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Speaker 1 (00:00):
They're outside, they're not in a building, they're not on screens,
so they really get to connect with nature.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
That's Kristen Hansen, camp director here at mass Audubon's Boston
Nature Center. They have seventeen camps spread out across the
Commonwealth or just over the border into New Hampshire.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's ten months of prep for two months of camp.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Megan Hasslam is mass Audubon's director of Camps and says
there's a lot of work that goes into being ready
for week one.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
We're doing everything from talking about behavioral management to how
you're going to design a lesson plan to practice in
games because some counselors might not have run a game before.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
She says, there's something special about the camp here at the.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
BNC offering a nature experience right here in Boston. We
have this beautiful sanctuary with lots of trails, boardwalks, wetlands, forests,
all sorts of things, and campers being able to experience
that and recognize that it is in their own backyard
and that we have to work hard to protect it,
I think is super valuable and something super special about BNC.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
For Mattapan, I'm Jared Brosnan, WBZ, Boston snows Radio
They're outside, they're not in a building, they're not on screens,
so they really get to connect with nature.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
That's Kristen Hansen, camp director here at mass Audubon's Boston
Nature Center. They have seventeen camps spread out across the
Commonwealth or just over the border into New Hampshire.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's ten months of prep for two months of camp.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Megan Hasslam is mass Audubon's director of Camps and says
there's a lot of work that goes into being ready
for week one.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
We're doing everything from talking about behavioral management to how
you're going to design a lesson plan to practice in
games because some counselors might not have run a game before.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
She says, there's something special about the camp here at the.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
BNC offering a nature experience right here in Boston. We
have this beautiful sanctuary with lots of trails, boardwalks, wetlands, forests,
all sorts of things, and campers being able to experience
that and recognize that it is in their own backyard
and that we have to work hard to protect it,
I think is super valuable and something super special about BNC.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
For Mattapan, I'm Jared Brosnan, WBZ, Boston snows Radio
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