The OWL Center staff would like to thank the many work and volunteer groups that come to the facility throughout the year. Recent groups include The Well UMC from Ponchatoula, and Lufkin UMC from Lufkin, Texas. These groups help tremendously with a variety of projects including: picking berries, clearing trails, picking up limbs, making [...]
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August 19th, 2010
Several of the OWL Center Staff participated in the LSU Ag Center Master Gardener’s Class this past spring. Samantha Luttrell, Tammy Stevens, Cindy Croft and Sara Corley took part in classes from March to the end of May. The subjects covered in the class included plant pathology, vegetable gardening, ornamental horticulture, and many other [...] August 11th, 2010
Recently Rick Rowe and a news team from KTBS TV in Shreveport, LA visited our OWL Center (Outdoor Wilderness Learning) to videotape a segment for the network’s morning show “Made in the Arklatex”. Several youth from the Ruston campus were on hand for the video, and volunteers from Christ UMC in Shreveport, LA were [...] July 15th, 2010
Our youth in the residential program at our sister campus of the Methodist Home for Children of Greater New Orleans, visited the Outdoor Wilderness Learning Center June 11-14 to experience a taste of the wilderness! Youth and staff participated in various activities such as swimming, boating, mountain biking, fishing, field games, ropes course, maze [...] May 19th, 2010
You are most cordially invited to schedule a tour of our Main Campus and Outdoor Wilderness Learning (OWL) Center. We welcome you anytime to see firsthand the ministry you provide to Louisiana’s abused and neglected youth. A tour of the Main Campus takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. We will tour the 40 [...] May 3rd, 2010
During Spring Break, the WINGS girls loaded up their horses for a trail ride through the Kisatchie National Forest. They (and their horses) crossed bridges, forded streams, and climbed hills, as they put into practice the skills that they learn in their weekly horsemanship class. The girls did a great job, and had a [...] April 29th, 2010
The 4th Sunday in April is reserved each year for welcoming back and celebrating with our Alumni. We look forward to seeing the familiar faces of those who lived here or worked here in years past. The turnout for this year’s event was unprecedented. We had a tremendous response and are so glad we [...] April 21st, 2010
From January 11 – February 17, the OWL Center had the pleasure of hosting Bill and Virginia Lee, NOMADS from Minnesota. This is the second year that they have spent time working at the OWL, and as before, they accomplished a tremendous amount. They completed the long list of projects we had for them, [...] March 26th, 2010
We have two 90 foot double-bay hothouses located at the OWL Center where we grow our ferns. The youth from the home help plant the ferns each August/September and they are available for sale during the months of March and April. There are 6-8 different varieties of ferns: Macho, Asparagus, Fluffy Ruffle, Boston, Hills [...] |
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