FOOTHILLS
Clothing and Supplies
- Baby Bear Boutique- Children’s consignment store – 124 S Auburn St Grass Valley - 273.5610
- Being Green - Children’s organic and fair trade clothing, shoes and more. – 408 Broad St. Nevada City – 470.0442
- Main Street Kids – Children’s consignment shop. - 212 Main St. Nevada City – 478.1089
- !me gusta baby! – eco-friendly children’s boutique – Organic clothing, non-toxic toys, organic bedding, non-toxic bottles and pacifiers, baby carriers, diaper bags and more. Play area, classes and weekly storytimes.- Tuesday through Saturday 12-5, Sunday 12-4, Monday 10-2 895 Lincoln Way, Auburn – 530.888.7566.
- Pampered Earth Diaper Service - Diaper service and children’s resale boutique. – pamperedearth@gmail.com – 17414 Penn Valley Dr. Penn Valley, Ca. 95946 and 305 Commercial Street, Nevada City.
Swaps
- Peace, Love Swap – www.peaceloveswap.com – The peace. love. swap mission is to keep gently used baby, kid, and maternity items out of our landfills, and to donate to local charities by producing fun, affordable, family friendly swaps on an ongoing basis.
p.l.s is a one of kind organization that produces and supports local kids clothing (and other stuff) swaps. To get more info, locations or times on a specific swap , visit the Find an Event page. These events are becoming increasingly popular with local moms and dads. They get together, meet other local moms and dads, socialize, and recycle & swap their gently used items. When it’s over, they know that the leftover items are going to different local charities & families in need. If you think you would like to start one in your area, please read this, and then email me to talk about how you or your mom’s group can launch your own or take over an existing p.l.s event in your city.
Birthday Parties
- Dr. Solar - http://drsolar.com/index.htm – Dr Solar, ever the safe-energy advocate, presents his eco-friendly portable traveling children’s and family entertainment experience from his self-contained, solar powered thespian’s gypsy wagon. Reminiscent of by-gone days of P.T. Barnum and his GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, Dr Solar is reducing his carbon footprint day by day and show by show with his eco-themed spectcular show. Contact: terry@drsolar.com, PO Box 4462, Citrus Heights, CA 95611 – 916-524-1176
- Recreate – Eco Art Center – http://www.recreate.org/recreate-birthday-party – HAve an earth friendly birthday party making crafts out of recycled and scrap materials. wo hours of creativity and fun. Celebrate in our decorated studio, a re|create staff person will lead your craft project, made from our fun and unusual scrap materials. Your project will be based on the interests your child, and the theme of the party. 414 Vernon Street, Suite 110, Roseville, California. You can contact reCREATE at 916.749.3717 (Art Center) or 916.770.9880 (for everything else)
- Star Eco Station – http://www.ecostation.starsacramento.org/parties.html – There are several party packages available, Meet some wild animals and tour the facility. 4465 Granite Drive Suite 700 Rocklin Ca, 95677 – 916.632.8347
Summer Camps
- Camp Augusta – http://www.campaugusta.org/index.html – Camp Augusta is about FUN with all of the activities you’d expect, but also so much more. In a small, tight, true community set in natural splendor, campers develop self-confidence, independence, social skills (emotional intelligence), creativity, activity skills, environmental awareness and appreciation, friendships, and healthy living skills. Kids
also learn what most modern children have forgotten — how to just play and be a kid without television, video games, cell phones, the internet, canned games, or social pressure.
- Great Basin Naturalists – http://www.thegreatbasininstitute.org/2010/04/great-basin-naturalists-summer-day-camp-at-galena-creek-regional-park/
Galena Naturalists from the Great Basin Institute offer the summer day camp series as part of a partnership between the Great Basin Institute and Washoe County Regional Parks and Opens Space. Each camp is five days, taking place Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Youth aged 8-12 are invited to participate in this groundbreaking summer day camp.The Great Basin Naturalists summer camp is aimed at making youth an active part of restoring local ecosystems through hands-on environmental activities and service-learning projects. Youth will be organized into “Trail Crews,” each supervised by experienced naturalists. Crews will take part in a range of projects and activities that have been designed to suit every child’s learning needs.
The Great Basin Naturalists Day Camp features ten themed weeks, ranging from Animal Adventure to Weather and Climate Studies. See more details about each week at Summer Sessions 2010. Along with these environmental education opportunities, we provide counselors who have been trained to coach campers in conflict resolution, team building, and personal responsibility.
Our Day Camp has flexible registration options. Sign your child up for just one week, or choose all ten weeks and get ready to hear about your young scientist’s adventure-filled summer. To register, download a Camp Application or call 775.674.5475 (ext. 5). We accept checks and credit cards (VISA, MC, and Discover).Camp sessions costs $195, with a $20 nonrefundable deposit due for each camp session selected at the time of registration. Applications are due on May 15th, with later applications being accepted depending on space availability each week.
To find out more, we invite you to attend one of our Discovery Days at Galena Creek Regional Park to meet our Camp Director, pick up an application, and try out some of the camp activities. Our upcoming Discovery Days include “Archeology and Rocks” on May 8th and “Water Ways” on May 22nd. Discovery Day events run from 10 am to 1:30 pm, with the camp activities in the morning. There will be a break for you to eat a bring-your-own picnic lunch, followed by a kid friendly hike at 12:45 that goes until 1:30. To sign up for a Discovery Day, Summer Camp or for more information, visit The Great Basin Institute’s website at call our camp staff at (775) 674-5475 (ext.5) or e-mail camp@thegreatbasininstitute.org
Find out more about camp on our website at Great Basin Naturalists Summmer Day Camp.
- Nevada County Land Trust – http://www.nevadacountylandtrust.org/ - Low cost camps 8:30 Am to 12:30 Pm.
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- Star Eco Summer Camp - www.ecostation.org – for a list of the camps go to - http://www.ecostation.starsacramento.org/camps.html Visitors to the STAR ECO Station experience incredible hands-on lessons of ecology and environmentalism on breathtaking encounter with beautiful tropical birds, exotic reptiles, wildcats and ocean life in a tropical jungle setting. Environmental partnerships enhance the station with 15 discovery exhibits from organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, US Fish and Wildlife, Surfrider and Santa Monica BayKeeper’s unique Storm Drain display and walk-thru Kelp Forest
There exists an alarming, widespread lack of knowledge and compassion for the Earth, which we passionately believe can be reversed through education. Our interdisciplinary, hands-on lessons of compassion and empathy for the natural world inspire sustainable and responsible behaviors in conservation and resource management. 4465 Granite Drive Suite 700 Rocklin Ca, 95677 – 916.632.8347
