Even with the pandemic, and canceled season, Ray has been busier than ever this spring. “With schools out and kids stuck at home during the shelter- in- place order, I saw an incredible opportunity to put educational activities online. We want to keep the kids involved and learning about nature.” In March, when she first started posting weekly activities, “they were kind of all over the place, but I soon found that having a weekly theme helped focus our goal- to show all the contributors to the environment as a whole, like this week, was pollinators week.
All the activities and video links show the contributions of pollinators to our environment.” Ray describes the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Middle school and High school-age students from all over Georgia are responding and posting to CRBI’s Facebook page. “It is really neat to see the supplemental sharing that is happening. People are really engaged.” Says Ray.