Hi all

It is time to catch up with whats been going on with LEEP. I am sure you all know that we have completed our WOW expedition. Ian and the crew finished up on April 1st. This year we teamed up with OPP and SCETV. We were awarded a grant from the Heritage Corridor and the SC Department of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and the US Department of Interior to complete this WOW trip. This year we completed a video of the entire trip complete with schools, beautiful pictures of nature and interviews with many specialists. We are now putting together the first WOW DVD! You can see the webisodes at www.scleep.org or at www.riverventure.org.
We are now getting ready for something new with LEEP. We are having summer camps with various organizations and school programs throughout the summer. We are looking for people to assist with these classes, so if you are interested please give Diana a call at 800.732.9625.
The LEEP bus is getting around more these days. We are booking various trips with organizations as well as school trips all over Charleston. So be on the look out for that huge blue LEEP Bio-diesel bus around town.
LEEP has also ventured into another program. We have been the first to launch Leave No Child Inside in the state of SC We are very excited and ready to get this rolling. We help our first community event at Park Circle on Earthday. We were also at Earthfare that following week. If you are interested in finding out more please go to www.scnaturekids.com.
We have had a few fund raisers by businesses in the community. In March we had “Move for a Change” host an event at The Village Tavern in Mt.Pleasant. That was a great crowd. We also had the Mellow Mushroom host and art show for LEEP. Tomorrow is another event held by Mellow Mushroom for LEEP which is a boat cruise. Proceeds from these events went to LEEP.
Ian continues to teach classes along with our wonderful Naturalists. I will be posting pictures of some of these classes soon.
We continue to seek volunteers to assist with grant writing, editing, entering data base info and event help. If you are looking for something to do this summer just call us at 800.732.9625 and I am sure we can help you!
Until next time please have a safe spring!!