NEWS & EVENTS

8th Annual Pioneer Rendezvous Rendezvous & History Camp

Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20

Join us for our eigth annual Woodland Pioneer Rendezvous, on Saturday, May 19 from 9:00am to 4:00pm and on Sunday, May 20 from 9:00 am to 3:00pm. Visit traders & voyagers of the 1800s & 1900s as they showcase their fascinating life and pioneer skills. You will see a pioneer rendezvous encampment compete with a variety of historically authentic pioneer crafts, authentic food, games and trading items. Visitors will visit with the pioneers at their campsites as they demonstrate their pioneer skills. Some skills demonstated include canoe paddle carving, flax processing, woodworking, yarn spinning, flint knapping, music and games.

The beautiful Seno Center woodlands provide the setting for this event. Visitors are invited to take a leisurely walk on the forest trails. Admission for the event is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children 12 and under.

Pioneers, plan to join us and camp with us for this event. We are especially interested in camps that provide an educational experience for fourth grade students who visit on Friday. Contact Kendra at: senocenter@senocenter.org

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Seno Online Store - Your Purchase Helps the Seno Center

We are excited to announce that the Seno Center has opened an online store at the Cafe Press website, just in time for Christmas. Click on this link to get to our store Cafe Press Seno Store. We have six shops in our storefront which include men, women and children clothing, stationary, bags, Christmas ornaments, magnets, and mugs.

Our store is the perfect place to purchase something for the person who has everything, especially our custom 2012 calendar with beautiful images of the Seno center. Your purchases are another way to support the Seno Center, as 10% of your purchase can be considered a donation to the Seno Center and is tax deductible. If you don't see something you would like, just let Kendra know and she can add it to the store.

Barn Roof Fund Over Half Way to Goal

We are now at sixty percent of our target goal for the barn roof project! The Rebuild the Roof Fund, continues to grow, but at a slow pace. We have reached a new level, having raised $13,058 which is sixty percent of our goal of $21,600.00. We hope to start the project in the spring of 2012 before the bats return to the barn for the season.

A sound barn roof with no leaks, no holes for critters to enter, is very important for the continued success at Seno. The barn is our learning center where we hold educational sessions for landowners, teachers and students. Over the past twelve years we have spent an estimated $75,000 to stabilize, remodel and make the barn useful for learning. Without the repairs needed to the roof we will threaten all these improvements. Repairing the roof will let us regain full use of the Seybold Room in the upstairs of the barn. Currently the upstairs is home to a large colony of bats. They severely limit our use of the upstairs. Our building contractor has told us that until we repair the roof we will be unable to remove the bats and make the space safe and secure. The bat droppings are a health hazard and just plain unsightly to guests. Thanks to all those who have contributed to this fund. If you have done so, please consider a donation to help push the roof project to completion. Your support of the project will help make this happen. Donate online at: Barn Donation.

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PayPal Now Available

We are pleased to announce that Friends of Seno memberships and donations to our Barn Roof Fund can be made online through PayPal. From our website (http://www.senocenter.org) click the credit card logo of your choice to join or renew a Friends membership. You can also go to the Barn Donation page and click to make a donation.

You do not need a PayPal account to use this service. PayPal provides the secure service to handle donations and payments to us for a small fee. Of course, donors can still mail donations and forms for both the Friends membership and Barn Donation. Both forms are available on line.