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If you missed yesterday’s Toddlers, Trails, & Tales event, you can stop by to play anytime between 8am - 2pm today and through the weekend. This is our Dottie Gilbert Reading room packed with desert-themed books, toys, & activities. The scavenger hunt sheets are still available for you to take your tots on our back patio paved trail too. Questions? Call us at 602) 343-5125. We’re located near 7th St and Thunderbird in Phoenix. #Arizona #scavengerhunt #toddlers #hiking #nature
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North Mountain Visitor Center AZ4 days ago
Thank you to everyone who came to our first Toddlers Trails & Tales event! 25 parents/caregivers signed in… add the kids and we had a total of 50+ people fill our wonderful educational facility with little laughs & lots of learning this morning!

Special guests & speakers included: Debbie Hendricks/Just Roughin’ It, Claire Miller/City of Phoenix Park Ranger Supervisor, Kristen Keogh/fellow toddler mom & outdoorsy era influencer.

It was so nice to get outside for a short scavenger hunt, have snack & storytime, and connect with families who love the desert as much as we do. ❤️ 🌵 #SaveOurMountainsFoundation #northmountainaz #VisitArizona #VisitPhoenix
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North Mountain Visitor Center AZ4 days ago
In case you missed this morning's 7:45am live segment on FOX 10 with Desiree Fluellen, here it is! The short stroller-friendly paved trail behind our building is a hidden gem and perfect for toddlers. Love that drone shot! Watch Save Our Mountains Foundation's executive director's 3-year-old daughter steal the show! #hiking #toddlers #NorthMountain
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North Mountain Visitor Center AZ
North Mountain Visitor Center AZ5 days ago
North Mountain Visitor Center AZ
☀️ Golden Girls of Phoenix ☀️

These three ladies in tennis shoes are a big part of the reason the Phoenix Mountain Preserve System exists today. #wisdomwednesday

Their passion and foresight to fight for open space in the 70s is inspiring & saved the desert for you to hike & enjoy.

The City of Phoenix officially honored their years of service & impact in April 1995.

The recognition reads in part:

Now therefore be it resolved:
“That the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board recognizes and salutes, Dottie Gilbert, Ruth Hamilton, and Maxine Lakin, for their years of dedicated service and community leadership to the Phoenix Mountains Preserve Program…”

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#history #desert #Phoenix #Arizona #NorthMountain
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North Mountain Visitor Center AZ6 days ago
North Mountain Visitor Center AZ
LAST CALL! So far… 19 parents have DM’d us giving us the heads up they’re interested in coming to this Thursday’s 10am Toddlers Trails & Tales event. We know everyone might not make it… because well… kids (IYKYK). If you’re late, it’s ok. We’ll be going strong until 11:30am. We have plenty of space & sensory stations where kids can rotate. Regardless, it’ll be fun & educational! Also, I buried the lead. FOX 10 is scheduled to preview the event the day of at 7:40am (subject to change). #nature #toddler #storytime #Phoenix #Arizona
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North Mountain Visitor Center AZ6 days ago
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Special thanks to ASU West professor Cynthia Gaffney and her students for choosing Save Our Mountains Foundation at North Mountain Visitor Center for their Spring 2024 class project.

Today, SOMF executive director @mariahechanovatv & board member @juliataggartjenkins had the opportunity to watch & listen to these students pitch their ideas.

Their presentation called “Peak Potential: Elevating the Profile of North Mountain Visitor Center” included:

•Demographics from their research team
•Quarterly marketing targets
•Technology options
•Newsletter design
•Social Media research & content calendar
•Reading program refresh

We were impressed! The future is bright! ☀️ 🕶️

Speakers sitting in chairs from left: Faith, Natosha, Benito, Zach (not pictured - Jesse, Jon, & Roman)

If you’re an educator looking to do something similar with your students, send us a message. Let’s get the conversation started.

#hiking #Arizona #nextgeneration #education #Phoenix #Arizona #visitphoenix #ASU #ASUWest

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