e-Notes From the Dells

November 2008

In this issue . . . . .
 
1. Luminary Night Dec. 13
2. The Big Challenge
3. The Shortest Day (aka The Longest Night)
4. Winter Happenings
 
 
1. Luminary Night Dec. 13
Soundtrack by Casey’s Fancy and Emily Hurd
 
There’s nothing more festive than 400 candles lighting your way around the trail at Severson Dells Forest Preserve. So join the fun on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 6-9 p.m.
 
After your stroll, sip hot cocoa, chat by the fireplace and listen to great music inside the Nature Center. Casey’s Fancy (right) returns to musically deliver the season with a festive Irish twist.
 
Rockford Auburn High School grad and Denver transplant Emily Hurd makes her Luminary Night debut with a soulful indie musical stew that channels everyone from Janice Joplin to Hoagie Carmichael.
 
 
2. The Big Challenge

If you saw Doug Goodman’s Quickshots column in the Register Star on Saturday, you know that Severson Dells is trying to raise $50,000 so we can get a matching $50,000 from the host fee funds generated when waste from neighboring counties comes to the landfill in Winnebago County.
 
Please consider a donation to Severson Dells to help us reach our goal.

Your gift will benefit our nature education programs, which link people of all ages the natural world. Click on the donate button and contribute to our goal. Or download a donation form that you can mail back to us. Consider a multi-year pledge by joining our Nature of Education Society. If you bank online you can make your gift in smaller, weekly or monthly increments. You can set up your account to automatically send a check to support our programs.

So just what are you supporting? Start the video below and let the kids tell you.

3. The Shortest Day (aka The Longest Night)

Either way, it’s the Winter Solstice Celebration.

 
This year it’s Sun., Dec. 21, at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Four Winds Center for Spiritual Ecology and Severson Dells, this is celebration culminates a six month journey into darkness with the longest night of year. 
Come to Severson Dells to help gather the fierce wisdom to move once again into the light, igniting our passion for this world. No Fee.  For information: 1-815-335-2915.


Shop Severson Dells This Holiday Season

Books, cards, t-shirts and other great gifts, most for less than 15 bucks!
 
 
4. Winter Happenings
December 2008
13 - Luminary Walk, Refreshments & Song, 6:00 pm
21 - Winter Solstice Celebration, 7:00 pm
29 & 30 - Our House is Your House,  9:00 am-3:30 pm

January 2009
10 - A Walk In the Woods,  6:00 pm 

Details on these and more coming in the next newsletter:

 
January 2009
17 - Tracking and Reading the Landscape, 9:30 am
 
February 2009
07 - Almost a Full Moon Lake Gathering  (at Rock Cut State Park),  4:00 pm 
14 - Sweetheart of a Chili Feast (at Sugar River Forest Preserve), 12:30-2:30 pm
22 - Wolves in Our Area?  Fact and Myth, 2:00 pm
 
e-Notes From The Dells is published by Severson Dells Nature Center, a not-for-profit education organization.