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  • A Forest Rite of Passage

    A Forest Rite of Passage

    A Naif in the Forest by Darrell Berger Wing Tips to Hiking Boots: Musings of a New, Full-Time Poconos Resident Violet the Corgi has a perfunctory bark for the UPS van. She has a more annoyed one for any squirrel that attacks the bird feeder on the deck, or any deer grazing in the yard.…

  • Current Press Releases

    Current Press Releases

    Current Press Releases      PEEC’s Annual Harvest Festival: Hikes, Games, Music, Crafts & More! September 20, 2023  Celebrate the beauty of autumn! The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will be holding its annual Harvest Festival on October 14, 2023 from 11:00am-4:00pm. Enjoy vendors, exhibits, live music, vendors, food, crafts, and more. Festival entry is $5 per…

  • 2018/2019 Press Releases

    2018/2019 Press Releases

    2018/2019 Press Releases      PEEC’s 9th Annual Harvest Festival: Hikes, Games, Music, Crafts & More!   October 4, 2019 On Saturday, October 12, join the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) for the 9th annual Harvest Festival, complete with vendors, exhibits, live music, classes, guided hikes, crafts, and more! Harvest Festival will run from 11:00am until 4:00pm…

  • 2020/2021 Press Releases

    2020/2021 Press Releases

    2020/2021 Press Releases  GREATER PIKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: RICHARD L. SNYDER GRANT AWARDED TO PEEC August 13, 2021   Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) was pleased to receive a grant from the Greater Pike Community Foundation’s Richard L. Snyder Fund in support of PEEC programming in 2021/2022. Maryanne Monte, the Grant Committee chair, noted grants ranging from $500 to…

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  • 100 for $1000 Fundraiser

    100 for $1000 Fundraiser

     

  • 2017 Press Releases

    2017 Press Releases March 28, 2017 – Earth Day Watershed Stewardship Event April 4, 2017 – PEEC 2017 Earth Day Celebration May 31, 2017 – PEEC 2017 Summer Day and Residential Camp PEEC 2017 Summer Day and Residential Camp May 31, 2017 Dingmans Ferry, PA:  The long, lazy days of summer are fast approaching and…

  • Meditation Grove River Birch Trees

      EmailMeForm   Meditation Grove River Birch Trees If you would like to sponsor a tree for yourself or in celebration of someone you love, please fill out the form below. Tree Sponsorship – $250 Name * First Last   Phone * ### – ### – ####   Tree Location * The tree will be…

  • Grant Funders

    Grant Funders

                      Grant funding for these and many other PEEC programs has been provided by AM Skier Anne Spychala Family Charitable Foundation Berkowitz II Foundation Best Buy Biondo Family Foundation Christopher Reeve Foundation Constellation Dancing Tides Foundation Environmental Education Grant ESSA Bank & Trust Charitable Foundation GA Stetson Middle School…

  • The 2015 Wild Things – Dragonfly Ball was a great success!

    The 2015 Wild Things – Dragonfly Ball was a great success!

      Our 3rd Annual Wild Things – Dragonfly Ball on Saturday evening was a rousing success! One hundred sixteen guests attended and, as you saw, the evening was filled with fellowship, fine food and drink, great music and dancing, and most of all … overwhelming support for PEEC’s mission!  Thanks to you, we achieved this…

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