ALNC UPDATES

Our facility will be closed Wednesday through Friday, June 7th, 8th, and 9th,  
for staff training and professional development.

As always, you’re invited to hike our trails, which are open daily from dawn until dusk.

Welcome! Our facility is open on weekdays from 9am to 4pm and on weekends from 10am to 2pm.

Wearing a face mask indoors is optional. Because we are a childcare facility and follow public health protocols, we have limited access to some public offerings and areas of our facility. We appreciate your patience as we work to find a healthy balance of access and safety for our community.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

Community Access Fund

Community Access Fund

We believe:
When we are thoughtful about being inclusive in how we engage and educate,
we help students to know that nature is for everyone and is a safe place to learn and explore.

 

 

ENGAGING EVERYONE

Our Community Access Fund supports initiatives that enable all children and their families to experience the wonders of the natural world. From tuition assistance and Wonder Bugs On the Road to dual-language initiatives and improved access to our hiking trails, your donation to the Community Access Fund engages and educates current and future generations of all backgrounds and abilities, empowering them to respect, protect, and enjoy the natural world.
 

Together, we can serve more people in our community.

Initiatives the Community Access Fund supports include:
• Wonder Bugs On the Road, our mobile adult and child preschool program that meets at different community centers and schools in the Madison area in partnership with MMSD’s Play & Learn Program
• Tuition Assistance for all nature programs including Summer Camps, Nature School, Vacation Days, Wonder Bugs, and Aldo Leopold Nature Preschool, providing financial support so that all children are able to engage with nature
• Improved access to our hiking trails to ensure visitors of all abilities might be able to access the wonders of the natural world
• Dual-language initiatives to increase access for members of our Spanish-speaking community to our nature-based programming
• And other initiatives such as teacher incentives and our partnerships with community organizations

 

 

Your donation supports access initiatives at ALNC, providing environmental education programs for children and families throughout our diverse community.

A donation of:

  • $20 – Engages families in our community by providing educational supplies for our free indoor Nature Nooks
  • $60 – Enables preschool-aged children to partake in one hour of Wonder Bugs On the Road, allowing them to experience the natural world in a setting close to their home
  • $365 – A Full-Week Camp Experience – The more time a child spends outsideEducates a child with a half day of nature camp, empowering them to reap the numerous benefits that a connection to the natural world provides

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