Join us after school to have fun exploring while learning about the wonders of the natural world at Tifft Nature Preserve! Since this program will be held mostly outdoors, please dress appropriately for the weather.  Non-Members: $6 per child and adult, $4 each additional child with same adult.  Buffalo Museum of Science Members Save 10 percent.  Pre-registration required.

Next week, we will educate youth and parents from the neighborhood about their exposure to toxic diesel exhaust.  In partnership with Public School 3, we are hosting a Field Day June 13 at Front Park where students will do their own air testing, eat healthy foods and compete in fun activities!

Students from School 3 will have a field day where they will participate in traditional day activities like potato sack races, and learn methods used by the Coalition to test the air quality in their neighborhood.  Selected students will also get a chance to wear a badge to monitor their personal exposure to contaminants throughout the day.

Throughout the day, students learn from local scientists about air pollution and measure their exposure to diesel exhaust.  We will engage over 500 students and take dozens of air samples.  In order to make change, we need good data!  The results of the testing will be used by the Coalition members to advocate for change in their neighborhood.

We need enthusiastic volunteers to make the day a success!  Volunteers will be needed for two (2) shifts: Shift A is from 8 a.m. to noon.  Shift A is responsible for set-up and an activity station. Shift B is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Shift B is responsible for clean-up and an activity station.

Students will get to participate in traditional field day activities like dodgeball, as well as field science tutorials, like bucket testing, and selected students will get to wear a badge that will take an air sample throughout the day.

Interested volunteers should send an email to Natasha at Natasha@cacwny.org or call 852-3813 with their:

• Name
• Phone number
• Address
• What shift they would like
• Any special skills pertaining to the activities above

Want to learn more about the work Riverkeeper is doing throughout our region?  Come to a free, one-hour informational tour to let us walk you through our programs and the impact they have on our community.

Learn the personal reasons behind our staff’s engagement in this important cause.  Also, learn how Riverkeeper is going to the heart of the problem.

DID YOU KNOW?

• It is estimated that approximately 1/3 of the world’s population will not have access to adequate drinking water by 2025.
• Our region lies on the shores of the greatest single source of fresh water on the planet — the Great Lakes.
• More than 120 viruses can be found in untreated sewage.
• Riverkeeper has already recruited a team of more than 100 residents to conduct our own water quality testing.

Tours are held in the Riverkeeper offices monthly on the second Wednesday at noon.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

• June 13
• July 11
• August 8
• September 12
• October 10
• November 14
• December 12