Tuesday, May 6, 11:00-11:45 a.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (Pre-Registration required**)
Join Okeeheelee Nature Center Staff to learn about creatures who love to chow down on both plants and animals! Come out and meet an opossum, and three unique species of turtles. **Call the Main Library at 561-233-2600 or visit
www.pbclibrary.org for more details**
PALM BEACH COUNTY WOODTURNERS
Thursday, May 8, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 24, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (No reservations required)
Join the Palm Beach County Woodturners for their monthly meeting to promote an interest in woodturning tools and techniques among its members and the community at large. All levels of skills are encouraged to join!
PALM BEACH PACK & PADDLE CLUB
Saturday, May 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (No reservations required)
Join Palm Beach Pack & Paddle Club for their monthly meeting and program, featuring guest speakers from local organizations presenting on nature-related subjects and other environmental topics of interest.
ARCHERY FOR BEGINNERS
Saturday, May 17, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Ages 8+, $10/participant (Reservations required)
Join USA Archery certified instructors and learn the basics of archery, from safety to shooting, and develop a great new skill to focus your mind on a single target. All equipment is provided. Space is limited, so register today!
MINDFUL ARCHERY***
Saturday, May 24, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Ages 8+, $10/participant (Reservations required)
***Prerequisite: Must have completed Archery for Beginners***
Join us for this grounding activity designed to strengthen your mind-body connection while enhancing your archery skills through a more mindful and immersive approach, aimed at improving your overall quality of life. USA Archery certified instructors teach advanced techniques and practice aim and precision. All equipment is provided. Space is limited, so register today!
SUPERSTARS OF THE NIGHT
Tuesday, May 27, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Ages 8+, $5/participant (Reservations required)
Naturalists will lead the group on a relaxing night hike to search for the superstars of the night– nocturnal animals! Participants will explore the night sky with telescopes. Rain or shine, get excited to learn with our special guests from the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches on a crescent moon evening!
JUNE
ONC VISITS THE LIBRARY: CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS
Tuesday, June 3, 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (Pre-registration required**)
Join staff and animal ambassadors from Okeeheelee Nature Center to learn all about the importance of alligators and crocodiles in the ecosystem and interact with a live baby alligator! **Call the Wellington Library at 561-790-6070 or visit www.pbclibrary.org for more details.**
FLORIDA TRAIL ASSOCIATION
Saturday, June 7, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (No reservations required)
Join the Florida Trail Association’s Loxahatchee Chapter for their monthly meeting and program, featuring guest speakers from environmental organizations. Join at 3:00 p.m. to chat with members about the club and enjoy light refreshments.
SOUTH FLORIDA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Saturday, June 14, 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (No reservations required)
Join ONC’s partner group, the South Florida Herpetological Society (SFHS) for their June meeting and fostering/adoption event. Learn about reptile husbandry, which reptiles make good pets, and meet some of SFHS’s animals available for fostering and/or adoption. For more details, call Jim Lipscomb at 561-308-0251 or email him at jlsnakes@comcast.net.
FAMILY OWL PROWL
Tuesday, June 17, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Families/all ages, FREE (Reservations required)
Join our team of naturalists as the sun sets and observe the transition from diurnal to nocturnal critters. Participants will meet our nocturnal animal ambassadors and learn about other animals that prowl our forest after dark in ONC’s pine flatwoods habitat, as we look and listen for wildlife, under a waning gibbous moon!
ARCHERY FOR BEGINNERS
Friday, June 20, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Ages 8+, $10/participant (Reservations required)
Join USA Archery certified instructors and learn the basics of archery, from safety to shooting, and develop a great new skill to focus your mind on a single target. All equipment is provided. Space is limited, so register today!
PALM BEACH COUNTY WOODTURNERS
Saturday, June 28, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m
Families/all ages, FREE (No reservations required)
Join the PBC Woodturners for their monthly meeting to promote an interest in woodturning tools and techniques among its members and the community at large. All levels of skills are encouraged to join!