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D. Summer Camps: Pelican Island Audubon Society, Clean Water Coalition of IRC and the <br />IRC Stormwater Dept collaborated providing four weeks of camp (PIAS Environmental <br />Educator left her employment); 38 students attended, partly because the County did <br />not give final approval to the Stormwater employee to advertise or participate in the <br />camps. Many of the students were recent Audubon Advocate graduates, and other <br />students that were interested in a science -based camp. All 38 students completed camp <br />sessions. ***A 2019 Audubon Advocate, Aubrey, a junior camp counselor, based on her <br />knowledge and leadership skills, stated she learned during Audubon Advocates <br />program. Aubrey is a great example of our graduates whom want to come back and <br />volunteer. She has since begun volunteering at our social education events and has her <br />own blog. <br />E. Nature Camp: River kidz/Nature Club begins October 29, 2022. We were not able to <br />begin this program due to many restrictions with COVID illnesses among the staff <br />members. We currently have participants registered. Results will be noted in the next <br />years grant report. <br />F. IRSC: This project is still in its' infancy due to changes in coordinators at the college and <br />PIAS. We have begun working with to develop a program whereas, college students will <br />work with our younger students in the outdoors. A college student, that was a junior <br />guide graduate from 2018, has asked to come back and be a volunteer with our <br />programs. <br />Goal #2 and outcomes: Boosting direct parent involvement, invite parents for family events; <br />educate parents regarding Nature Deficit Disorder. <br />Audubon Advocate Program is designed to: increase knowledge and interest in science, <br />environmental, biological, geology, hydrology, entomology, ornithology, measured by pre - <br />survey (tests) with the focus on the required science vocabulary that coincided with the school <br />curriculum, and address the objectives or standards within the scope of existing education <br />programs. All Audubon Advocate families receive one-year free membership to Pelican Island <br />Audubon Society, whereas, they receive the monthly newsletter with listings of free community <br />wide topics, and special student and parent events. <br />We encouraged parents to participate in several events, however, COVID was still present and <br />many parents were hesitant to participate. We continued to provide them with information and <br />ideas via: private Audubon Advocates Facebook page and newsletters. Overall, 65% of the <br />parents who looked at the Facebook pages made positive comments. Upon dropping the <br />students back off at the school, parents would often comment that they "Wish there was a <br />program like this when they were a child". <br />A. Parent post -surveys averaged 90% completed; several comments from parents of the four <br />schools were: <br />"It (Audubon Advocates) impacted him very well. He enjoyed it dearly". <br />"Landon was excited to do things he had never experienced before, it made him enjoy <br />being outside more," "wish it was longer than 13 weeks!" "She learned a lot and it was <br />hands on". <br />172 <br />