Join us for a brand-new training session to learn how to teach visitors and students about our Animal Ambassadors!

PVAS Host: Amy Thomas

Free and open to the public. For ages 16 and older. All youth must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and limited to 10 participants. This program has a minimum of 3 participants.

PVMN Continuing Education Credit Eligible

Join us for a hands-on volunteer training program designed to enhance your skills in sharing the life stories and conservation messages of our Animal Ambassadors. In this training, you’ll learn educational techniques and interpretive strategies to engage visitors of all ages at the Case Nature Center. Whether you’re helping lead a Turtle Time program or interacting with nature center visitors, you’ll gain the tools to communicate the important roles our Animal Ambassadors play in conservation. These animals, unable to return to the wild, serve as living reminders of the need for wildlife conservation. Through this training, you’ll not only deepen your understanding of wildlife conservation but also become a key part of educating others about the essential connection between animals, ecosystems, and human actions.

• Walking Distance: Little to no walking.
• Exposure: This is an indoor program.
• Restroom: Indoor, flushing restrooms are available.
• Parking/Where to Meet: Meet inside the Case Nature Center.
• What to Bring: Printouts will be provided. You may want to bring something to take notes with.

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Registration will remain open until the start of the program.

If the required minimum # of people do not register by 4 pm the evening prior, the program will be cancelled.

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About Amy:

Amy is a PVAS Program Specialist. She first worked for PVAS starting in 2012 as a camp counselor for three summers and then as camp director in 2015. In her role as a Program Specialist, she oversees Nature in the Neighborhood, school programs (other than 4th Grade Watershed), Turtle Time, and Forest Storytime.

While studying at Towson University, Amy interned with the National Aquarium and Irvine Nature Center and worked for the University’s Office of Sustainability as a Compost Educator. Amy was also very involved in her university’s Outdoor Adventure program where she worked as an Outdoor Trip Leader, Kayak Clinic Instructor, Challenge Course Facilitator and Climbing Gym Supervisor. After earning her BA in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Informal Environmental Education in 2015, she served as a Chesapeake Conservation Corps member, working as a naturalist at Meadowside Nature Center in Rockville, Maryland. Most recently, Amy worked as a field instructor at the Mountain Institute at Spruce Knob, West Virginia, where she led students on backpacking trips and taught Watershed Education programs.

In her free time, Amy enjoys backpacking, biking, rock climbing, kayaking and cross-country skiing.