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Great Lakes Sea Grant Extension Office
Community Programs
| Take Your Child to Work Day: Held in April each year, 'Take Your Child to Work Day' originally focused on daughters, but this event was broadened to include children of either gender. Take Your Child to Work Day has featured laboratory demonstrations, walks to the neighborhood pond to sample water life, microscope work, lab tours, and other hands-on activities planned by GLERL staff. |  |
| Huron River Cleanup Day: Since 1994, a GLERL scientist has organized a spring cleanup day for Ann Arbor's Huron River. This particular outreach project has grown more successful every year, and is now supported by other community service groups. Coordinated with the City of Ann Arbor Department of Solid Waste and Parks Department. GLERL scientists lead an all day cleanup effort by land and canoe each year, removing many bags of refuse from riverside parks, greenbelts, and the river itself. The refuse removed averages about 20 cubic yards per year (that's two full-sized dumpsters!). |  |
| GLERL Open Houses and Tours: As a federal laboratory and community partner, GLERL often opens its facilities up to the public and to specific groups interested in learning more about Great Lakes research. The most recent open house was held in conjunction with GLERL's 30th anniversary celebration in April 2004. Tours of both the Ann Arbor laboratory and the Muskegon field station can be arranged through GLERL's Chief of Outreach and Information Services Branch. |  |
Last updated: December 9, 2005 cmd