>> RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 5, 2014! layers, sturdy boots > sunscreen > snacks > water! (~2L) Club provides: > Gas money + tip > $5 towards lunch food (should be sufficient) Sign up deadline is midnight Thursday so I can get back to CBF with an estimate for attendance.
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River Clean Up!
Get excited for the first Outdoors Club service trip! This Saturday is World Water Day, so what could be a better way to celebrate than helping the Nature Conservancy clean up Meadow Creek along the Rivanna River? We’ll meet up around 12:10 (I know, kind of oddly specific) to head out to the stream to do some clean up. It …
Alternative Spring Break: Farm Cleanup and Riparian Buffer, Part Ii
Here is the second part to a service project for those around over spring break. It’ll be at a different location, but we might still meet other volunteers at the same location as used on Friday. Here is the description provided by Robert Jennings, of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Saturday we’ll be heading over to Augusta County, just west of …
Alternative Spring Break: Farm Cleanup and Riparian Buffer, Part I
Here is a great service project for those around over spring break (There are two days of events, different locations each day). Here is the description provided by Robert Jennings, of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Friday we’ll be going to a farm right on Route 33 a few miles east of Harrisonburg, in Penn Laird. Mr. Bobby Dean, the farmer/owner, …
Stove Training: Learn How to Operate Msr Whisperlite Stoves
The officers will be teaching anyone who wants to learn how to operate our Whisperlite stoves. Potentially, there may be an advanced session afterwords for troubleshooting problems in the field. These stoves are the staple that almost anyone doing back-country work uses. They are very dependable and efficient. Everyone should know how to use one for when the apocalypse comes. …
Usfs Fisheries Biologist Talk
Dawn Kirk, a fisheries biologist with of the US Forest Service will be the guest speaker at this event (I understand the event consists almost entirely of the talk). Dawn will discuss the restoration/ re liming work on two Augusta County streams, the North River and the St. Mary’s River. If you’re at all interested in the ecology of mountain …
Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
This’ll be the most FUN CPR class you’ve ever taken or will take! No sleepy DVD! Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking. Get a 2-year American Heart Association certification card. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. I’ll serve as your instructor, and I’ll make the class be …
Tree Planting Near Harrisonburg
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will be planting a riparian buffer on a farm in Rockingham County on Saturday, November 16th. Planting trees and shrubs (i.e. a buffer) is critical to reducing runoff into streams, and the efficacy of reducing runoff is well established. In short, helping plant this buffer helps the stream …
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports. Odc 20% Discount Day. Oct 29th!
Where: Blue Ridge Mountain Sports. Barracks Shopping Center. http://www.brms.com/site/our-shops/barracks-road-shopping-center/ When : ALL DAY (10 am – 8pm) Tuesday Oct 29th 2013. Why: Winter products are in. What: As a member of the Outdoors Club at UVa you are awesome. The kind folks of Blue Ridge Mountain Sports are hooking us up with 20% off in-stock items. 20% OFF!!!! Wear your …
Cpr + Aed Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR and AED. Get a 2-year American Heart Association certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. I’ll serve as your AHA instructor, and I’ll make the class be FUN. Quotes (anonymous feedback) from prior students: >> “Much more fun than usual!” >> “Awesome. Humorous.” >> “Matt …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > Sep. 21-22: Virginia Beach, VA* > Oct. 12-13: Richmond, VA* > Oct. 19-20: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA* (at UVA med school Jordan Hall) > Nov. 9-10: …
End of the World…Cancelled
Today is the END OF DAYS. THE ARMAGEDDON. THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. THE MAYAN TIME LAPSE. Join us on this most epic of last adventures. This club was secretly founded for the purpose of finding the smartest, sexiest, and most adventurous people to survive the inevitable apocalypse. You have been selected to survive. In the early days of the club, the …
Backpacking- Become Famous -Save Nature
This is a backpacking trip but will also involve helping out an American University grad student who is doing a project as an NPS fellow. Pretty sweet stuff. So we’ll head to SNP Friday night around 6, get there around seven, do some night-hiking which is pretty fun. I do not know where in the park we’ll be going, I …
Wilderness First Responder Certification Course
A rare find, this is the first time this course has been offered in Cville in several years. “Wilderness” can be: > a natural area (forest, sea, desert, etc.) > a rural area not near a hospital > an urban disaster zone (natural or terrorist) … any situation in which time of injury to time in hospital is more than …
South River Cleanup
South River Cleanup Day 2010 What: Pick up trash from the South River (from Waynesboro to Port Republic) When: Saturday September 11th from 9am to 1pm Where: Carpool from UVA and meet at Constitution Park in Waynesboro Why: September 11th is a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Our Rivers need cleaning! We’ll be canoeing and swimming which is fun! …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #3
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #2
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #1
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Brms Discount Night #2
Hello fellow gearheads, Our discount night at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is coming up fast! Mon April 12th from 8:15-9:15pm you’ll be part of an exclusive 20% sale to Outdoors at UVa members only. **Don’t forget: If you plan on buying gear that you’ll need to get fitted for (e.g. shoes, packs, etc.) you must go in this week prior …
Build a High Water Park and Play Wave on the Rivanna
Tired of driving at least an hour for a good surf when it rains? Then come out this Sunday to help build a surf wave a little closer to town. I have been eyeballing a spot on the South Fork Rivanna River immediately below the dam that already has a wave at high water. The spot is located downhill from …
Build a High Water Park and Play Wave on the Rivanna
Tired of driving at least an hour for a good surf when it rains? Then come out this Sunday to help build a surf wave a little closer to town. I have been eyeballing a spot on the South Fork Rivanna River immediately below the dam that already has a wave at high water. The spot is located downhill from …
Canoe N’ Clean on the Rivanna
Take a break from finals! Spend part of your reading day on the local Rivanna river! We’ll put in at Darden Towe Park, then float all the way down to the take-out in Milton. This section is mainly flat water, with a few class I-IIs. No canoing experience is necessary. I’ll bring some plastic bags for trash collection. The boat …
Trip Leader Workshop 2
Want to learn how to lead trips or how to lead better trips? We will be going over all the basics of trip leading in the club, reimbursements, trip descriptions, basic logistics and info, activities, etc. Also, we will go over several common problems and go over how not to lead trips (mostly by examining all of the situations Ive …
Beginner Camping and Service Project
Picture this: You’re on a backpacking trip and the rain has soaked through your pack and gotten the paper you wanted to use to start a fire all wet. You’ve strayed off of the trail and can’t find your way back to it because you’ve never really used a compass before, and you have no idea what all of those …
Rivanna River Clean-Up
Since a lot of us spend time outdoors at places like the Rivanna, either kayaking, biking or hiking, i was thinking it would be nice to give a little bit back to the community. This is the perfect opportunity for those of us who love the outdoors and care about the environment and making a difference. Come join other conservationists …
Surf and Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica
We’ve still got a little time.. not too late to join the trip! I’m going to learn to surf and build houses for Habitat in Costa Rica for 4 weeks, and you should come too!!! Here’s the price and activities breakdown (but if you see a “deal-breaker” let me know and we’ll see if we can work something out): General: …
Trip Leader Workshop
At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four adventures. I’ve only reserved the room for an hour, so that’s the …
Trip Leader Workshop 3!
I’ve heard from several of you that you can’t come to the Thursday workshop, so here’s another chance! We’ll learn about trip-leading from 5-6ish, and we’ll finish in plenty of time to attend the Monday Night Gathering at Newcomb. At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle …
Trip Leader Workshop!
Everyone is encouraged to lead trips, and it’s easier than you think! At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four …
Trail Maintenance Weekend and Camping
Up for a weekend of trail maintenance and good eats? I hope so. My mom’s trail club could use some strapping college lads and lasses like us to help them do some maintenance on Saturday, October 21. They are responsible for a 10-mile stretch of the AT from Tye River to Reed’s Gap. Tasks range from the easy to the …
Trip Leader Workshop!
Everyone is encouraged to lead trips, and it’s easier than you think! At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four …
National Trails Day
June 3, 2006 is the 14th National Trails Day so all over the country people we be volunteering at their local parks. All morning on June 3rd Rock Creek Park in Washington will have volunteers for trail maintenance, trash pick-up, and invasive species management. You get a free lunch and the opportunity to help maintain the great outdoors that you …
Grand Canyon Service and Backpacking
They canceled my freaking J-Term class. So I’m going to go do something I like more anyway. That is: go to the Grand Canyon, backpack, volunteer, and camp from Jan 4- Jan 10. Basically, I signed up for a program managed by the National Park Service, and Grand Canyon Volunteering specifically. They provide food, organization, and special gear. Volunteers provide …
Rivanna Trail Clean-Up With Rtf on National Trails Day
Saturday June 4th is national trails day and the RTF (Rivanna Trails Foundation) is putting together a huge morning workday from 8:30 to 1pm. The RTF is serving lunch afterwards with music and ‘fun surprises’. So if you like to use the Rivanna Trail and want to give back, would like to check it out and learn about trail maintenance, …
Highway Pickup!!
So it turns out that picking up trash is the new cool thing to do. Join us, and you may be the lucky one to find money, random love letters, porn dvd cases, etc. on the side of I-64. All of these have been known to rest along our beloved section. It’s fun, and we won’t be out there all …
Orange Vests and Huge Orange Trashbags!
Hoo wants to clean the adopted highway?!! We’ll head out to our little chunk of the highway at 3:00 tomorrow, clean up for an hour or so, and come back feeling extremely accomplished. Who knows? maybe you’ll even find some cash while your cleaning up! or tires… or something cool like that Club provides: trash bags orange vests You provide: …
Rivanna Trail Foundation Monthly Trail Workday
April 9 is the next RTF Trial Workday. We will likely be working on parts of the trail near Barracks or Ivy. We carpool from the Chapel at 845 and caravan to the site. We will be back by noon.
Earth Day Project on Engineer’s Way
WHAT: An Earth Day Student Planting Day sponsored by the University Landscape and Arboretum Committee. FREE LUNCH WHERE: Engineers Way between McCormick Road and Stadium Parking WHEN: Friday, April 22: Earth Day (Rain date: April 23) Two Shifts: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm and 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Lunch Provided: Noon Come join other students in an Earth Day …
Rtf Workday
Last Rivanna Trails Foundation workday of the semester is this Saturday. If you are interested in helping out from about 9-12 Saturday morning, we would love to have you. We are probably working close to home around the Barracks road trail head. We’ve had great turn out all year, let’s keep it up! We will arrange carpools as needed.
Update Equipment Inventory
We need to update our equipment inventory and make sure it’s accurate. We just need a few willing souls to help. I’ll buy some materials; we need a couple people to help write numbers on items, sort items, match the items we have with our existing inventory database, etc. Things we need that I’ll provide: – black marker – silver …
Rivanna River Cleanup and Storm Drain Stenciling
Come help out the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District and the Rivanna Conservation Society cleanup the Rivanna River and stencil Storm Drains on October 16, 2004 from 10 am to 2pm. There will be a FREE conservation fair and PICNIC following the volunteer activities. Depending on interest, folks could be along the river or stenciling storm drains. For …
Treasure Hunt On Adopted Highway!
Money, love letters, old porn dvd’s… ya never know what you’ll find on our section of adopted highway! We haven’t made it out to pick up trash since the spring, so there could be all kinds of things waiting for us out there. We’ll don our orange vests (UVA spirit!) along I-64 for an hour or two. It’s fun. you …
Mountain Biking / Trail Maintenance
hey y’all, it’s time once again for the monthly trail maintenance at walnut creek. this week, we’ll be cutting back some of the summer’s overgrowth, and taking out a few fallen trees. afterwards, we’ll bust out the bikes and spin for a few. there’s over 13 miles of trails there, up the hills, over the rocks, and around the lake. …
Appalachian Trail workday
hey y’all, this weekend, we’ll be helping the PATC re-route a section of the Appalachian Trail up in Shennandoah National Park. i hope you can make it. we’ll leave early saturday morning, help with the trail work all day, then return to base camp for a nice fire, some fine food, and some acoustice music. sound good? we’ll be working …
River Stewardship Day
Join the Mattaponi & Pamunkey Rivers association as they clean and beautify several miles of river shoreline. A free picknick lunch will be provided for all participants. Outdoors at UVa provides: canoe, paddle, lifevest You must bring: cloths, gloves
Trail Maintenance for the Nature Conservancy
Come on out for some fun exercise while contributing to a great cause: The Nature Conservancy. The project will involve building stairs and water runoff paths with logs, cutting back overgrowth, and ending with enjoying an amazing view. We’ll be removing small limbs, roots, groundcover, rocks and other obstacles along an existing trail route. Light digging, raking, and small limb-removal …
Volunteer Gardening at Bog in Washington Park
The Cville Parks department would like our help in creating / maintaining a bog garden for education to elemantary school students, and for enjoyment for all. Come help out where there is a natural spring, a wooden boardwalk surrounding the garden, and quite a selection of plants that like to have “wet feet.” There is a variety of work, from …
Volunteer Gardening at Bog in Washington Park
The Cville Parks department would like our help in creating / maintaining a bog garden for education to elemantary school students, and for enjoyment for all. Come help out where there is a natural spring, a wooden boardwalk surrounding the garden, and quite a selection of plants that like to have “wet feet.” There is a variety of work, from …
Trail Maintenance/Riding at Walnut Creek Park
Walnut Creek Park is one of my favorite places to ride in Virginia, and it’s only 10 miles away! The park offers numerous trail networks, from wide gravel roads to tight, technical, single track, for all skill levels. The trails are also used for day hiking, trail running, and golf Frisbee. The first Saturday of each month (this Sat.) is …
Tree Planting With The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy will be planting 2,000 native tree seedlings on 8 acres along the Rivanna River to eventually see the area grow into a woodland buffer to better protect this special river. This “Forks of the Rivanna Tract,” currently owned by The Nature Conservancy, sits at the junction of the Rivanna River and the North Fork of the Rivanna …