“We’re more than just a walk in the woods!”

“We’re more than just a walk in the woods!”

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 2007 Annual Report MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

Dear Friends,

Back in 1997, when I first volunteered at Highlights include everything from the The Schuylkill Center, I had only the vaguest introduction of Friday morning bird-walks Mission notion of its activities and potential. As a with our new development officer, George member of the Roxborough community, I Wood, to this year’s Henry Meigs Award, To promote, through environmental had been asked to participate in a master- which gave us the opportunity to honor two education, the preservation and planning process at The Center. I knew about outstanding stewards of the environment: improvement of our natural the animal rehabilitation clinic, and that this public schoolteacher Kim environment. was a place that showed city kids their first Fullam and her 8th grade class from the tadpole, but little beyond that. Dobson School in Manayunk, and Governor We do this by: Ed Rendell. The Governor was honored for Ten years have gone by, and I am still expanding funding for the State’s Growing Fostering appreciation, understanding volunteering, although this report marks Greener initiative, and teacher Kim Fullam and responsible use of the ecosystem; the completion of my first year as chairman for her outstanding participation with The of The Center’s board. I upped my own Center’s education staff on the (Growing Disseminating information on participation level over the years because Greener funded) Junior Environment Corps current environmental issues; I saw what fantastic services The Center Pilot Project! provided to its neighbors, the city and the Encouraging appropriate public region. And because I saw the possibilities of As chairman, I am committed to keeping The response to environmental problems; what it could do. This has been a watershed Center’s mission at the front and center of year for increasing our presence as a cutting- every decision and opportunity we face in the Maintaining the facilities of The edge resource for ideas and practices in coming years. Thank you for this past year’s Center and conserving its land for the the realms of environmental education, support as we are looking forward to another purpose of environmental education. sustainability, and the relationship between great year. And I hope I’ll see you soon on a nature and the built environment. Friday morning bird-walk!

Sincerely, Education Preservation

John Howard Improvement Chair, Board of Trustees

MISSION  MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ten years ago The Schuylkill Center invited its I am happy to report that The Schuylkill Center We increased awareness of The Center Strengthening The Schuylkill Center’s All of that, we hope, has made The Center more neighbors and area constituents (governmental, has progressed steadfastly on all four fronts, through our involvement with the region’s relationships with neighbors and constituents user-friendly in the broader sense of the term. academic, and philanthropic) to participate as well as toward realizing a 1999 Master Plan environmental issues. Our hands-on workshops has been my most rewarding and most More specifically, we continue our efforts to in a series of planning sessions called Future that was an outgrowth of the Future Search educated Philadelphia schoolteachers on challenging task. But because you are a attract more visitors down our half-mile-long Search. These were visioning sessions designed process. The programs and events of this past sustainability. The newly introduced Greening resolute and stalwart group of supporters, my bumpy driveway for unique events such as to project The Center as an environmental and year are evidence of that advancement. Your Home seminars brought environmental greatest satisfaction has been finding ways to the Green on Screen film series, night hikes, community resource into the 21st Century. To restore The Center’s natural ecosystems, education to area homeowners. Our successful suitably merge your ideas and suggestions into camp-overs, and bird walks. To continue that Many hours of many days went into Future our staff and volunteers enhanced our partnership with the Philadelphia Water The Center’s policies and programs. To that end, effort we eliminated the entry fee, giving all Search and resulted in four goals-- seemingly 360-acre habitat to allow native species Department’s Rain Barrel Program helped The Center continues its dialogue of inclusion our visitors an equal opportunity to appreciate simple, yet as complexly associated as the such as Pinxsterbloom Azalea, Viburnum remove countless gallons of stormwater with our neighbors in Roxborough, stays and enjoy the emerging forest of the largest ecosystems they’re designed to protect. First, and even Orchids and Trillium to reestablish from the city’s sewer system. Our corporate current with its 4th Council District, and has privately held, undeveloped open space in reestablish and enhance The Center’s natural themselves. We conducted monthly invasive environmental stewardship sessions with become involved in the environmental concerns Philadelphia. ecosystems. Second, increase public awareness plant identification and removal sessions, held Merck, PECO, and Rohm and Haas allowed of Greater Philadelphia as it moves forward to and usage of The Center’s programs. Third, backyard habitat workshops for homeowners, them to roll up their sleeves and participate in becoming the Next Great City. The purpose of Future Search was not to have strengthen the relationship between The Center upgraded our Native Plant Sale to include more our programs. And our successful summer camp a final product but rather a work in progress, and its neighbors and supporters. Fourth, make species with local provenance, and partnered (environmental education cleverly packaged a Schuylkill Center whose Board and staff are The Center more user-friendly. with Philadelphia University and Green Woods as fun) gave many children the opportunity current with environmental issues, flexible Charter School to improve the water quality of to stave off Nature Deficit Disorder, the latest enough to adjust to those evolving issues, and Smith’s Run, one of our first order streams. buzz-phrase for the pejorative effects of accessible to the public on all levels. We take technology. environmental education seriously. We also take great pride in the programs and events we offer and will always take the time to listen to your suggestions and requests as we advance the mission of The Center into the coming decades.

Dennis Burton Executive Director

  OUR NEWEST INITIATIVES

Adventure Travel Summer Camp for Teens The Schuylkill Center’s Nature Ramblers Summer Educational Programs for Adults Camp continues to grow and offer fun, nature-based Adult Education at The Schuylkill Center has grown summer experiences for more than 100 children each considerably this past year. With additions of a six- summer. This summer the camp expanded its offering part ‘Greening Your Home Seminar’ series, Native Plant to the teenage crowd through adventure travel camps. Container Gardening workshops, Evening Hikes, Outdoor Participants ages thirteen to fifteen traveled to exciting Yoga and ‘Green on Screen’—a series of environmental destinations such as the Allegheny National Forest and film nights—adult education is taking a prominent role Presque Isle, the Catskill Mountains, Ohiopyle State Park in public programs at The Center. in Southwest , and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Being away Monday through Friday each week The Greening Your Home Seminar series featured gave the campers a chance to immerse themselves in speakers on Creating a Healthy Home, Environmentally the environments of these destinations and experience Friendly Home Materials, Green Architecture, Backyard a variety of activities. The Adventure Travel Camps for Ecology and Habitat, and Renewable Energy. The older students provide more opportunities for this age set seminars provided resources, information, and contact to interact with other kids their age and experience the with regional experts to participants, enabling them to Enjoying an best of destinations beyond the Mid-Atlantic Region. create healthier, more environmentally friendly living evening hike

Parasailing at the Outer Banks spaces for themselves and their families.

In order to extend the ecologically friendly landscaping concept of ‘Backyard Ecology’ to stoops and balconies, Native Plant Nursery patios, and row-house yards, our Native Plants Container Last year, The Schuylkill Center unveiled our new Native Gardening workshop offered alternative ways to beautify Plant Nursery, which specializes in the production of small outdoor spaces while supporting local flora and native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Plants fauna. grown in the nursery will initially be used to enhance populations on The Center’s grounds. Sources for plants As our Education Programs for Adults evolve, we strive to material include sustainably gathered seed and cuttings fulfill the interests of our visitors by providing relevant from local plant populations. In the coming growing topics, speakers and events that are aligned with the ecological needs of our times. season, production will expand to include our own Outdoor yoga with handmade potting mix, an on-site composting area and Teresa Conroy an expanded line of plant material.

In June, scouts from Troop 303 completed an Eagle Scout Project in which the Nursery was fenced in and a compost bin was built.

Native Plant Nursery beds

  TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD The Schuylkill Center Honors Governor Rendell at the Henry Meigs Award

During his tenure, Governor Rendell has made numerous In his acceptance speech at the awards, the Governor The sparkling event was held at The Top of the Tower innovations in the areas of conservation, sustainability highlighted his concern for the environment both as a in the Bell Atlantic Building in downtown Philadelphia, and environmental education. Among these important leader, and an individual. He emphasized the importance where guests looked out across the Philadelphia skyline. contributions: Green Buildings—PA ranks second of environmental education, noting that “it is very We look forward to the 2008 awards and honoring those nationally, behind only California—in the number of important that we create environmentally savvy young that strive for excellence in the field of environmental buildings certified under the internationally recognized people. Environmental education is civic education…The science. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Schuylkill Center is creating environmental stewards that program; Growing Greener II—Governor Rendell has led are 6, 10, 13 years old.” the way to secure one of the single largest environmental investments in PA history. The $625M initiative will The event also honored teacher Kim Fullam on behalf clean up rivers and streams, remediate mine lands, return of her 8th grade class at the James Dobson School. Ms. abandoned industrial sites to productive use, improve Fullam received the Henry Meigs Scholarship Award for parks and outdoor recreation facilities, preserve natural exceptional interest, curiosity and accomplishment in areas and open space, and enhance the quality of life of environmental studies through the Junior Environment residents in cities, towns and boroughs across the state. Corps, a water monitoring project of The Schuylkill Junior Environmental Corps is funded in part by Growing Center. Her class exceeded all expectations for care and Greener II. dedication to the water monitoring that they do. As their reward, the class spent a day exploring the Fairmount Clockwise from Top: Water Works Interpretive Center, and enjoyed a picnic in 1. Denis O’Brien President, PECO, and the park. John Howard Chairman, SCEE Board of Trustees present the Henry Meigs award Top right: Governor Rendell, Rick Schubert, to Governor Rendell Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation, and Freya

2. Kim Fullam’s 8th Grade Class Top and bottom left: The Center’s board and staff enjoying the event 3. Award recipient Kim Fullam with Virginia Ranly, Director of Education

  ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

2007 has been a year of successful collaborations – drawing on the We continued a strong alliance with ’s Graduate strengths of our community partners and providing many opportunities program in education. Pennsylvania’s state Game and Fish & Boat for residents of Philadelphia and its neighboring communities to learn Commissions and the PA Natural Resources Conservation Service remain about and get involved in current environmental issues and to get in touch important partners in hosting the Philadelphia County Envirothon. These with the natural world. Experts on internal and external home health partners, in addition to the close relationships with many area high guided participants in Greening Your Home seminars; yoga instructors schools and colleges, are at the heart of The Schuylkill Center’s mission led programs on Center grounds; students benefited from joint programs of education. Collaborating on programs provides the highest quality with the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center; personnel from offerings to our members, partners and friends, and in the process, The Suntechnics, Inc. led teachers on a tour of The Center’s solar array. These Schuylkill Center continues as a hub of information and inspiration for are just some of the many ways The Center’s education staff actively schools, families and individuals committed to the environment. engaged partners to draw on and enhance our mission and resources.

Above: Teamwork on the ropes course Left: Building solar cars

  Partnerships in Learning: The Schuylkill Center and Green Woods Charter School

The Schuylkill Center educators embrace Green Woods students’ enthusiasm for the outdoors and environmental subjects, guiding them through in-depth study of The Center’s ecosystems and our collective ecological footprint. The students’ excitement energizes The Schuylkill Center educators and is more than enough to feel great about this educational partnership. Enthusiastic learning in the Discovery Center Satisfaction comes also with seeing the Green Many students are graduating from Green Woods Woods students succeed academically. Like all with a passion for science. Fourteen of the DEP Secretary, Kathleen McGinty presents public school students, Green Woods students twenty-two graduating 8th grade students from GWCS students with Governor’s Environmental take standardized tests each year. Results of the Excellence Award the Class of 2007 applied to and were accepted Fall 2006 Terra Nova tests show that students into the Science Leadership Academy High School The Schuylkill Center completed its fifth full at Green Woods ranked higher than the general in Philadelphia. Many chose to attend, while academic year of the partnership with Green Philadelphia School District in all areas, with some decided to go to Central High School. Woods Charter School this past June. We like especially high scores in science. In grades to think the Kindergarten through 8th grade 3-8, Green Woods Charter School students far We are confident that through spending so many students at Green Woods are receiving the full exceeded the local, state, and national averages hours of their formal education immersed in The Schuylkill Center experience—and the results are in these TerraNova exams. Green Woods also Schuylkill Center surroundings, Green Woods extraordinary. Each year we continue to improve made AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) through students will be better prepared to make smart on this education partnership, working ever more their efforts on the state PSSA exams. Green choices about how our planet is stewarded in the intently toward the central mission we share of Woods has consistently met AYP each year. future. The collaboration between The Schuylkill providing education that has the environment at Center and Green Woods continues to grow its core. and improve, providing this unique learning opportunity for hundreds of Philadelphia children. The Schuylkill Center education staff works with the Green Woods faculty in both teaching and planning. This year our educators continued to spend two to three hours per week in each Facing page classroom. They team-teach with the Green Clockwise from top left: Woods classroom teachers, covering all of 1. A school group cooperates on the ropes course the topics in the state’s Academic Standards for Environment & Ecology. Schuylkill Center 2. Teens canoing at the Outer Banks educators lead the students on hikes, where Identifying leaves with SCEE staffer Joanne Donohue 3. An afternoon hike the outdoors regularly becomes the classroom 4. Performing a play at the amphitheater and the students become a part of The Center’s landscape. 5. Examining pond life up close

6. A Summer camp biking adventure

10 WILDLIFE REHABILITATION

The Wildlife Clinic has been busily building momentum and The Clinic is staffed by Richard Schubert, licensed The art program encourages and presents non- support-- the dearth of local wildlife rehabilitation facilities wildlife rehabilitator. Assisting him is Stephen Aldrich traditional forms of expression, introspection and in Southeastern PA has made the Clinic more important as administrator and Sarahann Koenig as assistant discoveries about the environment and environmental than ever. Each year the Clinic provides care to nearly 3000 rehabilitator. The Clinic has a vital volunteer base of 50 issues central to the mission of The Schuylkill animals and answers roughly 8000 phone calls. dedicated individuals. Center. To that end, the education department used ENVIRONMENTAL ART a component of the GreenMachine installations as The Clinic has four major goals for the coming year: part of a study unit on the nature of sound at the 1) to maintain high professional standards in wildlife Green Woods Charter School. The students studied rehabilitation 2) to complete construction of a The art program at The Schuylkill Center hit a the installation and talked about the interpretation of 140’ netted raptor flight cage 3) to build upon the milestone this year: over 100 people attended the the sounds, whether they believed them to be natural success of the live-animal educational programs 4) to opening reception for its GreenMachine exhibition, or industrial in origin, as well as their emotional increase fundraising through individual and corporate a collaboration with local online arts organization, response to these sounds. Our indoor gallery also offers contributions, annual appeal, and seasonal fundraisers. InLiquid. The exciting opening featured the simulcast many opportunities for this kind of investigation with performance of two Japanese percussion artists, exhibits that include sculpture, photographs and works Partnerships with various organizations include: one in Japan, the other at The Schuylkill Center. on paper that use art to explore the many facets of the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia University, Arcadia They used objects found in nature—sticks, stones, natural world. University, the , Springside School, and tree trunks—to create improvisational sounds and Chestnut Hill Academy. These collaborative efforts have rhythms. The audience watched the artists respond The coming year will bring more unique interpretations increased the Clinic’s effectiveness by providing valuable to one another’s sound dance, resonating from the and explorations of the environment through the art resources like medical equipment, supplies, and volunteer hollow tree stumps, budding saplings, and stone. This program. Stay tuned to the Quill and the website for time. exhibition was an innovative look at the connection The Schuylkill Center’s openings and discussions on this between the digital medium and the art of nature. unique art program. Top: “Sentinal” by Carol Cole Above: “Ducks Asleep Under Moon” by Burnell Yow

Clockwise from top left: 1. A clinic volunteer introduces a skunk to visitors

2. Rick Schubert discusses a turtle’s Left, above and right: “Debtor’s Inheritance” lifecycle with a school group by Katie Murken from GreenMachine 3. Feeding a baby squirrel

4. A young fox

5. Feeding time for a baby raccoon

12 13 LAND RESTORATION

Since its inception in 1999, the Land Restoration Department has restored, Always working to educate the public about ecological restoration, we enhanced, and protected over thirty acres of forest, meadow, and riparian involve many volunteers in hands-on planting and invasive control for habitat. This is critical because it means increased biodiversity and sustained schools and community groups. Events such as our annual Native Plant Sale habitat for a variety of wildlife ranging from native pollinators to avian species and educational lectures offer more opportunities for spreading the word of special concern. It also means a working ecosystem that future generations about this vital work. Our partnerships with many local academic institutions will come to enjoy and learn from. allow us to maintain a leadership position in our research and monitoring.

Land Restoration Volunteers

Groups: Eric Flaksman David Quain First Presbyterian Church of Grant Folin Michaela Quain Germantown David Forrest Chelsea Saltzman Matthew Forrest Margie Salvante Greater Philadelphia Cares Kate Franklin Peg Schofield Green Woods Charter School Myles Goodman Sachiyo Searles Main Line Rotary Club Russell Goodman Ernie Sesskin Merck Champions for the Jonathan Goulet Riley Smith Environment Jessica Grace Robert Smith and PECO Jennifer Greer Boy Scout Troop 303 Philadelphia University Chuck Hetzel Tyrell Smith The Shipley School Clarence Hill Morris Stout Temple University- Gamma Iota Wiley Hill Andrew Tomasulo Planting woodland ephemerals Sigma Patrick Hoffman Brita Van Rossum US Airways Christie Holliday Marvin Venable Ed Hunter Zoe Warner Individuals: Nick Hurt Mike Warner Diane Actman Joe Kase Karyl Weber Patrick Banicki Kateryna Krytska Djuna Witherspoon Teddy Bonus Jenna Kulhamer Jibri Witherspoon Tanya Brumbaugh Kate Lawn Anti-clockwise from top left: Regina Cagle Wendy Lewis 1. 2007 Plant Sale Tiffany Calhoun Suzanne Mack Olivia Mancini 2. Merck “Champions for the Environment” volunteers Peggy Carter Cathedral Village Residents Brian McCann 3. Students planting a vibernum Catherine Clark Emily McCann 4. Oak, Chokeberry and Redbud in the Nursery liner beds Kelly Dolan Quincey Miller Jason Edonick Warren Petrillo

14 15 Monkey Tail Gang Act 48 Teacher Workshops

Out of school time (during summer, before The Schuylkill Center has embraced its green roof Charles Miller, principal of Roofscapes, Inc. and and after school hours, and on the weekend) and solar array as tools for educating students designer of The Center’s green roof, led a session has become an area of focus for research, and teachers. Both provide visible, touchable for the teachers attending the Green Roofs funding and opportunity. One way in which examples of technologies that bring us closer to workshop. Miller explained to the participants The Schuylkill Center has addressed the needs a sustainable lifestyle while highlighting social, how the roofs are constructed and detailed the of families during this time is the creation of economic and ecological principles. The Schuylkill many benefits, as well as challenges, of having a the Monkey Tail Gang, an environmentally- Center is familiarizing teachers with sustainable green roof. Workshop participants also completed themed after-school club for students at technologies so that they can incorporate the several activities that demonstrated the functions Green Woods Charter School. The Club concepts into their classroom teaching and and benefits of a green roof. Water infiltration provides an opportunity for students to inspire the next generation of leaders. rates, temperature measurements, calculating spend time outdoors hiking, learning and This summer The Schuylkill Center hosted more percentage of rooftops in a given neighborhood, playing. Less structured than the regular and measuring transpiration rates of plants school day, time spent with the Monkey translated into lessons about Land Use Choices, Fran Lawn, Director of Land Restoration discusses Tail Gang includes games and activities on Urban Heat Islands, the Water Cycle and Plant the benefits of The Center’s green roof environmental themes and hiking on The Biology. Each workshop participant went home Schuylkill Center’s trails. Monkey Tail Gang with their own green roof model, complete with Green roofs and solar panels, with a little creative instructors encourage the children to explore sedum plants and growth medium. Designed thinking, provide ample learning opportunities for natural areas and free form nature play. The to sit in the classroom, the models will allow students and teachers alike. Through workshops time spent outdoors allows the children to students to view and touch the plants that such as these, The Schuylkill Center facilitates connect with natural spaces and reduce fears could provide environmental benefits to their the incorporation of sustainable technologies in and anxiety. communities. subject areas across school curriculums.

The Center looks to expand the Monkey Tail The Solar Energy workshop featured a presenter Gang so that any interested young person from SunTechnics, Inc., installer of The Center’s can participate and experience the fun and 10.2 kilowatt solar array. Teachers received learning outdoors during this out-of-school technical information about appropriate time. Director of Education, Virginia Ranly locations for photovoltaic cells, as well as with a Green Roof Workshop participant information about the economic and political climate for solar energy. They also participated than 40 teachers for day-long Green Roof and in activities that demonstrated how electricity is Solar Energy workshops. Funded by a PA DEP produced by a photovoltaic cell and performed Environmental Education grant, these workshops a mock debate on whether or not to install a gave participants background information on Top left: Building a solar-powered car solar array in an imaginary town. The Solar the technologies and demonstrated classroom Energy workshop also included a field trip to Bottom left and top right: Spotting pond life at activities to get students thinking about how Media Borough, Pennsylvania, where participants Springhouse and Cattail Ponds green roofs and photovoltaic cells function and viewed solar panels on the town’s library, theatre, Assembling a classroom model Bottom right: Arts and crafts in the sunshine the potential positive impacts they have on the and Trader Joe’s grocery store. environment.

16 17 Supporting our Mission of Environmental Education… Our heartfelt thanks go out to our new and long-time supporters who have given so generously this year, both with their financial commitments as well as time. Each contribution is valuable to us and assists us in fulfilling our mission of delivering high quality programs that elevate environmental awareness throughout the Delaware Valley. This list includes gifts which have a cumulative total of $100 or more over the time period between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. If you believe your name was omitted in error or you would like your name changed in spelling or format, please contact our Development Office at 215-482-7300 ext. 117.

$5,000+ URS Ms. Betty U. Musser Mr. David K. O’Neil Mr. Howard Simon & Ms. Carole Brown & Mr. James W. Davis Mr. & Mrs. B. G. Frazier IV Mr. & Mrs. John A. Affleck Bill & Joan Walkup Mr. Arthur E. Newbold IV Stephen Kaufman & Sydelle Zove Ms. Katherine C. Hangley Ms. Debra D’Alessandro Mr. & Mrs. Colin Dawson Ms. Elizabeth A. Free Anna Maria Moggio Fund Ms. Faith West Pennoni Associates, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Kundel Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Stokes Mrs. James R. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Paul O. d’Esterhazy Dr. & Mrs. Abraham Freedman Dr. Anne Bower and Mr. David S. Bower The Quaker Chemical Foundation Philadelphia Committee of the Ms. Carol J. McCloskey Mr. Dana W. Tobin Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Brown, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Dickson Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Freeman II Brown Brothers Harriman Garden Club of America Mrs. Henry Meigs Marie & Richard Woodring Mr. & Mrs. David B. Buck Mr. Carmen Dilello, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Friedel Trust Company, LLC $1,000-$1,999 Prudential Financial Mr. Keith Morgan & Mrs. Alix Morgan Mr. & Mrs. William Burch Jr. Ms. Jacqueline M. Doherty Ms. Janice Frislid The Christopher Ludwick Foundation AKF Engineers Shelton, Mindel & Associates Pennsylvania Council on the Arts $100-$349 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Burgoyne Ms. Lisa M. Donahue & Ms. Lisa Galante & Darling Fund Mrs. H. Hudson Barton Mr. and Mrs. Mark Soffa Mrs. Seymour Preston Dr. & Mrs. Abass Alavi Ms. Susan Burrows Mr. Kenneth I. Rose Mr. Thomas Deberardinis Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Rodney R. Bartchy, Jr. Tom & Cindy Stewart Mr. John P. Rosso Ms. Linda L. Alter & Mr. & Mrs. Boyce Caffee Jane & Gordon Downing Ms. Mary K. Gall The McLean Contributionship Dr. Thomas R. Beck Ms. Gayla S. Stewart Ms. Marie Shanahan Mr. Seymour Mednick Mr. & Mrs. R.R.M. Carpenter III Mr. Daniel C. Drecksage & The Garden Club of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Envirothon Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc. Kate Svitek Memorial Foundation Ms. Linda M. Sterthous Animals for Life Mr. Fred J. Carrier Ms. Leslie A. Sudock Genuardi’s #1003 Merck & Co., Inc. Ms. Dale Brazale The Harriette S. & Charles L. Julie & Bob Spahr Anonymous Mr. David Cellini & Ms. Barbara Suwala Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Duffy Mr. & Mrs. William Y. Giles PA Department of John Brock Tabas Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stewart Ardmore Animal Hospital Ms. Julia L. Chapman Mr. Andrew Dunakin & Mr. & Mrs. John P. Giloley Environmental Protection Mr. & Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. Mr. David Van Ness Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Willard A. Terry Cecil Baker & Associates Mrs. Mary E. Chomitz Ms. Paca Yolanda Narvaez Mr. & Mrs. James Gleason PECO, an Exelon Company Francis Cauffman Tierney Communications TreeVitalize Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Bartlett Cicada Architects Ms. Grace Ecclestone Mr. Michael Gregori Pennsylvania Historical & Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Lee & Chris van de Velde United Way of SEPA Ms. Ann R. Baruch Mr. & Mrs. Dominic Ciurlino Mr. Richard Eden & Ms. Donna J. Gruber Museum Commission DOMUS Mr. & Mrs. Harry Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Frank Warner III Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bast Mr. Charles Conlan & Mrs. Stacey M. Merkin Mr. Francis M. Haas Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Wentz, Jr. L. F. Driscoll Co. Jacques Whitford Company Mr. & Mrs. William Y. Webb Ms. Barbara W. Baumgartner Ms. Linda Rutenbar Ms. Nancy Epstein Ms. Donna Hackman & Wright-Cook Foundation Saul Ewing LLP Jacobs Wyper Architects Ms. Carol Beam Ms. Rose A. Connolly Mr. George, Richard, & Kirk Esherick Mr. Richard P. Hackman Ms. Elizabeth H. Gemmill Dr. Martina Martin & Dr. John Martin $350-$499 Andrew C. Beck Landscaping Anthony & Laurel Cooper Mr. Alexander Ewing Dr. Mary L. Hansen $2,000-$4,999 The Glenmede Trust Company, N. A. Pamela J. Warner American Association of Zoo Keepers Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Benjamin Ms. Vikki Conway Exxon Corporation Ms. Beth C. Hare Albertsons GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Beck Landscaping, Inc. Mr. Richard A. Berk & Mr. Robert E. Coughlin & Mrs. F.W.E. Farr Mr. & Mrs. John L. Harrison, Jr. The Barra Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John C. Haas $500-$999 W. S. Cumby & Son Ms. Susan B. Sorenson Ms. Louisa C. H. Spottswood Ms. Helen F. Faust Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hartshorn Becker & Frondorf Hare, Chase & Heckman Aetna Giving Campaign Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dockwiller Mr. Robert Berman Mr. & Mrs. David Craighead Mr. & Mrs. Marc Felgoise Ms. Mary S. Hartzell Cohen-Fruchtman-Krieger Family, Inc. Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager, PC Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. Evans Mrs. Claire S. Betz Mrs. Marianna W. Crawford Ms. Elise Latrobe Felton Mr. W. M. Harrell & Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Ms. Sarah Hetznecker & Dr. Regina Bannan Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Hamilton, Jr. Christina Binder Critter Control Mr. & Mrs. Graham S. Finney Ms. Kathryn A. Hodgkiss Ms. Lise K. Funderburg & Mr. Gary T. Sheehan Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Beck Cheryl Beth Silverman Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Bissell Mr. Bill Cropf & Ms. Jennifer Jones Mr. & Mrs. John E. Fiorella Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Henkels Mr. John R. Howard Dr. Charles A. Hetzel & Car Program, LLC Metropolitan Communications, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Black Mr. Peter Crowell Mr. & Mrs. John W. Fischer Mrs. Alice C. Hershberger The Lily Foundation Dr. Karen Knudsen Ms. Linda Carpenter & Mrs. Ruth S. Miller Boardman Hamilton Company Dianna Cundell & Family Ms. Shanlee Fisher Ms. Gisela C. Hill National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hill, Jr. Mr. Thomas L. Kehoe Dr. Tara Rachinsky & Dr. Bryan Crenshaw Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Ms. Joanne Dahme & Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. Fitts Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Hillstrom Mr. & Mrs. H. Binney Meigs Independence Blue Cross Dr. and Mrs. Carl S. Cross Radio Communications Services, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Bradbeer Jr. Ms. Fran Daliessio Mr. & Mrs. A. Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Hochmuth, Jr. The Philadelphia Phillies Susan W. Kidder Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Dilks Redner’s Markets Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Bronstein Mr. & Mrs. F. James Dallett Mr. & Mrs. John A. Fitzpatrick Mr. Daniel J. Hoffman & PSC - Environmental Services Lawrence M. Levy Mr. & Mrs. W. Roderick Gagne Mr. Bayard H. Roberts Mrs. Betty Jo Bower Mr. David J. Dannenberg Ms. Margaret Fleck Ms. Susan Brotherton REI/Gives Mr. & Mrs. David Mallery GlaxoSmithKline Mr. Paul E. Rowley Ms. Jo Anne Bower Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Daubert Mr. Mark Focht Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hogan Suntechnics / Mesa Environmental Debbie & Bobby McFerrin Ms. Quita W. Horan Dr. Ruth Patrick Van Dusen Mrs. Ann Brewster Mr. Matthew Davenport Joyce Ford Mr. & Mrs. Ian C. Hood Sciences, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David P. Montgomery Ms. Karin James Mrs. Elizabeth F. Shipley Ms. Ann Brown Ms. & Mr. Kaari Davies Four Counties Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. John W. Hornsey

18 19 Ms. Susan Howe Ms. Mindy Maslin & Mr. Sidney Ozer Betsy & David Rentz Mr. John Todd & Ms. Cynthia A. Moffet MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Mr. Ben Huggett & Ms. Laura Huggett Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Mazurek The RETEC Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Harry Toland The Ace INA Foundation Ms. Lydia S. Hunn & Mr. Charles Derr Ms. Jennifer Maylath Mr. & Mrs. George M. Riter Mr. Robert Toland, Jr. Exxon Corporation Mrs. Mary Louise Hurwitz Ms. Lorraine E. McCarthy, Jr. & Mr. Michael Roeshman Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Trexler GlaxoSmithKline Mr. & Mrs. H. R. Hutchinson Mr. Paul E. Bugos Ms. Marita Roos Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tritton The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. Mr. Lawrence W. Hyde & Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. McGann Ms. Marci Rost Mr. Richard Tschopp Johnson & Johnson Company Ms. Elizabeth Davison-Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McQuiston Mr. & Mrs. F. M. Rivinus Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Turman III Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Hyndman, Jr. Ms. Eugenia C. Meigs Mr. Paul E. Rowley Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Ucciferro, Jr. Rohm and Haas Company Ms. Verna L. Ilacqua Mr. & Mrs. Mark Meigs Ms. Joan Russell Mr. Earl R. Uehling Vanguard Group Foundation Fund Ms. Lynn C. Jackson Mr. Robert R. Meigs Mr. William Sanderson & United Technologies Matching Edward & Melissa Johanningsmeier Mrs. Mary A. Meloscia Ms. Carolyn J. McCoy Gift Program Mr. & Mrs. Lane Johnson Ms. Katherine Meyer Carol & James Saylor United Way of Kitsap County SPECIAL PROJECTS Johnson & Johnson Company Mrs. John A. Miller Mr. Ronald A. Sarachan & Vanguard Group Foundation Fund American Chestnut Grove - Pennsylvania Community Forests Jean Johnstone Judith Ann & John Mills Ms. Lisa A. Miller Mr. Merritt J. Vanpelt Art in the Environment Program - Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Mrs. Hugh M. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mimmo Ms. Mary R. Schailey Mr. Domenic Vitiello Enhancement of Penn’s Native Acres - Merck& Co., Inc. Ms. Janet Kalter Dr. Roger D. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. John C. Schwarz Wagner Free Institute of Science Green Machine Art Exhibit - Samuel S. Fels Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kase Mrs. Walter L. Morgan Mr. Rodolfo Schweizer & Mr. Christopher Wanamaker Junior Environment Corps Pilot Project - PA Department of Environmental Protection Mr. Ernest C. Keitt Eleanor Smith Morris, PhD Mrs. Amalia Coronel-Schweizer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ward Land Restoration Program - Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kent-Lucas Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gary Mulvania Ms. Mary Suzanne Seckinger The Weeders Conservation Committee Partnership with Lankenau High School - Christopher Ludwick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James R. Kern Ms. Michele Needham The Seligsohn Foundation Ms. Nina Weisbord 2007 Philadelphia County Envirothon - Rohm and Haas Company Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kibler Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Sellers Ms. Sally Weiss Solar PV System - PA Department of Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development Fund Ms. Lynn Kirby Ms. Kathleen J. Nelson & Ms. Gail E. Seygal & Mr. David St. Clair Mr. & Mrs. Elkins Wetherill Summer Camp Employment Program - The Quaker Chemical Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Luke Klein Mr. John Kromer Mr. Arthur W. Shantz, Jr. Ms. Sarah West Sustainable Technology/Energy Education - PECO, An Exelon Company Mr. & Mrs. Carl J. Knapp Ms. Bonnie L. Nimerfroh Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shantz Ms. Geraldine B. Wexelblat Teacher Trainings - The Weeders Conservation Committee Mr. Kenneth Kolodziej Norristown Garden Club Ms. Joanne Sharpless Mr. Chris Wheeler Trailside Restoration Ed. Endeavor - Philadelphia Chapter of the Garden Club of America Mr. & Mrs. Paul Krepto Mr. David T. Orthwein Mr. Kevin Smith & Ms. Pamela Koch Mrs. Thomas R. White Wayside Bike Stop Project - Schuylkill River Heritage Area Ms. Carol Ann Krus The Outdoor Gardeners Ms. Sarah L. O. Smith & Mr. Thomas Whitman & Ms. Mira Rabin Mr. & Mrs. David J. Kurtz Ms. Gertrude S. O’Leary Mr. James N. Kise Ms. Wendy Willard Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Kuntz Mr. William O’Neill Ms. Susan Smith Ms. Barbara J. Williams & Mr. Ernest Kwiatkowski & Ms. Mary Ounsworth Ms. Lindy Snider Ms. Margery Braunstein Ms. Rebecca Wolber Mr. Chris Palmer Ms. Susan W. Spencer Ms. Susan M. Wilks Mr. & Mrs. Tim LaBorie Mr. Armando A. Pandola, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry Spingarn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Dr. Ruth M. Lamdan & Dr. John H. Wolfe Ms. Amanda Parsels Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Solis-Cohen Mrs. Penelope P. Wilson Mr. Thomas Landsmann & Mr. John W. Payne & Mr. Dennis Stab Mrs. Rachel Wilson Ms. Anastasia Somers Mrs. Cynthia L. Payne Mrs. Tatnall Starr II Mrs. Janet E. Winter Mr. & Mrs. Francis B. Lane Mr. & Mrs. Robert Peck Mr. Richard Stasiorowski & Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Witt Mr. Edward J. Leafey Ms. Ruth V. Peckmann Ms. Debra A. McCarty Ms. Janet G. Wolgemuth Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lehner Mr. & Mrs. Dale Petrovitch Ms. Melissa Stegens Ms. Janet M. Wong Ms. Christine Leidy Mr. R. Anderson Pew Mr. David W. Stehman Dr. & Mrs. Howard Wood Ms. Susan Leiper Philadelphia Area Combined Mr. Fred Stluka & Ms. Brita van Rossum XL Insurance Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Leisenring Federal Campaign Mr. & Mrs. Bayard T. Storey Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Young Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Lember Ms. Sarah Phocas Mrs. Lee Stull Mr. & Mrs. Paul Zarrilli Mr. & Mrs. George J. Lincoln III Marcia Piccione Ms. Catherine Sulimay Mr. & Mrs. Bud Zehmer Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Littman Ms. Christina Pie Mr. Ron Tanel & Ms. Sarah Tabbutt Ms. Mariellyn P. Zeock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lloyd Providence Garden Club of Pennsylvania Mrs. Anson W.H. Taylor MAB Paints Mr. Thomas G. Purdy & Ms. Linda Thierfelder Mr. & Mrs. Michael Maisey Ms. Linda O’Gwynn Ms. Deborah Thorington Ms. Brenda Malinics Dr. & Mrs. Donald Red Ms. Ellen W. Tichenor & Ms. Abby Ruder Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Maris Ms. Patty Redenbaugh Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Tobias

20 21 Volunteers School & Group Participants 2007

Jane Abbey Jennifer Greer Quincey Miller Michaela Quain Martha Vaca Family Charter School Mt. Airy Playground St. Peter School Abington YMCA Fels High School Mulberry Childcare St. Philip Neri School Diane Actman Lisa Guerriero Meade Morrison Joyce Salinis Brita Van Rossum Aclamo Family Center Fels South Philadelphia Community Center Nativity B.V.M. School Step by Step Center Connie Allen Talia Guttin Matthew Mullen Chelsea Saltzman Marvin Venable African Cultural Alliance First Presbyterian Church of Germantown Neighborhood Education Workshop James Stoy School Mary Bamford Becky Hamilton Amelia Nelson Margie Salvante Catherine Vine Richard Allen Charter School Thomas Fitzsimons High School Newtown Public Library Sulzberger Beacon Program Patrick Banicki Chuck Hetzel Danielle Nelson Peg Schofield William Wankoff Ambler YMCA Frankford Friends School Nobel Learning Communities Summer Friends Andorra Branch Free Library of Philadelphia Friends School of Haverford Norris Square Neighborhood Project Summer Teen Enrichment Program Lizanne Berger Clarence Hill Justine Newman Sachiyo Searles Zoe Warner Any Kid Will Do Childcare Friere Charter School Northeast Frankford Girls & Boys Club Swarthmore Rutledge School Jennifer Berman Wiley Hill Lee Newman Ernie Sesskin Mike Warner Arcadia University Germantown Academy Northwood Academy Charter School Temple Emanuel Lori Black Richard Hoban Maeryn Obley Kim Shalcross Karyl Weber Germantown Beacon Center Nueva Esperanza Academy Charter School Temple University- Gamma Iota Sigma Kara Blum Patrick Hoffman Christina O’Donnell Marie Shanahan Angela Wetzel Awbury Recreation Center Germantown Friends School Ogontz Branch Free Library of Philadelphia The Academy in Manayunk Beth Tikvah - B’nai Jeshurun Kindergarten GlaxoSmithKline Old Pine Community Center The Children’s School Teddy Bonus Christie Holliday Eunseon Oh Riley Smith Sonya Whitt Bala Cynwyd School for Young Children Good Stewards Camp Overbrook Park Branch Free Library of The Philadelphia School Anne Bower Ed Hunter Joshua Ottey Robert Smith and Boy Joan Wiltshire Greater Philadelphia Cares Philadelphia The Shipley School Frank Brosius Libby Hunton Karen Ottey Scout Troop 303 Cookie Winther Base Camp Greater St. Matthews Church Oxford Childcare Center Timothy Academy Tanya Brumbaugh Nick Hurt Warren Petrillo Tyrell Smith Djuna Witherspoon Beaumont Elementary School Green Tree School Parent Infant Center Torresdale Branch Free Library of Greene Street Friends School Patrician Society Summer Camp Philadelphia Sharon Burke Ed Kaminski Mary Phalan Fay Stanford Jibri Witherspoon Beth Tikvah - B’nai Jeshurun Kindergarten Greenfield School PECO, An Exelon Company Twin Spring Farm Day School Regina Cagle Beth Johnston Helene Pospischi Gayla Stewart Maryann Ziemba Rudolph Blankenburg School Green Woods Charter School Penn State Philadelphia Outreach Center Universal Institute Charter School Tiffany Calhoun Christine Jones Phil Ranly Morris Stout Brooke Elementary School HMS School for Children with Penn Valley School US Airways R. W. Brown Community Center Cerebral Palsy Pennfield Middle School United Parents Breanna Caltagarone Joe Kase Susan Ream Lori Strange Camp Extreme William F. Harrity School Pennypack Elementary School University City Arts League Herbert Carrier Tara Klos Carm Riggs Kim Tesoriero Camp Get Along Hatfield Township Summer Camp Philadelphia Academy Charter School Upper Main Line YMCA Roberta Carrier Moya Kinnealey David Quain Andrew Tomasulo Camp I Can C. W. Henry School Philadelphia Mennonite High School Abigail Vare Elementary School Lisa Carpenter Dawn Knipmeyer Camp Green Lane Holy Child Summer Camp Philadelphia University Wallingford Elementary School Camp Jerome Holy Martyrs School Philadelphia Zoological Society Walnut Street West Branch Free Library of Peggy Carter Sarahann Koenig George Washington Carver High School of Hunting Park Christian Academy Pioneer Day Camp Philadelphia Jennifer Close Sue Krick Engineering and Science I Praxis Play & Learn West Oak Lane Branch Free Library of Victor Collazo Judy Kruse Joseph Catherine School Indo Chinese American Council Plymouth Elementary School Philadelphia Cathedral Village Residents Kateryna Krytska Chad Charter High School for J. B. Kelly School Plymouth Meeting Friends School West Philadelphia Community Center Architecture and Design Jenkintown Middle School Presbeterian Children’s Village Westtown Thornbury Elementary School Catherine Clark Jenna Kulhamer Chesterbrook Academy Clyde Jennings School Prodigy Learning Center Wissahickon Charter School Laura Deus Jessica Lane Chestnut Hill Branch Free Library of Keith Valley School Project Playschool Kelly Dolan Kate Lawn Philadelphia John B. Kelly School Quakertown Community School District Woodland Academy Jason Edonick Ann Lefco Chinatown Learning Center KinderCare Learning Center Resources for Human Development - Woodlynde School Columbia North Y.M.C.A. Knapp Elementary School Stepping Stones Woodstock Day Camp Joan Farhat Craig Leypoldt Christopher Columbus Charter School Lansdowne Friends School Riverbend Environmental Education Center Wordsworth Academy Elizabeth Fisher Wendy Lewis Cobbs Creek Branch Free Library of Henry W. Lawton Elementary School Eric Flaksman Suzanne Mack Philadelphia Lincoln High School Rowan University at Camden Preschool Grant Folin Brenda Malinics Cook-Wissahickon School Main Line Rotaract Club Roxborough Y.M.C.A. Jay Cooke Elementary School Masterman High School Saint Helena School David Forrest Crystal Manchin Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Media - Upper Providence Library School District of Philadelphia Early Matthew Forrest Olivia Mancini Covenant House Mental Health Association of Childhood Education Program Ben Foster Andrew Mamora Crefeld School Southeastern Pennsylvania Springford Middle School Dignity Housing Merck Champions for the Environment Spring Garden Elementary School Kate Franklin Mona Margarita James Dobson Elementary School Mercy Vocational High School St. Anthony and St. Joseph School Henry Geyer Sue Matuskowitz Eco Charter School Meredith Elementary School St. Barnabas Mission Myles Goodman Brian McCann Educationworks St. Denis School Russell Goodman Emily McCann Elkins Park School Miquon School St. Donato School Enfield Elementary School Montgomery County Opportunities St. Helena School Jonathan Goulet Michelle McCoskey Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Industrialization Center St. Luke the Evangelist School Jessica Grace John McLaughlin Moorestown Friends School St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Leigh Gresham Janie McMurray Faith Tabernacle Mt. Airy Baptist Childcare Center St. Peter Celestine School

22 23 Board of Directors

Officers John Howard, President/Chair Terence R. Donnelly, Vice-President Elizabeth H. Gemmill, Vice-President/Board Development Richard E. Woodring, Vice-President Jeffrey F. Beck Fran B. Lane, Treasurer Linda Carpenter, Secretary

Board of Trustees Advisory Board Anne Bower, PhD John A. Affleck Lois Hagarty Claire S. Betz Michael Harris Charles Dilks Jeffrey Hayes John L. Harrison, Jr., Esq. The Schuylkill Center Sarah M. Hetznecker, P.G. David P. Montgomery for Environmental Education Stephen J. Kaufman David K. O’Neil Staff 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road Lara Herzig Malatesta George M. Riter, Esq. Philadelphia, PA 19128 Binney Meigs Julie Spahr Dennis Burton, Executive Director Tel (215) 482-7300 Barbara Schulze Thomas S. Stewart Steve Aldrich, Wildlife Rehabilitation Administrative Assistant Fax (215) 482-8158 Eleanor Smith Morris, PhD Linda Smith Unland Leigh Ashbrook, Environmental Educator www.schuylkillcenter.org Lee van de Velde William Y. Webb Mark Bedara, Director of Business and Finance Ron Varnum Sarah Davis, Grant & Public Relations Coordinator The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is a 501(c)(3) non-profit William G. Walkup Joanne Donohue, Assistant Director of Land Restoration educational organization. Richard E. Woodring Kim Empson, Environmental Educator Peggy Frankenberger, Administrative Bookstore Coordinator Design: 86North Design Jonathan Hamilton, Land Manager Photography: Catherine M. Clark Erin Johnson, Program Development Manager Andrew Mamora Beatrice Kelly, Education Assistant Libby Rosof for Artblog Fran Lawn, Director of Land Restoration Louise E. Wright Peter Malandra, Membership Coordinator Schuylkill Center Staff Claire Morgan, Environmental Educator Noven Palmero, Facilities Manager Virginia Ranly, Director of Education Camila Rivera-Tinsley, Environmental Educator Mary Salvante, Director of Art Programs Printed on paper with a minimum of Rick Schubert, Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation 50% total recycled fiber including a George Wood, Director of Development minimum of 30% post-consumer content.

Not pictured: Jonathon Hamilton

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