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| Title | Appalachian Mountain Club Joins Panel at N.H. Governor’s Conference on Tourism |
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The Appalachian Mountain Club’s (AMC) Director of Education, Pam Hess, will join a tourism industry panel discussion on outdoor recreation for kids and families at the 35th annual New Hampshire Governor’s Conference on Tourism, May 5 – 6, 2011 at the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel in Bartlett, N.H.
The panel, “Building a Foundation for Our Future – One Enrichment Experience at a Time,” recognizes the importance of helping kids become connected to the outdoors at an early age. It takes place on Friday, May 6, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. AMC’s Pam Hess and co-panelists from New Hampshire State Parks, the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire Campground Owners Association, and Ski NH will highlight the many opportunities and resources that they each offer for kids and families to get outdoors in New Hampshire. To help promote state tourism, this will include their top recommendations for family-friendly places and activities, along with expert tips for getting outdoors as a family. The panel will be moderated by AMC’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Rob Burbank. Other panelists include Gail Wolek, interim director of New Hampshire State Parks; Colleen Mainville, public affairs officer for the White Mountain National Forest; Gregg Pitman, executive director of the NH Campground Owners Association, and Karl Stone of Ski NH. Each year, AMC serves nearly 40,000 young people through lodge- and hut-based family programs, school programs, guided teen adventures, and other programs at backcountry huts, family camps, and roadside lodges in New Hampshire and throughout the Northeast. These AMC programs include A Mountain Classroom, Moosehead Area Schools Project, Youth Opportunities Program, destination-based opportunities such as AMC Jr. Naturalist and Family Adventure Camps, Teen Wilderness Adventures, and teen volunteer trail crews. AMC panelist Pam Hess holds a Master of Science degree in Natural Resources in Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Vermont. Her areas of expertise as the AMC’s Director of Education for the past eight years include outdoor education and skills for grades K-12 and urban youth programs, No Child Left Inside federal legislation, state and local environmental education initiatives in the Northeast, and engaging youth and families in the outdoors. A fact sheet on AMC’s commitment to youth and to helping children and families get outdoors can be found at www.outdoors.org/pdf/upload/AMC-Youth-Outdoors-Fact-Sheet-2009.pdf. For more information about AMC’s new, lower everyday child and teen rates at its New Hampshire lodges and huts, plus new “Kid Spoken Here” offerings this summer and Family Adventure Camps, visit www.outdoors.org/kidsguide. Also find out about AMC’s opportunities for teens this summer, including Teen Wilderness Adventures and teen volunteer trail vacations, at www.outdoors.org/recreation/teens. The New Hampshire Travel Council produces the Governor’s Conference on Travel & Tourism, working collaboratively with the New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Development and with other statewide partners. For conference details, visit: www.nhtravelcouncil.com/conference.html. Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club is America’s oldest conservation and recreation organization. With more than 100,000 members, advocates, and supporters in the Northeast and beyond, the nonprofit AMC promotes the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of the Appalachian region. The AMC supports natural resource conservation while encouraging responsible recreation, based on the philosophy that successful, long-term conservation depends upon first-hand enjoyment of the natural environment. |
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