Join Amy for free, kid-friendly nature activities in our community!

PVAS Host: Amy Thomas

Free and open to the public. All ages are welcome, though youth must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is not required

PVMN Volunteer Credit Eligible. PVAS education volunteers and Master Naturalists may sign up to volunteer at these events here. 

Join the Potomac Valley Audubon Society for kid-friendly nature activities at various places in our community! Programs may include story-time, crafts, games and more! Locations include the Children’s Garden at Ambrose Park in Martinsburg, the Shepherdstown Public Library, the Martinsburg Public Library, and Ranson Community Gardens! Most programs will last about one hour and are best for ages 3 and up. Just stop by – we’ll see you there!

About our Host:

Amy is our Lead Teacher and Naturalist. She first worked for PVAS starting in 2012 as a camp counselor for three summers and then as camp director in 2015.

While studying at Towson University, Amy interned with the National Aquarium and Irvine Nature Center and worked for the University’s Office of Sustainability as a Compost Educator. Amy was also very involved in her university’s Outdoor Adventure program where she worked as an Outdoor Trip Leader, Kayak Clinic Instructor, Challenge Course Facilitator and Climbing Gym Supervisor. After earning her BA in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Informal Environmental Education in 2015, she served as a Chesapeake Conservation Corps member, working as a naturalist at Meadowside Nature Center in Rockville, Maryland. Most recently, Amy worked as a field instructor at the Mountain Institute at Spruce Knob, West Virginia, where she led students on backpacking trips and taught Watershed Education programs.

In her free time, Amy enjoys backpacking, biking, rock climbing, kayaking and cross-country skiing.