Connecting Families With Nature
How can nature help families raise their children?
Over the last two years, more than 150 volunteers helped clean up the Blue River via volunteer work days sponsored by PepsiCo’s Recycle for Nature program at the Oka’ Yanahli Preserve. These events provided opportunities for people to connect with nature while helping improve an important watershed for communities in southern Oklahoma.
Quote: Josh Langille-Hoppe
The stated agenda of the day may have been to help clean up and rehabilitate an old ranch, but I suspect the real work was to rehabilitate our souls and forge a personal connection with the land.
The Langille-Hoppe family of Shawnee, OK were among the many who made several long, early-morning drives to give back to nature. However, there was more in store for this family than they had planned for. While they intended to connect with others who shared common values, they wound up discovering the magical power of nature and harnessing it to help raise their children.
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Oka' Yanahli Preserve
The Oka' Yanahli Preserve protects two miles of the Blue River, one of only two free-flowing rivers in Oklahoma.
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