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"Everybody Needs A Rock" by Byrd Baylor. With unforgettable illustrations by Peter Parnall, Camp Cooper educator Mariah (aka Butterfly) reads "Everybody Needs A Rock" with permission from the author. 

Today our team visited Flowers & Bullets at their Midtown Farm to learn more about their incredible work in Barrio Centro. They use sustainability and art to heal and empower the neighborhood they call home, and we're excited to work with them. We helped out with getting summer squash, tomato and pepper seeds ready for planting! 

Cooper reflects on a year of challenges and growth, we announce 2 new summer projects - a Nature Play Space for our youngest learners, and a Demonstration Garden for all ages in partnership with UArizona Compost Cats, a Staff Alum Profile of Zeph Migeni and our new Camp Cooper Wish List.

We're always grateful for local media coverage.  We have been working hard in the last 12 months to address the necessary changes in our programming, while ramping up fundraising for our physical facility, Camp Cooper.  We are grateful to journalist Jan Henrikson for a wonderful piece which can be found on pages 52-53 of the April 2021 edition of the Desert Leaf magazine.