The Grinnell Regional
Medical Center SE*ED program welcomes back Bob VanErsvelde on Monday, April 9.
VanErsvelde will present, “Iowa Birds and Bird Banding” at the Drake Community
Library, from 10 to 11 a.m. The SE*ED programs are free and open to the public.
No reservations are required and refreshments are available. Please know that
seating is limited to the first 100 people.
Birding is a very popular
pastime that provides many benefits such as time spent walking outdoors alone
or with companions. Many enjoy viewing birds from their windows or backyards.
A local farmer and
naturalist, VanErsvelde is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, where
he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. His areas of study are plants and
animals, with a special interest in native Iowa orchids.
The
“green” theme continues through the month of April. Grinnell College student Ashraya
Dixit will present “Straws of Steel,” about his upcoming peace project in Nepal
to build low cost and energy efficient straw bale houses. Dixit was awarded a 2012
Davis Project for Peace, a $10,000 award for projects to encourage and motivate
college students to create and implement their ideas for building peace
throughout the world.
Also
on the April schedule is Jordan Scheibel of Imagine Grinnell to discuss Grinnell’s
new single-stream recycling program on April 23.
Parking is available at the
Drake Community Library, along Park Street, on Fifth Avenue, and in the First
Presbyterian Church parking lot.
Seniors needing
transportation may call GRMC’s Office of Communications and Development at 641-236-2954
the Thursday before the program or if you are a person with a disability who
requires special assistance,
you
may also call 641-236-2954. For more information about upcoming speakers please
check GRMC’s website at www.grmc.us.
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