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GBN 2011-2012 Activity Highlights 

Coastal Clean Up • Harvest Festival • Advanced PA Training • The Presidio San Francisco

Coastal Clean Up 9/17 and 24

You love the bay, you love the beach, and you love the shore near your favorite river. Show your appreciation by joining with friends for fun and show your commitment to community service! Find your site now by clicking here.

Harvest Festival 10/30

We hope you can join us at this fun grand opening. Learn more and register by clicking here.

Advanced PA Training November 12

This is one of the next steps for Program Aides to advance in their training.  Join us and learn how to work with younger girls and teach them our Green by Nature program. Work with this program-in-a-box to introduce girls to the challenges and solutions that face our planet and its stewards. Register now!

Promoting our Partnership with the Presidio

GBN: City Camping!

Go camping in San Francisco. The Camping at the Presidio (CAP) Program provides youth who traditionally have not visited national parks with meaningful overnight camping experiences. What an affordable way to enrich the lives of your troop. A gateway experience to explore the Golden Gate National Parks and public lands far beyond our urban center. $75/ night per group of 30 people (includes camping equipment) people. Open to Girls grades K-12. Register with: Miguel Gutierrez, mgutierrez@parksconservancy.org (415) 561-7757

Kids on Trails in the Presidio

Get out there with KIDS on Trails a self-guided program designed for youth and accompanying adults to encourage learning and recreation outdoors in the park. There are KIDS on Trails booklets for the Ecology Trail (near the Main Post) and the Anza Trail (near Mountain Lake). Each offers kid-friendly activities, site-based experiences, tips for adults, and a trail map. Booklets are available in English, Spanish and Chinese. What a way to take a Journey! This event is free and open to Girls grades K-2. Register with: Lisa Hillstrom at lhillstrom@presidiotrust.gov or (415) 561-5300.

GBN: Quests in the Presidio

Presidio Quest Adventures are wonderful treasure hunts that also teach eco-literacy with a fun, place-based team approach to exploring special natural areas in the park. Currently there are four questing adventures available for families and groups: Tennessee Hollow Watershed Quest Adventure and Quest Guide for Presidio Habitats. A Presidio Nursery Quest and Lobos Creek Valley Quest will be available in 2011. This event is free and open to Girls grades 3-5.
Register with: Damien Raffa at draffa@presidiotrust.gov or (415) 561-4449.

GBN: Ranger Rick Geocache Trails in the Presidio

Join The Presidio and the National Wildlife Federation in “Ranger Rick’s Geocache Trails,” a new family friendly, wildlife-themed, outdoor treasure hunt happening in parks nation-wide. What is geocaching? Geocaching is a popular form of outdoor fun whereby hidden “caches” (typically small boxes) are discovered using GPS technology. What a great way to merge tech and nature! Here in the Presidio there are two ways to participate: with or without GPS! Download a passport from www.presidio.gov. This event is free and open to Girls grades K-5. Register with: Download the passport from www.presidio.gov.