Volunteers Needed

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The museum is need of a few Saturday volunteers to work one Saturday a month from 10am to 1pm. This is an easy but important position. If you want to make a difference, please stop by to fill out a form. Our hours are Tues-Fri 1-5 and Sat 10-1. Thank you.

Foxes Program Cancelled

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We apologize but the Red & Gray Foxes program at the Pember Nature Preserve today has been cancelled.  Our naturalist, Katie is feeling under the weather. Let’s send her some healing thoughts!

Weather Forecast

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It’s becoming a weekly event here in the northeast! They are predicting another snow storm beginning tonight and running into Wednesday (3/15) with heavy snow tomorrow. So, we’ve made the decision not to open the Museum tomorrow (3/14). Stay home and safe. See you on the other side.

Closed Tuesday 1/31

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With maintenance continuing on the library carpet we unfortunately will be closed on Tuesday. If you had anything due on the closed days do not worry, we will update the system and due days will change to next day we are open. The library  and museum will reopen on Wednesday at 1pm.

Hibernation vs Torpor

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Who’s really sleeping and who’s not? Think you know? Come find out the difference between hibernation and torpor. Test your knowledge of our resident mammals and reptiles.

Share an afternoon program on November 29 from 3:30-4:30pm at the Pember Museum with Conservation Biologist and Naturalist Cyd Groff.  Cyd has been coming to Granville since 2006 and moved here full time in 2012 from Connecticut. She has a Bachelors of Science Degree from Central Connecticut State University in Biology and a Master of Arts Degree from CCSU in Environmental Biology and Conservation. She has done field research for the Connecticut Audubon Society and was the Environmental Planner for the Town of Windsor for ten years that included mapping wildlife corridors, stormwater planning, inland wetland agent and enforcement, and educational programs. She and her husband have a farm and participate in the Granville seasonal farmer’s market.

Registration not required. All ages.

Young Zombie Walk

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To culminate a month of open house activities at its nature preserve, The Pember Museum of Natural History in Granville, NY will host a Halloween “Young Zombie Nature Walk” for children at it’s 125 acre Nature Preserve in Hebron, NY on Saturday, October 29 at 1pm.

There will be all day activities, refreshments, treats and zombie make-up starting at 10 am, with giveaways and prizes for best costume, with a Halloween Zombie Nature Walk on the trail at 1 pm.

The Pember Preserve is located at 6937 Route 22, Hebron, NY.

Due to limited parking at the site, registration is required. Call 518-642-1515. Please consider carpooling. See thepember.org

This is a free event.

October Open House

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There will be October Open House at the Pember Nature Preserve (6937 State Route 22, Hebron) with our new part-time Naturalist, Katie. Come meet her and explore the preserve. There will be activities, games, refreshments and prizes. Dates and times are as follows:  10/8, 10/16, 10/22, and 10/29 from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

On Saturday, October 29 there will be a Halloween Special Event – Young Zombie Nature Walk at 1:00pm. The walk is open to children 12 and under. Due to the limited parking at the nature center (Porter School), reservations are required. Call 518-642-1515. Please consider carpooling with friends for this event.

Volunteers needed!

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By definition, volunteering means “to freely offer to do something.” The Pember could really use your help!

Volunteering can take many forms. We have opportunities for you to volunteer in many ways. We are hoping one of these opportunities will be something you’d love to do and it would be so helpful to us. We have possibilities at three locations. The library, the museum and the nature preserve located in Hebron.

The day to day operations sometimes are all the employees can handle so other things that we would like to have happen, get postponed. If you are looking for something to occupy your spare time, if you want to make a difference in the world and you aren’t sure how, if you want to expand your horizons or take a leap out of your comfort zone, now is the time!!

Between the three entities there are many opportunities. The library needs help with shelving books, perhaps some cleaning that might now happen on nearly an often enough basis, assistance with programs and gatherings, decorating for holidays, working in the flower bed out front…all worthwhile jobs. We range from mindless opportunities to mind blowing ones.

The museum needs volunteers to man the exhibit on weekends or other times we are open and need extra people. The animals don’t need to be fed or cleaned up after but you can learn a lot about them and appreciate Franklin Pember’s passion for them. You will receive basic training to be knowledgeable about the museum and you automatically get a title!! You will be a “docent”. (a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or a zoo.

The Pember preserve is located on Route 22 in Hebron NY. The schoolhouse needs to be manned on occasion, there is miles of trail work that can be done, a garden of native flowers that can be maintained and weeded, programs that are put on could always use more hands. And you are enjoying nature at the same time.

If have been inspired by this story, please contact the Pember Library at 518-642-2525 or the Museum at 518-642-1515. You can email maryj.pember@gmail.com. We will be happy to further enlighten you on these opportunities.

A volunteer meeting will be held in the near future for those who have committed to this or are still on the fence.

Saturday Museum Volunteers

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We are looking for a volunteer (16 & older) to cover the museum on Saturday, August 27 from 10am to 1pm. Duties include answering the phone, greeting visitors, and managing the gift shop. Stop in Tues-Fri 1-5 or Sat 10-1 to pick up a volunteer registration form. We’ll also need Saturday volunteers for September and every month thereafter. If you are willing to donate your time one Saturday a month, that would be great! THANKS!

Naturalist position open

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The Pember Museum of Natural History is seeking a part-time NATURALIST

to create and run educational programs at the Pember Nature Preserve in Hebron, for children and adults. Programs will consist of classes, presentations, seminars, demonstrations, workshops, nature walks or “safaris”, focused on a particular theme – plant, animal or insect species, ecosystem dynamics or ecology.

The ideal candidate will have educational or employment experience in some capacity involving the natural world, preferably including both plants and animals, and have enthusiasm for this field of discovery. Being fluent in concerns of the natural world, species of plants and animals that are native to our area, work independently with good organizational skills, an ability to research, write, and create compelling nature programs, being able to speak to small groups of people and interact with them, are necessary for the job and will be a big plus for any applicant. The office work portion of this job will take place at the Pember Museum in Granville, and the programs will be delivered at the Pember Nature Preserve in Hebron.

The job is 20 hours per week; schedule to be determined. Salary $13.20/hr.

Please mail or drop off a cover letter indicating your interest in this position, together with your resume/CV to the Pember Museum – Attention: Bernadette Hoffman. Email: Pember_edu@roadrunner.com

See What’s Happening in August

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Events at the Pember Library: Check out the Pember Library’s website and Facebook page for more information

Friends of the Pember Meeting, Next meeting August 4 @5pm

Children’s Summer Reading Program on Water Testing Ages 6-11 August 3 at 3pm

Children’s Summer Reading Program on Octopus Ages 6-11 August 10 at 3pm

Children’s Summer Reading Program on Ocean Floor Ages 6-11 August 17 at 3pm.

Pember Board of Trustees, August 18, 6PM

Popup Luncheon ~Thursday August 25th at 12pm – Washington County Office for the Aging Lunch and Presentation Suggested price for over 60 is $3.00 and under is $5.00. Lunch is Roast Pork Loin with potatoes, Collard greens, and Chocolate Oatmeal cookies.  Reserve your meal at least 24 hours in advance.

Weekly Events   

Book Sale ~ Saturday 10 AM- Noon

Sudoku ~ With Barb Wednesday 2pm

Lego Club – Fridays 3-4:30pm

Pember’s Afternoon Game Time – Tuesdays 3-4:30pm come down have a snack and play a board game.

Preview for Events in September        

  Read it and Eat Book Club, September 8 @ 5PM Book- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Potluck style dinner. To join email Pember.library@gmail.com.

Popup Luncheon ~Wednesday, September 28th at 12pm – Washington County Office for the Aging Lunch and Presentation Suggested price for over 60 is $3.00 and under is $5.00. Lunch is Asian style sweet & sour pork over brown rice with veggie blend.  Reserve your meal at least 24 hours in advance.

Pember Peapod’s preschool crafts & story -time – to return for an eight week session in September. Tuesdays new time @ 10:30

Museum Events: Check out the Museums Website and Facebook page for more information

Pember’s Nature Preserve Programs –

Registration required for all programs call Museum 518-642-1515

 Insects~ August 7, 1pm- 2pm

Skulls Investigation~ August 14, 1pm-2pm

 Ferns of NY~ August 21, 1pm-2pm

Reptiles of NY~ August 28, 1pm-2pm

Preserve Programs – July

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July 17 – 1-2pm Birds & Bees Pollinators
Did you know that there are over 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.? Come discover bees and their roles. What human impacts are there relating to bees? What do bees need? Our craft will be creating a Mason Bee house to take home.

July 31 – 1-2pm Mosses & Fungi
Join us for a program about identifying mosses and fungi. Our craft will be creating clay mushrooms.

Program kits are available for past programs. Stop in!

Nature Preserve Program Packets

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Program packets with crafts are available at the Pember Nature Preserve schoolhouse. Educator Bernie is on vacation but will be there on 6/30, 7/7 & 7/8 from 9-1. Packets available are Nature Journaling with a premade 7-day journal (4), Bird Migration with a Whimsical bird (4), Butterfly Pollinator with a butterfly feeder (5), NY Mammals with a premade clay bobcat track (6) and Edible & Ornamental Plants with (4) kitty gourds and (1) mini pumpkin. Gourds are plain and can be painted at the schoolhouse or taken home to use your own paints. First come, first serve!

Migration of our Library Server

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There will be migration of our library server tonight 9:00pm into the early morning hours of Wednesday April 27th. During that time access to our online catalog will be unavailable. Also some features (checkout, download and renewal) for digital resources including overdrive and Libby will also be unavailable.