Children's Nest Egg: 2011

Girl Scout troop #12279's Corrine, Kota, Juliana, and Elena renew the nest wall, sewing the new branches in with giant wooden needles and manilla rope.

Gratitudes

Thank you to the funders for this project: The Arts & Culture Grant Program, a collaborative program between the City of St. Louis Park, the Friends of the Arts, and the St. Louis Park Community Foundation.

Thank you to Westwood Hills Nature Center, especially Mark Oestreich, its Manager for providing a location for this project and assisting in its planning.

Thank you to the helpful staff at the City of St. Louis Park, especially Marcia Honold, Lisa Songle, Ann Boettcher, John Tilton, Rick Beane, Reg Dunlap, Jamie Zwilling. Thank you also to the Sentence to Serve Crew that helped prepare the branches.

Thank you to guest speakers. Author, Daniel J. Philippon, from the U of MN spoke at the Legacy Leaving Event and Gail Buhl of the U of MN Raptor Center spoke at the Nest Raising Event.

Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 10297 who adopted Children's Nest Egg as a service project, and did the bulk of the nest-raising and contributed writings to the project. It was an honor to be part of your Bronze Award work and event.

Thank you to all the contributors to the Community Writings incorporated into the project and events for sharing your vision.

Fall 2010 Update: Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 12279 who re-raised the nest as part of its renewal cycle.

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