Join us every 4th Friday at Noon for a Members Only Lunch & Learn! Now In-Person!
Each month we’ll have a fun visit with one of our resident ambassadors exclusively for our members! Grab your lunch and come on over to hang out with a feathered, scaly or furry friend. Suitable for all ages. Questions welcome!
Registration required. Sign-up below! Questions? Email education@cedarrun.org for more info.
Registration for this event has ended. Thank you for your interest. Hope to see you next month!
IT’S BACK! Our first Adults Members Only Paint Party of the year!
Join us this Member Appreciation Week to get your creativity flowing! Members 21+ are welcome to join us for a night of painting and fun lead by our Membership Manager. We will be painting the wildflower scene shown which you can customize with any flowers! that makes a great gift or artistic piece for any room in your home. No painting experience is required. Beginners are welcome!
- Smocks, canvases, and painting supplies will be provided
- Please bring your own cups, snacks and beverages.
- This event is for adults only. Must be 21+ and a Cedar Run member to register.
- Members may bring 1 guest (member or non-member) for an additional fee. please indicate in the registration below if you wish to include a guest.
- This event will be held in our pavilion rain or shine.
- 20 participants maximum.
Not a member but want to join in on the fun? Join here!
Paint Party Payment
Get your creativity flowing when you join us for Creative Crafting Club! Meet with us each month to explore a different crafting technique and make a fun, unique piece of art with our Nature Center and Membership Manager, Ashley! From clay to needle felting, block printing to watercolor, each month will be something new. This club is geared towards adults and teens (16+) and is NOT suitable for children. No prior art experience is required, just a eagerness to learn and create!
- This club will be held in our NEW downstairs community room.
- Advanced registration is required. 20 participants maximum.
- $20/Non-Members, $18/ Members.
Not a member, but want to be? Check out our membership page.
Please no birthday parties for these events. If you are interested in hosting a birthday party at Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, please check out our website links for Birthday Parties
- March 31st – we’ll be creating the oh-so-cute needle felted mushroom project shown below!
- April, May and June crafts TBD soon.
Creative Crafting Club Payment
FREE WITH ADMISSION!
- Participate during refuge hours: 7 days, 10:00am–4:00pm (including Easter Sunday)
- Families with children ages 3–17 may take part in the FREE community competition.
- Each child can electronically submit one digital image taken during their visit to Cedar Run, during the dates above only, to be eligible for a prize.
- ALL participants will receive a matted 8 × 10 print of their submission and ALL the photographs will be displayed at Cedar Run during our gallery starting May 1, 2022 and through the month of May.
- Winners will be chosen with a first, second and third place winner for best photograph in each age category (3–7 • 8–12 • 13–17) and in overall Animal and Landscape categories.
- There will be no admission charge for participants during the gallery weekend. Prizes can be picked up during the gallery, but prints will be displayed all month long. They can be picked up starting June 1 and up to 60 days afterwards.
- Prizes include t-shirts, symbolic wildlife adoptions, Cedar Run memberships, admission to kids photography workshops and more.
Our educators will help you and your child explore nature through songs, crafts, and outdoor adventures. Geared towards ages 3-5 (with an adult).
Our Knee-High Naturalists program is held once a month running September-June, with Wednesday or Thursday sessions available to choose from. Family Night Hike in December. Click to learn more!
Our educators will help you and your child explore nature through songs, crafts, and outdoor adventures. Geared towards ages 3-5 (with an adult).
Our Knee-High Naturalists program is held once a month running September-June, with Wednesday or Thursday sessions available to choose from. Family Night Hike in December. Click to learn more!
Test your knowledge and join us for a live Grown-Ups Only Trivia Night via Facebook. Send the link to your family and friends to see who knows the most!
Missed the live? Don’t worry they’ll be available to replay the questions! No sign-up needed.
This event is free to participate, but donations are always welcome to continue our work. Donations can be made here.
Join us for a morning of photography. Our trained staff will bring select birds out of their enclosures for photographing up-close and personal on perches and in a natural setting. This program will be limited to 12 participants. 9-11am. $50/member, $60/non-member. Advanced registration & pre-payment required.
Raptor Photography Session
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a Wildlife Hospital? Are you curious about what goes into the process of rehabilitating injured and/or orphaned wild animals? Now is your chance to go behind-the-scenes and find out! Join one of our state licensed wildlife rehabilitators for brunch (bagels, doughnuts, coffee and tea) followed by an in-depth discussion and tour of our Wildlife Hospital and outdoor rehabilitation enclosures. These facilities are not open to the general public – this is a rare opportunity to tour them with a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Pricing is $50 per person. This experience is geared for ages 15 and up only. Face masks are required for the duration of the program except when eating.
**Advanced registration required – program size limited to 20 guests!**
Come out to the Refuge the second Sunday of each month for our Family Nature Club Meet-up. Each month we’ll have a different self-guided seasonal activity for families to complete on their own or with other Nature Club families. Stop in the Nature Center to pick-up the day’s material kit then head out to our Nature Playscape to join other families or right out onto the trail with your own group. 11am start for meet-up (or arrive between 10am-noon to adventure on your own). Advanced registration is not required, but kit availability is limited to 10 families. $5/per kit. Family Nature Club kits do not include Refuge admission.
Nature play is playing WITH nature, not just IN nature, and is a great way to interact with nature no matter your experience level or play style. Run, climb, build, dig, or even just sit and experience the sounds, smells, and sights of the outdoors.
Please no birthday parties or scout programs for these events. If you are interested in hosting a birthday party or scout program at Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, please check out our website links for Birthday Parties & Scout Programs.
Questions? Email erin.kiefer@cedarrun.org.
