Butterfly
Hill Nature Preschool is holding a 100 envelope campaign to help raise money for the new
preschool that will be offered in the church next year. There will be 100
envelopes labeled 1-100 on a board in the narthex. Select an envelope and
fill it with the amount listed on the outside. If the number you would
like has already been taken, try taking two smaller envelopes and fill those
together. There will also be some “free 0’s” available. These zeros
may be added to any envelope to change the value. Example: pick a 7
and add a 0 to make it 70. Simply then drop the envelope in the box
provided. The campaign will come to a close on Sunday, July 7th.
Check us out on our Facebook page – Butterfly Hill Nature Preschool – or
contact Kristen Peterson at Kristen@alexumc.org.
Butterfly Hill Updates:
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We received a grant from the organization, Pets in
the Classroom, to get a leopard gecko and a White’s tree frog for the classroom. The grant will take care of the cost of the habitat
and pays for 50% of the cost of animal and first round of food. We will let you know when they are in the
building so you may come down and meet them!
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We are starting out fundraising efforts. Once we get money in the bank account we can
move forward with the child care center license and the filing of the 501(c)3
application. We are also hoping to get
the team from Nature Explore (natureexplore.org) here this summer/fall to start
the planning and certification process of our outdoor classroom.
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Scott Johnston was kind enough to set up and
file the articles of incorporation for Butterfly Hill. Thank you Scott!
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You can follow the preschool progress on
Facebook “Butterfly Hill Nature Preschool”, and Kristen has started a blog:
butterflyhillnaturepreschool.blogspot.com.
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The materials for a monarch butterfly garden
were donated by Dan and Cindy Perkins.
The garden was planted by Julie Hansen and you can find it in parking
lot island closest to the sheds. Thank
You!
