Mark Your Calendars for FROGFest

Muddy Paws | May 11, 3:00 - 6:00pm

Come to Muddy Paws Marsh for FROGFest, a unique and inspiring program for kids and adults! All will be encouraged to learn about and enjoy nature through art, science, and play at hands-on learning nature stations.
 

This is a wonderful opportunity to get your family out into nature to have some fun while learning about:

• The types of frogs that live in this and other marshes and listen for their ‘songs.'

• Shavers Creek Environmental Center (live marsh animals)

• Explore with herpetologist Dr Jim Julian

• PSU Master Gardner Pollinator Garden

• Art station in the wetlands

• How to have fun in nature and other nature-related activities

• Listen for frog sounds and look for tadpoles

There will be a Muddy Paws Clean-Up/Work Day this Sunday, May 5 from 2:30 - 5:00pm. Come for a little, come for a lot -- any help will be appreciated. Please contact Jim Flanagan, PVCA Environmental Educator, for additional details at pvcaeducator@pennsvalley.net.

Today Is The Final Day To

Support PVCA During #CentreGives!

Centre Foundation's 36-hour online giving event concludes tonight at 8 pm. This is a major fundraising and membership event for PVCA and we are asking for your support and to spread the word!

Our Centre Gives donation page can be found by clicking here!

Help Send Penns Valley Students

To The Chesapeake Bay

Help support the next generation of the Penns Valley watershed stewardship! PVCA is coordinating a crowd-funding campaign in support of the Penns Valley Class of 2024's upcoming field trip to the Chesapeake Bay.

To date, we have raised $775 of our $2,000 goal.

Time is of the essence so make your donation today!

Please share the GoFundMe campaign with friends and family, far and wide!

Students, teachers and staff are currently planning two field trips this spring and are in need of your financial help. Students are working with PVCA and a number of other conservation agencies to coordinate field trips to Elk Creek in Rebersburg and the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, MD. These two trips will allow students to assess the health of local ecosystems and the impact that we as a community have on ecosystems further downstream of our own. Your contribution would assist in providing the bussing necessary for 100 students/chaperones for both trips.

You can find more details and make your donation here!

PVCA's Annual Fly Rod Raffle

"Exploring The Valleys" Comes to WSOV

Jim Flanagan's new radio show, "Exploring the Valleys", can be heard at 4:30 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 9:30 am Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.  You'll get to learn things you didn't know about the Valleys, and meet some of the people who make this such a wonderful place to live! 

Tune in to WSOV 101.7 on your radio or stream it via your computer!

WSOV...your community low-power FM station, brought to you by PVCA..

Martin's Feed and PVCA Partner On 

Ag Plastic Recycling Program

Martin's Feed of Coburn and PVCA have teamed up to help the Farmers of Penns and Brush Valleys to recycle "Ag" plastic. This includes everything from ag bags (black on the inside, white on the outside), bale wrap and plastic baler twine. Although Ag plastic is helpful, even essential, to the dairy Farmers of our watershed, the disposal of all this plastic is causing an environmental problem by overloading our landfills and in instances where it is burned, can cause severe health problems.

To learn more about this exciting program, contact Bob Vernon at (814) 349-8244. You can also download our new brochure by clicking here to learn more!

Upcoming Events:

May 7th & 8th

Centre Gives 2019

Saturday, May 11 | 3:00 - 6:00pm

FROGFest

Muddy Paws

Thank Yous:

Thank you to all who made our #TapRoomTuesday Takeover a great success!

Your generosity helped put us over the top as the winner for the 6-7pm M&T Bank Dinner Time Power Hour (Small).

We saw many long-time members, and met many new friends and supporters. For those who could not join us in person, we felt your support from near and far away. This was not possible without all of you!

Thank you to our wonderful friends at Elk Creek Cafe + Aleworks for hosting us and generously donating the pints during the event. We truly appreciate the hard work, dedication and enthusiasm of the wait staff, bar tenders and management!

And of course, thank you to the Centre Foundation for this incredible annual event. #CentreGives draws our communities that much closer together toward our common goals of improving the health and wellness of Centre County residents!