Ordering Supplies, Finding New Projects

Today I am working on ordering the last of our interpretive supplies from the last grant I wrote. I sent it in in May, but it got lost somewhere between signatures, so I am just now trying to finish it up. The grant was for black lights, animal pelts, track replicas, and references like night sky and bird guides. I also really want a program about gold, so I ordered a couple supplies to get me started--a vial of gold and gold pans.

Bird Watching Program

 

Yesterday I posted that my friend Linda brought her history trunk, which I thought was a great idea. I think I am going to send in a grant asking for funds to build and fill two trunks...one for Dayton and one for Washoe Lake. We would use them during park programs and we would also be able to take them into schools with us.

 

I think the hardest part will be deciding how to make it and what to fill it with. We go to a lot of outreach activities (Nevada State Fair, Dayton Valley Days, Capitol City Gun Club, Cabella's, Sportsman's Warehouse) and I think this would be great to bring to get people's attention. I even think that Nevada State Parks could have its own traveling trunk that has something in it to represent each of the state parks...but for now I'm going to stick with Dayton and Washoe!



I also joined the Nevada Day Parade float committee and our first meeting is Wednesday. I'm going to try coming up with a few ideas. The theme is Nevada: Then and Now, and I think we could come up with some really fun ideas. The last parade we were in was the 150th Anniversary of Nevada's statehood and our float was a birthday cake surrounded by people dressed up like historic figures: Mark Twain, Sara Winnemucca, Liberace, and Bugsy Segal.