 Morse Pond School now has the first 4 picnic tables for under one of their tents thanks to donations to our committee! Special thanks to Bob Oliveira for going out in the pouring rain to pick them up and deliver to the school for us!!! Morse Pond School still has an immediate need for funding at least 8 additional picnic tables for their other tent and the school grounds. Picnic tables cost approx between $110 to $160 (depending on the current market and availability) but prices just dropped to the lower end. If you would like to make a donation please make one via check, venmo or PayPal to Falmouth Rotary Club memo "outdoor learning picnic Morse Pond". You can also opt to purchase it yourself and drop at the school or have the committee arrange the delivery or assembly. Just be sure to contact us.
As we move on from stumps and begin to provide longer term infrastructure for outdoor learning we are so grateful for the continued support from our community and schools! Our committee is still taking donations for picnic tables and other needs across all the schools that have been requested by our staff. If you are interested in helping thru volunteer work or financial support please reach out! Donate via Rotary Club Venmo: www.venmo.com/u/FALMOUTHROTARYCLUBCC
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Love seeing our local students out and about helping nurture the school gardens during the summer! We are currently seeking interested people/businesses or landscapers in adopting a school garden. There are several ways to participate in this including simply just lending verbal expertise. Contact us if interested!
The Falmouth Outdoor Learning Committee is looking to raise money to purchase between 20 picnic tables requested by 5 of our local schools (Teaticket-8; East-3; Mullen-5; Lawrence-4) Currently we have enough for 6 of the 20 requested. Please help us reach this goal this week! If you donate feel free to let us know which school you want your $ going to if you want it going to a specific school). Picnic tables are the MOST requested item from our teachers-let's make it happen! The tables cost between $150-170 each. Our committee has volunteers ready to assemble. We are looking to our community help donate these or to donate funds for us to purchase. If you would like to contribute towards the picnic tables, please visit The Rotary Club of Falmouth, Cape Cod, a 501c3 organization. Select Youth on the Paypal link and outdoor classroom project. You can also send a Venmo or mail in a check and be sure to include the same note. Our address is: PO Box 293 Falmouth, MA 02541  The Falmouth Outdoor Learning Committee is looking to raise money to purchase between 15-20 picnic tables for 6 of the 7 schools for spring. The tables cost between $150-170 each. Our committee has volunteers ready to assemble. We are looking to our community help donate these or to donate funds for us to purchase. If you would like to donate directly to Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod for the Outdoor Learning Committee to purchase please do so via check or Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/FALMOUTHROTARYCLUBCC  For those interested in donating towards the Mullen Hall Music & Art Collaboration Project or monetarily to the Outdoor Learning project overall we have several ways to do so: We can accept donations via any of the following ways below. All donations must have a note whether on a memo line or in their online memo. (Example below) Venmo: www.venmo.com/u/FALMOUTHROTARYCLUBCC Paypal: https://www.falmouthrotary.com/page/donate Checks: made out Rotary Club of Falmouth-these we can pickup directly from you or you can mail to PO Box 293 Falmouth MA 02541 If you want to donate to Mullen Hall Stump Collaboration you would write: Outdoor learning-Mullen-Stump Collaboration on your memo. 
Thank you to all our volunteers and partners!
If interested in making a tax deductible donation via Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, you can: Venmo: @falmouthrotaryclubcc Visit: www.falmouthrotary.com/page/donate Mail a check to PO Box 293 Falmouth MA 02541. Please be sure to put a memo that your donation is for outdoor learning. Mullen Hall ask. In search of throw carpets to lay down for certain classes to discourage grass picking and for comfort. If you have any available, please comment or send us a message and we can get you connected with the teacher searching for them.   North Falmouth Elementary School students enjoying ice cream under one of the Outdoor Learning Committee tents. A message from our committee Happy 1st Day of School! As students return, we're excited to say that Outdoor Learning will be in full-swing at all of Falmouth's public schools. Thanks to generous donors, hard-working volunteers, and the incredible staff and teachers of Falmouth, our students will have a great start to the year. Even more exciting, we are excited to welcome Dr. Sarah Vendetti, the new district Learning Partner Specialist, to the Falmouth Public Schools. There's still uncertainly of course, which is why we're gearing up to assist teachers and students with the tools and learning supplies necessary to support Outdoor Learning. Please visit school's various Amazon Wish lists to show support: Lawrence School Morse Pond North Falmouth East Falmouth Mullen Hall We are also currently seeking tree stumps for seating as well as yoga mats for the majority of the schools. Email us if you can help! We started last year off with a clear goal in mind: raise enough money to get each Falmouth public school its own Outdoor Learning Tent. We are thrilled to say we did just that. Six of the seven schools have received their tents and thanks to incredible volunteers, they were all installed beautifully. The last tent is here and it will be installed at Mullen-Hall Elementary this month. We now have a second set of tents that we're ready to install. The down-payment has been made for those WeatherPort tents, but we still need help paying for the rest. If you would like to make a donation please do so via the Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 organization via check or on their website. Other ways to donate: For those interested in donating monetarily to the Outdoor Learning project overall OR for specific school requests you have seen posted we have several ways to do so. All donations must have a note whether on a memo line or in their online memo. (Example below) Venmo Paypal Checks: made out Rotary Club of Falmouth-these we can pickup directly from you or you can mail to PO Box 293 Falmouth MA 02541 Example: If you want to donate to Morse Pond for picnic tables you would write: Outdoor learning-Morse-picnic tables on your memo. If you have ideas or questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. This is a true community effort. Respectfully Your Leadership Team, Amy Leonardi, Liz Lerner, Kelly Blau, Leona Silva, Corinne Minshall, Amy Wyman, Jackie Jepsen, Danielle Sabens, Beth Dusan, Laurel Smith, Sarah Vendetti, Randi Oakley, Melissa Gray, Kate Skehill, Kristina Woods, Paul McCadam & Garth Smelser  Thank You, Supporters! A HUGE THANK YOU to Falmouth Toyota for their very generous donation of $20,000 to the Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod for the benefit of the Falmouth Outdoor Learning Committee! This donation enables us to help purchase the 2nd round of outdoor classroom shelters as well as help fund the 1st round of the QR Curriculum project which will benefit Teaticket Elementary School!  Volunteers Needed We are looking for volunteers for all 7 schools and at least 1 to 2 licensed/ certified contractors and or engineers per site to oversee the build and anchoring of our latest batch of WeatherPort tents. Please send us an email if you're interested in helping: falmouthoutdoorlearning@gmail.com A Look Outdoor Learning in Action...  {Morse Pond School Requests} Below is a link to the list for outdoor learning requests for Morse Pond School. Please email the committee to contact the committee school liaison, Jackie Jepsen at jjepsen18@comcast.net if you purchase or you have questions so we can keep updating this list.
There are over 500 students at Morse Pond School. Link to Morse Pond List For those interested in donating monetarily to the Outdoor Learning project overall OR for specific school requests you have seen posted we have several ways to do so: We can accept donations via any of the following ways below. All donations must have a note whether on a memo line or in their online memo. (Example below) Venmo Paypal Checks: made out Rotary Club of Falmouth-these we can pickup directly from you or you can mail to PO Box 293 Falmouth MA 02541 Example: If you want to donate to Morse Pond for picnic tables you would write: Outdoor learning-Morse-picnic tables on your memo. {North Falmouth Elementary School Requests} North Falmouth is in need of outdoor teaching supplies:
6 - 6 foot wooden picnic tables (approx cost is $150 per table) 6 smaller kid style picnic tables for kinder ((approx cost is $60-70 per table) Comment below or private message us so we can keep it updated as we meet their needs. Let us know if you can help or would like to make a monetary donation towards the committee purchasing the needed items. We can accept donations via PayPal or Venmo as well and restrict it for this need. Contact: Leona Silva As we prepare for a new school year, outdoor learning is stronger than ever! We have the 2nd round of tents which will arrive in the coming weeks as well as are working hard on our curriculum project in partnership with the schools and 300 committee. As we prepare to keep our students and staff safe and promote outdoor education we once again are coming to our community for help with some supplies we need to get going for the year. If you are inclined, we welcome any donations so we can purchase the requested supplies via Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 volunteer organization. |
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