“Studies have shown that we need nature as much as nature needs us...”
“T HAT CICADA HAD BLUE EYES!” Lake Forest mom Marilla Perkins recalls in amazement. Dis- covered by her 6-year-old son Fritz during a Lake Forest Open Lands Association (LFOLA) “Cicada Sensation” guided hike last June, the rare-bug sighting was just one in a score of memorable moments the Perkins family has experi- enced through LFOLA programming. “We love to explore the Open Lands,” says Perkins, “but even more than that, the LFOLA team does such an amazing job with kids and community programing, from both an academic and a hands-on tactile perspec- tive, it has fostered this curiosity in my son that keeps
him learning more.” So, when Perkins learned that LFOLA was launch- ing its first Community Supported Conservation (CSC) shareholders program last winter, her family was among the first to buy in. They’re doing it again this spring. Designed to function like local farms’ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs where family shareholders get a box of fruits and veggies each week or month, in LFOLA’s Community Supported Conser- vation program, shareholders get access to a full slate of community programming each season. “So instead of a basket produce, you get a suite of nature hikes, birding walks, kids’ events and more” says
LFOLA offers a summer’s full of fun in nature for children ages 18 months- 15 years
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