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NEWS
RELEASE U.S.department
of the interior
national
park service
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For
more information,
contact: Vivien Rose
Chief of Cultural Resources & Visitor Services
PH: 315.568.0007, e-mail: Park Information Desk
JUNIOR RANGER HANDBOOK AVAILABLE
SENECA FALLS - Hey, kids! How would you like to become a Junior Ranger
at Women's Rights National Historical Park? The park has a new year round
program that allows youngsters between the ages of 6 and 12 to learn more
about the national park that is located in their own back yard.
Youngsters may purchase a Junior Ranger handbook in the Women's Rights
National Historical Park bookstore, complete the activities, and receive
an award.
"We hope area youngsters will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity
to learn about the people and events that happened here in July 1848,
and what they mean to us today," said Vivien Rose, Chief of Visitor
Services and Cultural Resources, who is coordinating the program.
Rose said the Junior Ranger handbook has been two years in the making.
It was first introduced in the summer of 1999, and was so popular with
visiting families that Women's Rights National Historical Park applied
for a publication grant from Eastern National, the association that operates
the park's bookstore, to professionally
produce the handbook.
Designed by Karen Burns of Birdsey Graphic Design in Junius, the booklet
contains educational activities created by teacher Lois Hunt of Seneca
Falls.
Youngsters can enjoy a maze, quizzes and a coloring page. There's even
a place to collect ranger autographs. When the activities have been completed,
the youngster can present the booklet to a park ranger and receive a badge
and certificate. Families who are fans of the National Park Service collect
these badges at parks throughout the country, Rose said.
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Visitor Center is located at
136 Fall St., Seneca Falls. The park interprets the events and people
associated with the first Women's Rights Convention, held in the Wesleyan
Chapel July 19 and 20, 1848. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except
winter holidays. An admission fee is charged.
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