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INTRODUCES BIRD CAMP FOR KIDS
Collaborative program with Elizabeth River Project, Zoo, Audubon
and Butterfly societies
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – (June 28, 2005) – Tidewater Community
College is pleased to announce its first-ever Bird Camp this summer
for children ages 8 to 11 on the Chesapeake Campus. The one-week
nature camp will be held Aug. 1-5, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The cost per
child is $50 to cover the cost of materials and supplies.
Children will learn the basics of bird watching, the importance
of wetlands and bird anatomy through the experience of outdoor
settings and in the TCC biology lab.
Bird Camp is a collaborative project with TCC, Elizabeth River
Project, the Virginia Zoo, the Virginia Beach Audubon Society
and the Butterfly Society.
For more information and for registration, call 822-5210 or the
TCC Information Center at 822-1122. Space is limited to the first
20 campers.
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
757-822-1085 |
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Tidewater Community College
is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, enrolling more than 36,000 students annually. The 37th
largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC
ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded
in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the
college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne
and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district
in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth
and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-four
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information,
visit www.tcc.edu
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