from a cabin-fever customer.
“Yeah, Saturday morning, you guys have your usual time,” said Griffith, director of golf at the club.
This winter, especially February, [...]
March 5th, 2010
A Fish Story to Help OUT …
The striped bass fishing here in South Jersey has reopened in the backwaters and Nick Honachefsky writes in the Vineland Daily Journal that “savvy anglers have already found where some keeper-sized stripers” holed up for the winter.
Well, a little but farther South, some real big keepers are being caught …
National Guard pro Brent Ehrler of Redlands, [...]
March 5th, 2010
BOO the Travelling Frog from Burlington County
Hanging in the foyer of Bob McBride’s house is Boo.
Framed in dark wood, this photo of a green frog with bulging eyes half submerged in water is the first wall fixture to greet each visitor at the Leisuretown home in Southampton.
Boo, though, isn’t hanging just on the wall of the entrance of the one-story house [...]
March 4th, 2010
Help OUT at Serenade for Wildlife March 21
This winter has been rough and rugged en the wildlife . . . you can help out and enjoy an afternoon of classical music and attend Serenade for Wildlife on March 21 with all proceeds to benefit Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge.
Highlights of the event will be pieces performed by Bill Stokking (principle cellist for [...]
March 4th, 2010
Check OUT Recreation Opportunities in Glouco
Nature and recreation are going high-tech in Gloucester County.
The Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Department is now offering podcasts.
By partnering with the South Jersey Tourism Corporation, Gloucester County created a downloadable podcast audio tour in 2009 titled “Gloucester County: A Revolutionary Idea.”
The innovative program is a series of five, full-length podcasts premiering every two weeks. [...]
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Check OUT New Jersey Wild OUTdoor Expo
The New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo is a free event designed for visitors to discover ways to appreciate and enjoy the outdoors.
September 25 and 26, 2010
10 am – 4 pm daily
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
Upper Freehold Township, NJ
The Expo seeks to help people connect with the natural world by providing a unique blend of conservation [...]
March 3rd, 2010
First Flight in America Lands In sOUTh Jersey
Did you know the first flight in America landed in Deptford, in sOUTh Jersey
On Jan. 9, 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard took off from inside the walls of the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia in a balloon. The stone walls of the prison were ideal during the inflation process and to prevent those who did not [...]
March 2nd, 2010
Ride in American Diabetes’ Tour de Cure
The Bridgewater office of the American Diabetes Association will hold their popular annual cycling event, Tour de Cure, in Brielle on Saturday, June 19.
Each year, over 40,000 cyclists and volunteers participating at more than 80 sites across the United States to help raise funds to stop this devastating disease.
Nearly 24 million Americans suffering from diabetes. [...]
March 2nd, 2010
Not Bugged Enough by Winter …
. . . go check OUT some bugs.
You can enjoy an outdoor adventure exploring a wide array of plants and animals by participating in an Exploring Insects in Winter Family Nature Hike on Saturday, March 6 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Palmyra Cove Nature Park’s 250-acre preserve.
Participants will discover how and where the [...]
March 1st, 2010
The Y’s are IT for of the National Parks
Now, any National Park trip is the best trip ever … but recently my friends at REI asked what is your favorite National Park?
Well, since I had to answer, I have to say the Y’s are it for me.
Yes, Yosemite and Yellowstone are my favorite National Parks.
Now, I have only been to Shenandoah, Great Smokey [...]
February 26th, 2010
Winter at Golf’s Paradise too
If it is any consolation for those shivering at the sight of more snow OUTside here in sOUTh Jersey, golf paradise also was painted with winter.
Augusta National Golf Course received a good dumping too as seen in the photos below on Feb. 13 taken by a friend of Coach Skip Werley.
And, just think, the Master’s [...]
February 26th, 2010
Helping OUT to build Gym in South Camden
The night three years ago, when she watched the Diane Sawyer “20/20″ television special on poverty in Camden, Ann Baiada just new she needed to help.
Baiada, the founder of the successful Bayada Nurses business, already was in volved in many charitable endeavors. But hearing children of Camden speak on TV touched Baiada, a resident of Moorestown, to do even more.
After all, Sawyer pointed out in [...]
February 25th, 2010
Check OUT UrbanTrekkers
Had the good fortune and pleasure this week to meet the UrbanTrekkers director Jim Cummings in Camden.
Talked to Jim and really, really impressed with the UrbanTrekkers program and mission of helping and teaching the youth of the city through OUTdoor experiences and adventures.
Learned the UrbanTrekkers program complement sthe already wildly successful learning experiences taking place [...]
February 24th, 2010
OUT Around the World Synchronize Skating
Alyssa Fox started out figure skating when she was a kid, enjoying the carving of the ice and learning to jump and spin in solitude.
The 18-year-old from Voorhees still skates, but now she twirls and twists with an ice skating team.
“It is doing my favorite sport combined with my closest friends,” Fox said.
Fox and Eliana [...]
February 23rd, 2010
Go OUT and Learn to Run with REI Class
Although hopefully we get another good dumping this weekend for some more snowshoeing, the running spring season is only a month away really.
IF you thinking about running your first 5K or 10K, but unsure how to get started, REI offers a FREE running clinic on March 4 at 7 pm at the most excellent Marlton [...]
February 23rd, 2010
Think Fishing – Join Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club
If you are one of the few who aren’t enjoying the rain today or shuddeer to hear there is more snow coming later this week, start thinking summer and fishing with the Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club.
OCMTC is a group that shares a common interest in boating and inshore and offshore fishing.
Established in 1959 the [...]
February 23rd, 2010
The W’s of the Day for Feb. 23
The What Happened OUTside on this Day is in 1945 the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division reached the top of Mount Surabachi during the battle of Iwo Jima and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time was taken.
The Word of the Day is espy – to see at a glance – [...]
February 22nd, 2010
Check OUT Soul to Soul Nature Workshop
Henry David Thoreau needed to go to Walden Pond for two years and two months to gain a deeper appreciation of nature and John Muir wandered the high Sierra Mountains for years and said “over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity” …
Well, [...]
February 22nd, 2010
Go OUT and SnowShoe
The warm temps and deep snow still here at Wharton State Park made Sunday ideal for snowshoeing.
I actually snowshoed for the first time Sunday after buying snow shoes late Saturday night at the REI in Marlton.
Really, it is that easy to get started … you do need snow boats however. Don’t worry, REI sells them [...]
February 19th, 2010
Check OUT New Jersey Outdoor Alliance Seminar
You are invited by the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance to an OUTdoor seminar at the Batsto Visitor Center on Saturday March 20 from Noon to 2 pm.
The seminar will provide information about the missions, goals and objectives of the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance, New Jersey Outdoor Alliance Conservation Foundation and New Jersey Outdoor Alliance Conservation Foundation
Presentations will [...]
February 19th, 2010
Check OUT Pinelands Short Course on March 20
The Pinelands Short Course keeps getting larger.
Now in its 21st year, this program offered by the New Jersey Pinelands Commission and the Pinelands Institute for Natural and Environmental Studies has grown in recent years.
“It is very exciting to see people take such a strong interest in the Pinelands,” said Paul Leakan, communications officer of the [...]