Flying Deer Nature Center

08/26/2026

If you feel your 8-12 year old would greatly benefit from outdoor education, now is the time to explore! Your kiddo can experience the benefits and the total magic of what learning can be when we engage with nature. We call it TREETOP! Check us out, and hope to see your child in the greatest classroom of all, NATURE 💚: https://flyingdeernaturecenter.org/programs/treetop-homeschool-program/

08/21/2026

If your family has been thinking that OUTDOOR EDUCATION might be a perfect fit for your KINDERGARTNER, now is the time!

We have a few open spots open now for our East Chatham, NY location.

First day is not until September 21st, so there is plenty of time to get your kiddos registered!

INFO is in our BIO or copy and paste-------->:

https://flyingdeernaturecenter.org/programs/forest-kindergarten-in-east-chatham-ny-ages-4-6/

Contact us for more info or to schedule a tour as well; we have rolling admissions and scholarships.

EDUCATION !

08/16/2026

08/12/2026

🔥Did you participate in Flying Deer programming between 1996 and 2012?🔥

🌿If yes, you’re invited to an Alumni Reunion at the Abode on Sunday, October 18, the day after our 30th Anniversary Celebration! We’ll have brunch together and then gather for a community fire at the pond.

🌿RSVP HERE OR IN BIO--------> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR4q2xknApTEu21-JaSBXzOE7qBZZ5Dw10rVlXLLNbinyQtg/viewform

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08/11/2026

🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 30th Anniversary Celebration! 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

🌱 Join us to mark 30 years of nature education and community connection!

🌱 When: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 2:30–7:00 pm

🌱 Where: PS21, 2981 Route 66, Chatham, NY

🌱 Tickets: $10, includes a 30th-anniversary bandana (while supplies last); 3 and under free. No one will be turned away lacking funds.

🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Schedule of Events 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

🌱 2:30 pm: Grounds open for lawn games, hot beverages, and crepes.

🌱 3:15–4:45 pm: Storytelling event moderated by former Board Member Sheela Clary.

🌱 4:45–7:00 pm: Food trucks; wine and beer available.

🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 LINK IN BIO to REGISTER, DONATE, or buy TICKETS DIRECT----->

https://givebutter.com/flying-deer-30th-anniversary-celebration-rqcbbf

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08/11/2026

Presenting a few snaps of our radiant summer camp educators, counselors, and campers!

As you can see, we have a brilliant crew of young naturalists who have become nature stewards to the land here and anywhere the sun lays its rays.

All are also busy refining their arts and crafts, tool and shelter building, foraging, plant and track identifying, and most vital of all, fire starting...NOT with a match. Match? What is THAT? 😉

Immersion in our nature camps fosters a deep, permanent love for Earth. These are our future guardians of her!

Thank you, campers, counselors, and educators, for your love of fun, wisdom, exploration, reflection, and our Mother. 🌍🌎🌏

08/08/2026

🌎🌍🌏 NEW FALL HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM: MYCELIUM! 🌏🌎🌍

✨A weekly program weaving together wilderness skills, ecological awareness, and liberatory educational practices.

✨What can mycelial networks teach us about connection, resilience, and community? How might wilderness education help young people develop the skills and awareness needed to contribute to a more caring, equitable, and interconnected world?

For ages 8–11
Mondays, 9:00 am–3:00 pm
Directed by Raei Bridges and Pavina Soukamneuth

Find out more and register (OR Link in bio) : https://flyingdeernaturecenter.org/programs/mycelium/

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08/07/2026

🔥Win a week of summer camp 2027: Winner drawn on August 21!

🌈Flying Deer Turns 30 This Year!
🌈Help Us Build for the Future!

Enter our raffle for a chance to win a week of summer camp in 2027—all proceeds support Flying Deer campus improvements!

Tickets: $10, or three for $25.

🔥Winner gets their first choice of summer camp guaranteed, while helping us fund:

🌈A driveway extension to make arrivals and departures smoother.

🌈A new lending library where campers can borrow outdoor gear.

🌈A permanent roof on our overhang.

ENTER HERE: https://givebutter.com/2026-summer-camp-raffle-wjwlnq

08/06/2026

🌿🌺💚FOREST Homeschool Fall Program in East Chatham is live!🌿🌺💚

FOREST (Friends Outdoors Relishing Earth Skills Together) is an outdoor education adventure exploring curriculum areas such as Naturalist Identification, Survival and Primitive Craft Skills, Wildlife Tracking, Awareness Exercises, Community Building, and much more!

Students get the chance to run off into the woods and get an outdoor education in the following:

🌿Shelter building
🌿Safe and effective knife, saw and hatchet use
🌿Fire building
🌿Outdoor cooking
🌿Crafting with natural materials
🌿Naturalist knowledge of local flora and fauna and ethnobotany
🌿Games and challenging adventures
🌿Teamwork and life skills

💚Check us out in our BIO to register and for more information!💚

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