Good things in store!
Feb 17th, 2010 by lapazfarm
Happy Ash Wednesday everyone!
We have SO MANY good things lined up, we really can’t wait!
Today on a whim we attended the local “World of Work” job and career fair here in Sitka and I am so glad we did! It was a really cool event for high school students to connect with folks in various fields of study and employment. JBug had a blast chatting up the Park Ranger and trying on her nifty park service hat. Superboy made some really great contacts and though he is still too young for many of the paid internship programs available, as soon as folks found out he is homeschooled he had people falling all over him to offer him opportunities to learn while volunteering!
He already has appointments to work with:
- biologists at the local fish hatchery
- archeologists and interpreters at the National Historical Park
- job shadowing with docs at the hospital, and
- working with naturalists and veterinarians at the Raptor Rehabilitation center.
In fact, we all 4 went and oriented as volunteers at the Raptor Center today, and they want us to start right away! Even JBug will have work to do! So, I’m sure I’ll have some exciting stuff to share after our first day volunteering with the Raptor Rehab Center tomorrow!
Stay tuned!
WAY COOL! I am going to take a class this summer to become a certified Master Naturalist…. and I can’t wait to do the volunteer hours to maintain it – a raptor center volunteer sounds like fun, and I can’t wait to read about all of the different things the kids learn.
That class sounds very cool, Kelly! Lucky you!
Wow, exciting! These are so great opportunities! I’m so happy for you all!!
So cool. Can’t wait to hear more about your raptor centre adventures!
How awesome for Superboy! And the Raptor Center volunteering sounds equally fascinating.