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BARNSTABLE COUNTY
AMERICORPS CAPE COD
ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY EDUCATION
WETFEST! through each activity, they “save” the creatures by
using facts that they’ve learned over the course of the
Hi, I’m Carly. I’m part of AmeriCorps Cape Cod. I day. It’s a ton of fun for kids and it teaches them
am also the WetFest Coordinator! WetFest is a day- really important lessons about our environment here
long event held at schools all over the Cape. It helps on Cape Cod!
educate students on many issues relating to water:
where we get it, how living things rely on it, and the This year, we held ten WetFest events for over
ways we can protect it. There are 20 activities that 1,600 students in 4-6th grade in schools all over the
comprise a WetFest; these include booths where Cape! All 26 general corps members from the Bourne
students can navigate a virtual septic system, and Wellfleet houses joined together to educate
compete to save sea turtles, or even create their own students. WetFest is a crucial and fun part of
edible aquifers. The day begins with a small skit AmeriCorps Cape Cod’s environmental education
about ocean creatures that are in danger due to focus area.
pollution in their water. Once the students go
~Carly Brady, Bourne House Member
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AMERICORPS CAPE COD
ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY EDUCATION
WETFEST! through each activity, they “save” the creatures by
using facts that they’ve learned over the course of the
Hi, I’m Carly. I’m part of AmeriCorps Cape Cod. I day. It’s a ton of fun for kids and it teaches them
am also the WetFest Coordinator! WetFest is a day- really important lessons about our environment here
long event held at schools all over the Cape. It helps on Cape Cod!
educate students on many issues relating to water:
where we get it, how living things rely on it, and the This year, we held ten WetFest events for over
ways we can protect it. There are 20 activities that 1,600 students in 4-6th grade in schools all over the
comprise a WetFest; these include booths where Cape! All 26 general corps members from the Bourne
students can navigate a virtual septic system, and Wellfleet houses joined together to educate
compete to save sea turtles, or even create their own students. WetFest is a crucial and fun part of
edible aquifers. The day begins with a small skit AmeriCorps Cape Cod’s environmental education
about ocean creatures that are in danger due to focus area.
pollution in their water. Once the students go
~Carly Brady, Bourne House Member
16
