Summer EXPLORE! 2021

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Summer fun for kids! The Institute is offering a series of six new outdoor adventure programs in June & July. Designed for kids in grades K to 5, the EXPLORE! […]

Summer EXPLORE! 2021

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Summer fun for kids! The Institute is offering a series of six new outdoor adventure programs in June & July. Themes for each week announced soon! Designed for kids in […]

Jazz Festival 2021-An Evening at The Wharf

The Wharf 10141 Wharf Road, Waynesboro, PA, United States

2021 marks 30 YEARS of The Institute’s annual jazz festival! 30th Anniversary Institute Jazz Festival features a NEW location, NEW time, and a band featuring some of the hottest young talent […]

Rotary: Battle of the Minds 2021

Green Grove Gardens 1032 Buchanan Trail E, Greencastle, PA, United States

Battle of the Minds—the ultimate trivia challenge! NOTICE: This event was rescheduled from last year, when the originally-planned event was cancelled due to Covid. In 2021, the event may look […]

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October ‘Wee Wonder’ Series

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Autumn adventures in the park! Activities include: exploring the outdoors, hikes, nature stories, rhymes, finger plays, nature games, puppets. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. (Children must be accompanied by a […]

StoryWalk® Grand Opening

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Families are invited to the grand opening of a new community resource that invites them to take a stroll on the nature trails at Pine Hill Park, while enjoying a delightful children’s story. The Institute, in partnership with Summit Endowment and other sponsors, have installed a permanent StoryWalk®, which will feature a new storybook monthly. […]

Pumpkins & Pippins Fall Festival Fundraiser

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Support The Institute by bringing your family to a fall celebration of Pumpkins & Pippins! Enjoy live music by Mountain Air, performing a mix of acoustic contemporary folk and pop […]

Intro to the Antietam Meadow with Dr. Doris

Antietam Meadow Park 11881 Rinehart Drive, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Antietam Meadow Park. Source:http://www.washtwp-franklin.org/antietam-meadow-park/ Join Institute staff member and biologist, Dr. Doris Goldman on a tour and introduction of Antietam Meadow Park, a 25-acre park located west of North Welty […]

Birds with a Gettysburg Address

Lisa Lunny Join us for this educational and entertaining program about the many species of birds that inhabit one of our nation's most famous places, Gettysburg Battlefield. Location and program […]

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Winter Season Family Trail Hike

Appalachian Trail PA, United States

THE JANUARY 30 HIKE IS CANCELLED. Parking areas at the trail heads are not plowed, the trail has ice under the snow, and another storm is in the forecast…please plan […]

Winter EXPLORE! For the Birds

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched on a snowy branch Register for one session OR the full series of four programs! See the flier with the whole series of four programs […]