Getting started

My first interaction with Dunwoody Nature Center was on the 14th of March when my partner and I went to first meet and participate in volunteering after our initial meeting over the phone with Holly the chaos coordinator. We arrived equipped to take on the day, there was an early start of tours from 3 sets of elementary students ranging from 25 to 30 students and I was paired with one of the new workers who I worked with on the tour of the park and education about nature. There was firstly a matching activity on lifecycle and the kids were firstly educated using the lifecycle of different living things. We also got to walk on a trail where we saw worms and got to hear about the conservation of nature that the park is focused on. As the civilization around keeps changing and trees keep getting taken down the Dunwoody area is preserving the park to provide shelter for wildlife, keep soil erosion and rainwater runoff from exacerbating.  
 
Holly then gave us a good tour of the park parameters and gave us a rundown of some of the projects they want to work on before the summer. Some of the projects include their folktale festival, renovating their eco center, bat cave and a few other places for the kids. Some of the things that we did in preparartion for the folktale festival was writing the instructions for the cut-out bunny, fox and possum. I also cut out the leg pieces and the sample for the bunny and fox making. It was all super fun to be very honest. Everyone there is so nice and very welcoming, and they are willing to help us as much as we are willing to help them. I also did many other things, but I will save that for the next time that I write. However, I will include a beautifully taken picture of the sign and the very rare koi fish they have at their entrance for you to view.  

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