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There's still time to help us meet our #ValleyGivingTuesday goal to raise $10,000 for our Scholarship Fund! Your donation helps meet a matching challenge & will ensure we can fill our Nature Summer Camp with more children. https://t.co/vG8Wh9uRrX https://t.co/6EntMaTED1
Help send 24 children to Nature Summer Camp! Your contribution on Giving Tuesday will be matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000. https://t.co/vG8Wh9dg3n #ValleyGivingTuesday https://t.co/ppsNr955DT
November 27th is Giving Tuesday, a global day of online giving. Support education for a healthy planet by making a donation to @HitchcockCenter! This year, instead of holding a separate Valley Gives Day, the Valley Gives on #ValleyGivingTuesday https://t.co/Ff4Ur9RQ7d
Acting Together in the Face of the Climate Crisis, a panel conversation with Jacqueline Velez, Susan Theberge, and Marty Nathan tonight at 7pm @HitchcockCenter on local issues. https://t.co/6SDozZqMZH #AmherstMA #WesternMA #environmentaljustice https://t.co/UypyPojTom
Pollination Celebration Day is September 23, 11-3! Activities for the family: building bee hotels, tagging monarchs, gardening workshops, face painting, the Caterpillar Lab from Keene, NH, pollinator parade and more! Schedule at https://t.co/NBOftFh7FC #AmherstMA #WesternMA https://t.co/OvI1aRomqk
Our latest Earth Matters column by staff member Patrick O'Roark: What color is your praying mantis? https://t.co/WBx7oSpSTW #AmherstMA #WesternMA #Insects https://t.co/5RpBVjwsh9
Our article in Science&Children from @NSTA! "How Can We Store Water During a Drought? A #sustainability #engineering #design #challenge for 4th graders" is #curriculum developed from our @livingbuilding as educator. https://t.co/VkAhXG2Fp1 #elementaryeducation #buildthechange https://t.co/l8iQorv9dJ
"...in Massachusetts the number of days with temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit is expected to increase from the five to 20 that we experience today, to 30 to 60 annually by the end of the century." https://t.co/CayrmFY975 @EnvironmentMA #RenewableAgenda
In case you missed it... https://t.co/9OGziV8ihK
Do you have a passion for science and the natural world? Are you skilled in working with children? The Hitchcock Center has an opening for a part-time environmental educator. Learn more: https://bit.l/2lJh4LU #AmherstMA #WesternMA https://t.co/PzLCssEUEF
Join us today from 5-8pm @rivervalleycoop. Proceeds will benefit the Hitchcock Center which is recipient of the Austin Miller Co-Op Hero Award. AND, June’s Green Stamp recipient is the Hitchcock Center! #AmherstMA #NorthamptonMA #OthersideMA #WesternMA https://t.co/U0SpM7PvTs
Our annual summer kickoff event is this Thursday, with all proceeds to benefit our friends at the @HitchcockCenter! Delicious food, face painting, live music, and so much more! https://t.co/q8i2QoKBSQ
Hitchcock Center's design team in NYC today sharing the process of designing a building as an educational and advocacy tool! https://t.co/s6dBZKcilB #AmherstMA #WesternMA #OthersideMA #LivingBuildingChallenge #LBC #buildingaseducator #ecotourism #AIACON18 https://t.co/jXbRPczU14
This morning @spbatchelor and @kellyardhaigh are at #AIACON18 speaking about their process designing the @HitchcockCenter building as an educational tool https://t.co/aa1mroTjAY
See you in Northampton on Wednesday to discuss climate and energy issues for MA Senate.
#AmherstMA #westernMA #othersidema https://t.co/g3j3FMMwEi
Forum focused on climate and energy issues for MA Senate (Hampshire-Worcester-Franklin) Candidates June 20 in Northampton #mapoli #climateEmergency @MOFpv @MassSierraClub @350Mass @greeninggreenfi @HitchcockCenter @MothersOutFront @northamptontv https://t.co/lfZhExDF5W
Join us at @rivervalleycoop's Strawberry Ice Cream Social is this Thursday, June 21 from 5-8pm! As the nonprofit recipient of the Austin Miller Co-op Hero Award, Strawberry Ice Cream Social food sale proceeds benefit @HitchcockCenter. #westernma #othersidema #amherstma https://t.co/t6ok4yfqWZ
Thank you to everyone who joined the fun at Battle of the Botanicals. With your help we raised over $33,000 for @hitchcockcenter's environmental education programs! And a BIG thank you to all the participating restaurants, sponsors, MC & judges! #battleofthebotanicals #amherstma https://t.co/aKtfY3aqIR
Your favorite local restaurants are competing in a benefit for the Hitchcock Center’s education for a healthy planet on June 7th! Join us for amazing appetizers and craft cocktails and vote for your favorite! https://t.co/swfpdoMfEc #battleofthebotanicals #amherstma https://t.co/fmV8ly2kMy
Top local restaurants are going head to head on June 7th! Join us for botanically inspired food and drinks, vote for your favorites, and help support education for a healthy planet at the Hitchcock Center! Get your tickets today! https://t.co/9EdiBuuIDs #amherstma #westernma https://t.co/54sxwJbZxC
A thank you shout out to all our donors on #ValleyGives today! These kind words came in from donor David Moon with his gift, "The Hitchcock Center for the Environment is beautiful, and its staff and members are too!" Thank you David! https://t.co/BxSwgoXutm https://t.co/QVoXBq5rcn
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November 27, 2018Help Us Raise $10,000 for Scholarships on Giving Tuesday Hitchcock Launches New Environmental Justice Program Series 2018 Western Mass. Youth Climate Summit Empowers Students to Make Change Birding Programs for Youth this December Hitchcock Receives 2018 Paul Winske Access Award from Stavros