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Scholarships Available for Schooner Summer Camp in New Haven

We are on course to have an amazing summer at Schooner Camp for 2019!!Join us for Long Island Sound exploration and sailing this summer. For ages 6-12, we have our popular one week Sound Explorer sailing program, but we also have a new two week Adventure Sailing program that will provide a more in depth experience for those learning to sail. For ages 6-8, we offer an…See More
Apr 11, 2019
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Scholarships Available for Schooner Summer Camp in New Haven

We are on course to have an amazing summer at Schooner Camp for 2019!!Join us for Long Island Sound exploration and sailing this summer. For ages 6-12, we have our popular one week Sound Explorer sailing program, but we also have a new two week Adventure Sailing program that will provide a more in depth experience for those learning to sail. For ages 6-8, we offer an…See More
Apr 11, 2019

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Name of the Organization
New Haven Land Trust
Contact Person
Cori Merchant
Job Title
Camp Director/Preserve Coordinator
Contact phone
203-562-6655
E-mail
cori.merchant@newhavenlandtrust.org
Website
http://www.newhavenlandtrust.org
Interest
Youth, Food Assistance, Education, Advocacy
Description Interest
New Haven Land Trust engages people in stewardship and cultivation of the land for a healthier community and environment.

We achieve this through:

Land Conservation:
We maintain six preserves comprising almost 80 acres that contain a variety of habitats, including tidal wetlands, coastal upland forest and grassland, traprock ridge, riparian forest and fresh water wetlands.

Community Gardening:
We provide land, technical assistance and supplies for nearly 50 community vegetable gardens.

Environmental Education:
We offer summer camp and educational programs about the environment, nature, land and gardening.

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Scholarships Available for Schooner Summer Camp in New Haven

Posted on April 11, 2019 at 3:31am 0 Comments

We are on course to have an amazing summer at Schooner Camp for 2019!!

Join us for Long Island Sound exploration and sailing this summer. For ages 6-12, we have our popular one week Sound Explorer sailing program, but we also have a…

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Schooner Summer Camp offers awesome summer for kids and teens!

Posted on May 15, 2018 at 4:17am 0 Comments

Schooner Summer Camp has some amazing things in the works for our upcoming summer. Read on to learn about all the wonderful things that will be new for camp this year. We now have programs for ages 4-5, awesome leadership programming for ages 13-14, six additional sailboats, and will be adding more amazing staff members along with our new camp director!
 
Hi everyone, my name is Cori, and I'm excited to be the new director of Schooner Camp this summer. I've spent my…
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