Passport to Adventure
Let the Adventure begin!
The GKO Passport to Adventure is full of outdoor destinations from around Northern Michigan. The destinations listed are hosted by our current partner organizations. Once you have visited a partner site and have completed an outdoor activity, have a staff member at the site validate (stamp) your Passport to Adventure. For destinations with no partner site staff on site or for new destinations you may add, simply take your passport to the nearest partner site for them to validate. We hope you’re excited to start!
First Annual Passport to Adventure Bonfire Ceremony
Date: Friday, September 24th, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Pond Hill Farm, Harbor Springs
Whether you've completed your entire passport, or are just getting started, come join us for the first annual Passport to Adventure bonfire ceremony at Pond Hill Farm. Enjoy a smore and share your stories of adventure 'round the campfire as you wait for a hayride. Awards will be passed out to those who have completed their entire passport. Reservations are not required.
If you have completed your passport, please call 231.344.1010 to have arrangements made for your award.
Upcoming Events
SEE-North
JUNIOR BIRDERS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN SECOND YEAR MEMBERSHIP
Junior birders of Northern Michigan is proud to announce their second year as a club! WE ARE ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS FOR THE 2010-2011 YEAR. Our purpose is to encourage young people to spend time outdoors while learning to identify birds and their habitats. Additionally, we want our members to explore northern MI’s diverse landscapes and to foster in them an interest in the natural history.
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Articles
What are the consequences of a childhood removed from nature?
At a time when children play more behind screens than outside, PLAY AGAIN explores the changing balance between the virtual and natural worlds. Is our connection to nature disappearing down the digital rabbit hole?
click here to read more and see a really neat informative trailer for the upcoming documentary.
First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Campaign
In February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! campaign to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within one generation. On May 11th, the Presidentially-mandated White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity released its action plan to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation.
click here to read this and other articles
Activities
Fairy / Elf Houses
A favorite summer nature activity, and a popular one for all ages (parents included) are making fairy and/or elf houses.
Summer Scavenger Hunt
Get your kids outdoors this summer and “scavenging” for treasures in nature (or the backyard).
NEW Skyline Trail in Petoskey
Looking for something fun to do with your family this summer? Take a hike! Just a few miles southeast of Petoskey lies a high glacial moraine, deposited onto the land when the ice masses retreated more than 11,000 years ago.
Spotlight
Spring on Sugar Island
By Sarah Sloan, Middle School Student
The water is still. Ripples lap up against the shore silently…
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GKO T-Shirts
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Help us get the word out by wearing a "Getting Kids Outdoors" t-shirt
around town! These t-shirts are eyecatchers and people are sure to
ask you "What's that all about?"
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