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All Bonner Service!

Two primary community partners will host SLI All Bonner service participants in Richmond.  Both sites have strong Earlham and Bonner connections and, in fact, Bonner alums currently are on the staffs of both organizations.  If you are participating, you'll be able to sign up at the SLI Registration!

Cope Environmental Center:

The Cope Environmental Center—founded in 1992 through the partnership of two teachers, Jim and Helen Cope, and a dedicated botanist, Francis Parks—is a space dedicated to educating the local community about the importance of sustainable living.  Cope Environmental Center is located on 102 acres in Centerville, Indiana. What was once commercialized land taken over by invasive species now features over three miles of hiking trails, trails which move through hardwood forests, grasslands, over 12 acres of prairie, three wetlands, two ponds, and a collection of conifers.  Cope uses these trails in a variety of programs established in order to educate the community. They provide tours which uses Cope’s own establishment as model for the possibility of sustainability in this modern age. Cope has created a number of school and summer programs for children to experience nature and the environment first hand.  Cope has even created Sustainable Living Demonstration Home which shows the average homeowner ways to make their homes and lifestyles more environmentally friendly.  Through such programs, Cope Environmental Center hopes to try and bring sustainability to the community, keeping the mission of the founders alive. 

Boys & Girls Club: 

Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County was started in 1957 and currently serves 2500 youth annually at five locations, the Jeffers, Central, Fairview and Hagerstown Units and during the summer at Camp Guy. The Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County provides a safe, structured and positive environment for young people grow.  At the club, children and young adults can have a chance to experience connections with others of their own age.  The club also provides opportunities for the young to further progress in academics by offering help with education and providing a curriculum where they can learn to develop new skills.  Sports and recreational activities are offered daily to promote the education and practice of a healthy lifestyle. During the summer, the Boys and Girls Club also runs Camp Guy. Each week, a group of club members stay overnight at the camp where they can swim, learn about nature, toast marshmallow around a bonfire and other camping activities which many of the children have never experienced before. The mission of the Boys and Girls Club is to inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible individuals.