Crown Point Ecology Center

New Fall Workshop Building a Native American Medicine Wheel Followed by Community Potluck Dinner and Bonfire is September 21 at Crown Point Ecology Center

Bath, OH 8/15/2014 – Crown Point Ecology Center is pleased to offer a new workshop Building a Native American Medicine Wheel followed by a community potluck dinner and bonfire on September 21 at 3 p.m.

The event invites all to participate in creating a Native American Medicine Wheel, led by Nancy Gardner who began studying Sun Bear’s work with elders of the For Purpose Community in 1997. She became an elder herself in 2005 after years of training and teaching the Medicine Wheel, moon phases and life cycles. A licensed massage therapist, polarity therapy practitioner and certified Tai Chi and Qigong instructor, Nancy weaves these various disciplines into unique wellness programs for local, regional and international audiences.

According to the National Library of Medical Sciences, “the Medicine Wheel, sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used by generations of various Native American tribes for health and healing. It embodies the Four Directions, as well as Father Sky, Mother Earth, and Spirit Tree—all of which symbolize dimensions of health and the cycles of life.”

These wheels may be created in a variety of mediums or constructed as part of the land. The medicine wheel constructed as part of this workshop will be built collectively by the participants into the land.

“By building a community medicine wheel, ceremony participants will learn the process and power of this type of meditation and how to incorporate it into their lives,” said Nancy Wolf, executive director of Crown Point Ecology Center.

Following the two-hour workshop, there will be a community potluck and bonfire to celebrate the end of the growing season at Crown Point. Each participant is asked to bring a dish to share and their own table service.

A donation of $20/person or $15/member of Crown Point Ecology Center is suggested. Registration is appreciated by calling 330-668-8992. For more information visit crownpt.org.

Crown Point Ecology Center is green space that matters – a biologically diverse living laboratory that serves to demonstrate practical applications of ecology. The 115-acre Crown Point farmland in Bath, Ohio is a regional model for sustainable agriculture and environmental education. We believe that ecological land stewardship encourages structural and social change through local food production, positive impacts on the environment, health of our citizens, and local economic development. Visit Crown Point at crownpt.org.
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Bath, OH 7/25/2014 – Crown Point Ecology Center’s 16th Annual Taste of Earth Dinner and Auction celebrates Crown Point’s 25th Anniversary on Saturday, August 16 at 5 p.m. on the grounds of Crown Point, 3220 Ira Road.

The evening is hosted by honorary chair Russell M. Pry, Executive County of Summit, Ohio, and VIP hosts Chuck and Lisa Ayers, Bruce and Elizabeth Fahey, Darrin and Kathy Kotecki, Jim and Julie Pulk, John and Stacy Shulan, and Jerry Welty and Maria Waller. Event co-chairs are Mary Ann Krejci and Mary Yanko along with key contributors Christine Thomas and Rebecca Goff.

The festivities will begin with appetizers, a silent auction and live music by The Angie Haze Project, followed by dinner artfully prepared by Hudson’s, and an oral auction.

In addition to auction items, the winner of the ever-popular The Taste of Earth Raffle – A Year of Fine Dining, will be drawn (winner need not be present). Tickets for the raffle are on sale now through the night of the event for $10 each, 3 for $20 or 8 for $50. The grand prize winner will receive twelve $100 gift certificates to upscale Akron and Cleveland restaurants. Tickets are available in Crown Point’s administrative offices Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  See related article.

Dinner will include a choice of salmon, pork tenderloin, vegetarian or vegan choice beautifully prepared with vegetables from the Crown Point certified organic gardens served outdoors in the country air. Cost is $150 per person. Reservations may be made at 330-668-8992.

Funds raised will benefit Crown Point’s general fund and the pursuit of its mission and principles of sustainability, community, justice and spirituality.

Crown Point Ecology Center is green space that matters – a biologically diverse living laboratory that serves to demonstrate practical applications of ecology. The 115-acre Crown Point farmland in Bath, Ohio is a regional model for sustainable agriculture and environmental education. We believe that ecological land stewardship encourages structural and social change through local food production, positive impacts on the environment, health of our citizens, and local economic development. Visit Crown Point at crownpt.org.
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Bath, OH 7/25/2014 – Love fine dining? Crown Point Ecology Center is selling raffle tickets to win a year of fine dining or 12 $100 gift certificates to local fine dining establishments. Proceeds from the raffle tickets will benefit Crown Point Ecology Center, located in Bath.

Tickets are on sale now through August 16 for $10 each, 3 for $20 or 8 for $50. Three tickets will be pulled. The first — grand prize winner — will receive twelve $100 gift certificates to upscale Akron and Cleveland restaurants including: Ken Steward’s Lodge, Lanning’s, Fleming’s, Papa Joe’s, Prime 93, DBA Michelangelo’s and The Oaks Lodge. Second prize is a week stay at a 3-bedroom luxury condo in Hilton Head, SC for the week of January 3, 2015. The third drawing is a basket of family dining gift certificates totaling more than $250. Tickets are available at Crown Point’s administrative offices Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by calling 330-668-8992. Credit cards are accepted for ticket purchases.

The winning tickets will be drawn at 7 p.m. on August 16 at Crown Point’s Taste of Earth Annual Dinner and Auction Event. The winner does not need to be present.

Crown Point Ecology Center is green space that matters – a biologically diverse living laboratory that serves to demonstrate practical applications of ecology. The 115-acre Crown Point farmland in Bath, Ohio is a regional model for sustainable agriculture and environmental education. We believe that ecological land stewardship encourages structural and social change through local food production, positive impacts on the environment, health of our citizens, and local economic development. Visit Crown Point at crownpt.org.
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