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RUTLAND COUNTY
WINTER
PASSPORT
2022
THIS PASSPORT
BELONGS TO:
NAME
SCHOOL
GRADE
Register your passport,
get a CAO sticker and sign
up for our newsletter for
more fun ideas!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
About Come Alive Outside....................................................... 4
How It Works................................................................................5
Happy and Healthy..................................................................... 6
MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 7-16
Save the Dates
National Bird Day ............................................. January 5th
Penguin Awareness Day ...............................January 20th
National Fly a Kite Day ...................................February 8th
National Day of Unplugging ..................... March 4th-5th
INVESTIGATE LOCAL PARKS 17-30
Activities......................................................................... 18-24
Parks...............................................................................25-30
LOCAL FOOD 31-36
Save the Dates
Maple Sugar Open House Day............ weekend in March
EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNITY 37-48
Save the Dates
Make a Pinecone Feeder at the Library ........ January 8th
Rutland Winterfest Events ................. February 21st-26th
BCBS Snow Days........................................... February 26th
PRIZES 49-51
ABOUT
Come Alive Outside is 501c3
nonprofit based in Rutland, VT.
Our mission is to bring people
together to create the awareness,
intention and opportunity for people to live healthier lives
outside. Thank you to all of our community partners who
make this passport possible!
If you have questions, please contact us:
admin@comealiveoutside.com
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HOW IT WORKS
1 Explore and have fun!
Earn Points with every activity!
2 30 points earns a prize!
Visit one of the following prize centers to
3 collect a prize:
Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum
Brandon Public Library
Poultney Public Library
Gilbert Hart Public Library
Win a grand prize!
4 Visit the last page of the passport to see how to
enter the grand prize drawing!
**Remember to make safe choices, social distance and wear
a mask when needed. Be a earth caretaker and leave no trace
on the trails.
LOOK FOR THIS ICON A AND #comealiveoutside
SHARE YOUR PHOTOS WITH US!
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HAPPY AND HEALTHY
It’s Winter! Whether you enjoy skiing, snowshoeing, or
curling up with a good book, it is important to keep in
mind that you can have fun without the use of alcohol,
marijuana, or vaping. Did you know that using these
substances before your brain is fully developed at age 25
can cause lifelong damage? You only get one brain, so be
sure to take good care of it!
We can’t wait to hear about all the awesome and
healthy activities you choose to do! Be sure to have
fun and remember, there are so many ways to get
outside and be healthy! For more information on
substance use prevention and supports visit www.
partnersforprevention802.org, https://802quits.org or
www.parentupvt.org
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MAKE YOUR OWN
ADVENTURE
Check out the activities on
the following pages and earn
points for things you can do in
your own yard, neighborhood
or home!
LO O K FOR THE I CON AND S HARE YO UR PHOTOS !
5
POINTS
EACH
7
NATIONAL
BIRD DAY
January 5th
Musical birds - Find a place to sit and observe
birds. Listen closely to their calls and songs.
Can you mimic the sounds you hear?
Write some lyrics to go along
with the bird tunes.
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8 MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
PENGUIN
AWARENESS DAY
January 20th
Can you walk around in the snow like a penguin?
Slide down a hill on your stomach like a penguin?
Walk with a ball balanced on the top of your feet?
Borrow a book on penguins from your library.
How many species are there around the world?
Write about your
favorite penguin.
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5
Points SEE THIS EMPEROR PENGUIN DAD
WITH HIS EGG ON HIS FEET
MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 9
NATIONAL
FLY A KITE DAY
February 8th
Make your own kite using recycled materials.
You can use large paper bags, plastic bags, two
straight sticks, string, and tape
to design your own kite. Strips WHEN D
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of plastic bags tied together
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make a good tail.
Draw your design.
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10 MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURENATIONAL DAY
OF UNPLUGGING
Sundown Friday, March 4th
through sundown Saturday, March 5th
How many fun unplugged things can you and
your family do in 24 hours? Play board games,
play outdoor games, go on a hike, climb a tree,
or read a book.
Name all the great things you tried.
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MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 11TRACKS IN THE
SNOW! OH NO!
Here are two fun track activities to try: 1) Make
Yeti tracks - draw & cutout cardboard feet to
attach to the bottom of your boots. Create a
trail outside for friends to follow. 2) Make a
track story - walk, run, jump, crawl. See if your
friends can figure out how you were moving
with each different kind of track. Share a photo
of your tracks.
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5
Points
12 MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTUREICE SPHERES
Fill small balloons with water and a drop of
food coloring. Freeze outside, then peel off
the balloon. Remember to pick up the balloon
pieces. Play with your colorful ice spheres!
Share a photo.
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MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 13SNOWFLAKE ART
Collect different sized sticks, leaves or natural
items and design your own snowflake art in
the snow. Remember snowflakes have 6 sides.
Check out the book Snowflake Bently about
the Vermont man who was the first person to
photograph snowflakes.
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14 MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTUREYUCKY DAY
Yucky day and can’t go out and play? Build a
blanket/sheet fort inside your house.
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MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 15SELF CARE
During this pandemic many people have felt more
stress than normal. Coping skills are actions,
thoughts, or behaviors that can
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help you manage your stress in the AL O
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moment. Try one of these coping
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skills when you feel stressed:
• Go for a walk (explore a walking
trail or even your neighborhood)
• Take five slow, deep breaths
Points
5
• Do a hobby (draw, listen to music, write,
take pictures, play a sport, learn a TikTok dance)
Write about the coping skill you decided to try. How did it
make you feel? Would you do it again?
Fun is good for our mental health. We encourage
you to get out there, do something that makes you
happy and make healthy choices!
For more information on substance use prevention and supports
visit partnersforprevention802.org, 802quits.org or parentupvt.org
16 MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTUREINVESTIGATE
LOCAL PARKS
On the following pages you will
find some great activities to try
on any trail. Following that is a list
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of parks in and around Rutland EACH
County. Winter Activities at VT
State Parks are free in the winter!
LO O K FOR THE I CON AND S HARE YO UR PHOTO S !
SEE VT STATE PARK’S WINTER
ACTIVITIES, ACCESS & PARKING
17BE A TRAIL KEEPER
Take a garbage bag and work gloves on one of
your trail walks and pick up any trash you see.
Thank you for keeping trails safe and clean for
wildlife! Share a photo of your favorite trail.
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18 PARKSTREES TELL TALES
Use your sense of touch to get to know some
trees. Put on a blindfold and take turns guiding
a friend or family member to meet trees along
the trail. Feel the bark. Is it smooth or rough?
Hug the tree and see how big around it is. Meet
several trees and see how they are different
and alike by touch. Take some paper and a
crayon to make bark rubbings. Make cards with
your bark rubbings and give them to friends
and neighbors.
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PARKS 19TRAIL DRUMMING
As you walk a trail look for two good sticks that
could be used for drumming. Try drumming on
different trees, stumps, fallen logs, woodpecker
trees. How are the tones different? Are the
sounds different on different parts of a tree?
Which was your favorite sound?
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20 PARKSWINTER PICNIC
Pack some fun foods to try along with a warm
drink like hot chocolate. Find a great spot to
spread a blanket or a large bolder to picnic on.
Take in the nature sights, sounds, and smells
around you.
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Write a poem about your winter picnic.
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PARKS 21MAKE A
SOUND MAP
Take your passport and a pencil or pen with you
on a trail or in your neighborhood. Draw a tiny
picture of yourself in the center of the space. Sit
quietly and close your eyes. When you hear a
sound open your eyes and draw an arrow from
“you” in the direction of the sound, then draw
a symbol for what your
heard at the end of the
arrow (like a bird or
car). Listen for nature
and people sounds and
map them all. Try this
in different places and
compare your maps.
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22 PARKSTRAIL SEARCH
Take an empty container or bag with you on a
trail walk. See if you can find these items along
your walk. Fill in the bar graph when you have
found all the objects. Using the items you found,
make a piece of nature art.
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smooth rough acorns dried pine pieces
stones sticks leaves cones of bark
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PARKS 23MAGIC WAND
Find the perfect sized stick for your wand (a
good weight and length for you). Use sand paper
to make your wand smooth. Use permanent
markers to draw designs on your wand. Take
your wand on a trail walk with you. You are the
keeper of the forest. What magic
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will you do make your forest TI
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safe and healthy? Leave helpful
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messages in the snow for other
hikers to see.
Write the name of your wand here:
4
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24 PARKSPINE HILL PARK
2 OAK ST EXT, RUTLAND, VT 05701
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CHITTENDEN RESERVOIR
DAM ACCESS RD, CHITTENDEN, VT 05737
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AITKEN STATE FOREST
NOTCH RD, MENDON, VT 05701
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PARKS 25THUNDERING BROOK
FALLS TRAIL 2295 RIVER RD,
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KILLINGTON, VT 05751
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BOMOSEEN STATE PARK
22 CEDAR MOUNTAIN RD, FAIR HAVEN, VT 05743
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LAKE ST. CATHERINE
3034 VT-30, POULTNEY, VT 05764
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26 PARKSPITTSFORD REC TRAILS
233 RECREATION AREA RD, PITTSFORD, VT 05763
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CAVERLY RD. TRAIL
CAVERLY RD, PITTSFORD, VT 05763
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PROCTOR CARRIAGE TRAIL
33 OLYMPUS RD, PROCTOR, VT 05765
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PARKS 27EMERALD LAKE STATE PARK
65 EMERALD LAKE LN, EAST DORSET, VT 05253
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4
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SLATE VALLEY
FAIRGROUND TRAILS
HEN EXPL 131 TOWN FARM RD,
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POULTNEY, VT 05764
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4
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D&H RAIL ACCESSED ON
MAIN ST. CASTLETON
TRAIL OR MAIN ST. POULTNEY
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Photo: fpr.vermont.gov
28 PARKSBRANBURY STATE PARK
3570 LAKE DUNMORE RD, SALISBURY, VT 05769
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WHITE ROCKS NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA
LW
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SUGAR HILL RD,
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WALLINGFORD, VT 05773
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4
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HELEN W BUCKNER
MEMORIAL PRESERVE
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(TIM’S & BACHER TRAILS)
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1500 GALICK RD,
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WEST HAVEN, VT 05743
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Points
PARKS 29GIFFORD WOODS
STATE PARK
HEN EXPL
34 GIFFORD WOODS RD,
LW OR
IA KILLINGTON, VT 05751
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4
Points
TACONIC MOUNTAINS
RAMBLE STATE PARK
HEN EXPL 21 ST JOHN RD,
LW OR
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HUBBARTON, VT 05735
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MERCK FOREST
3270 ROUTE 315, RUPERT, VT 05768
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30 PARKSDISCOVER
LOCAL FOODS
Try the food activities on the next pages.
Visit the farmer’s market and maple sugar farm.
Vermont is a great place to discover fun foods!
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3
POINTS
EACH
31RUTLAND
FARMER’S MARKET
SCAVENGER HUNT
Search the market
Food Name Color
and see how many
different colored
fruits and veggies
you can find. List
what you found and
their color in the
chart and show the
market manager to
get your $5 token.
Try one of the foods
you discovered.
YOUR STAM
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3
Points
Sponsored by
32 LOCAL FOODMAKE YOUR OWN
VEGGIE CHIPS
Thinly slice carrots, sweet potatoes, beets,
yellow squash, zucchini, rutabagas, parsnips,
or potatoes. For the more watery veggies place
on a towel and salt lightly (to absorb the water.
Spread oil on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle salt, dill or
any spice of choice and bake at 300 degrees for
45 minutes rotating every 15 minutes until crispy.
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LOCAL FOOD 33BE A FOOD
SCIENTIST
Get some fruits and veggies WHEN D
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at the market or grocery store
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that you have never tried. Write
the name of the food in the
chart below and rate each taste
test as a “yum” or a “yuck”.
3
Points
Food Yum Yuck
34 LOCAL FOODSPROUTS,
SPROUTS, SPROUTS
Regrow left over parts of veggies. Take the
root sections of celery, lettuce, or cabbage
and place them in a bowl or glass with warm
water. Set them where they can get some sun.
You will see roots start to grow down into
the water and sprouts come out the top. You
can also regrow potatoes and carrots. Share a
photo of your sprouts!
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LOCAL FOOD 35:
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SA MA MAPLE SUGAR
OPEN HOUSE
Vermont Maple Open House Weekend. Baird
Farm 65 West Rd, N Chittenden, VT will be
one of farms open. Find the March dates here:
www.bairdfarm.com
GE
T A STAMP
3
Points
36 LOCAL FOODEXPLORE YOUR
COMMUNITY
Get curious about the
great places and activities 2
POINTS
in your community. EACH
LO O K FOR THE I CON AND S HARE YO UR PHOTOS !
!
Please
remember to
stay safe, follow
state guidelines
and make the
best choices for
your family.
37PAY IT FORWARD!
Do something for a neighbor. You could shovel
a walk, walk a dog, clean the snow off a car, or
pick up litter. Brighten someone’s day by doing
snow or nature art along a sidewalk where
others can see it when they walk by.
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2
Points
38 COMMUNITYOUTDOORS AT
SCHOOL
Earn points for your PE class or any outdoor
activity you do at school including recess. Have
a teacher initial your passport on this page.
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COMMUNITY 3911 Center St, Rutland, VT 05701
Fri & Sat 10-2, Sun 12-4
Call to reserve time: 802-282-2678
KIDS’ MUSEUM
Visit the kids’ museum and YOUR STAM
design and build something G ET
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on your visit. One free
family admission.
2
Points
FREE FAMILY PASS
Valid for regular admission for
family for one day.
40 COMMUNITYAT PINE
HILL PARK
Navigate around station 12 using a compass,
then do the challenges and collect all the
digital badges.
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2
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1 Middle Giorge
Boardwalk 2
Kiosk Lower
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Giorgetti 8
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COMMUNITY 41STORIES IN
THE WOODS
Check out the following ongoing story
experiences in the woods:
• Wallingford Book • Rutland Pinecone
Path at Homer Adventure Forest Trail
Stone Meadow Park Tale at Pine Hill Park
Check with your local library to see
if there is a story walk in your town.
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Name the books you read: I
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2
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Photo: deltalibraries.org
42 COMMUNITYHOLIDAY
LIGHT WALK
Take a holiday light walk around your
neighborhood, town or visit another town in
Rutland County to see all the great lights. Share
a photo of your favorite lights.
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2
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CHECK OUR THIS MAP!
COMMUNITY 43BORROW
YOUR STAM
SNOWSHOES
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Show your passport and check out
snowshoes at your local library
or the Rutland Community Rec.
2
Points
Center for free. Explore the trails.
Have fun!! Call ahead for hours
and to make reservations.
Bailey Memorial Library (Clarendon)
(802) 747-7743
baileylibraryvt.wordpress.com
Brandon Free Public Library
(802) 247-8230
bfpl.insigniails.com/Library/Home
Castleton Free Library
(802) 468-5574
castletonfreelibrary.org
Chittendon Public Library
(802) 773-3531
chittendenpubliclibrary.com
more libraries next page
44 COMMUNITYBORROW
SNOWSHOES YOUR STAM
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Gilbert Hart Library (Wallingford)
(802) 446-2685
ghlib.wordpress.com
Middletown Springs 2
Points
Public Library
(802) 235-2435
middletownspringslibrary.org
Poultney Public Library
(802) 287-5556
poultneypubliclibrary.com
Proctor Free Library
(802) 459-3539
proctorvermont.com/library
Rutland Community Rec. Center
(802) 773-1822 | Community Drive
rutlandrec.com/snowshoe
Shelburne Memorial
(802) 442-976
sherburnelibrary.org
COMMUNITY 45:
TE
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SA
VE 1/8
MAKE A
PINECONE FEEDER
On January 8th from 10:00 - 1:00 at Rutland
Free Library & Poultney Public Library you can
make a pinecone bird feeder to
take home and feed the birds in YOUR STAM
ET
your yard.
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Draw a picture of a bird
you see in your yard.
2
Points
46 COMMUNITYSA
Rutland
VE
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2/2 HE D
1-2 AT
/26 ES:
WINTERFEST
EVENTS
Here are some of the family activities taking
place during winter break February 21st-26th.
Go to rutlandrec.com/winterfest for a complete
list of Winterfest Activities:
WALK ST
RY A
O M
ST
• Tuesday 22nd - Sledding
P
down Center St.
• Saturday 26th Snow
Carving at Main St. with
Teddy Bear Clinic, WKM 2
Points
Kids’ Sculpting & Go Play
Activities
• Downtown Story Walk
• Pinecone Adventure Trail
Tale at Pinehill Park
COMMUNITY 47:
TE
E DA
TH
VE 2/26
SA
AT MOUNTAIN TOP INN AND RESORT
Saturday, February 26th | 10:00-2:00
Come try cross country skiing and snowshoeing
at this free event hosted by Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Vermont. Rentals are free on a first-
come, first-served basis. Check
YOUR STAM
website for changes due to ET
G
P
Covid: www.bluecrossvt.org
2
Points
48 COMMUNITYSCHOOL &
CLASSROOM
PRIZES
WIN A TROPHY FOR YOUR SCHOOL
The school with the highest percentage of
completed parent surveys will win a CAO trophy.
WIN A GIFT FOR EACH STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS
Every teacher who completes the classroom
survey will be entered in the drawing. Three
classes will be winners.
49PRIZES
When you earn 30 POINTS in your passport,
you can redeem your points for a prize! You can
get one prize at any time during the program.
Show your passport and claim a prize before
FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST. Call prize centers for
open hours.
PRIZE CENTERS:
Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum
11 Center St. Rutland VT | 802-282-2678
wonderfeetkidsmuseum.org
Poultney Public Library
205 Main St, Poultney, VT | 802-287-5556
poultneypubliclibrary.com
Brandon Free Public Library
4 Franklin St, Brandon, VT | 802-247-8230
bfpl.insigniails.com
Gilbert Hart Library
14 S Main St, Wallingford, VT | 802-446-2685
ghlib.wordpress.com
50GRAND PRIZE
DRAWING
For a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE:
1) Complete at least 30 points
2) Fill out the online survey by scanning the QR
or visiting: https://bit.ly/pass22S
All completed surveys will be
entered in the drawings for the
grand prizes.
1 GIFT BASKET OF BOOKS
AND GAMES $130 value
2 CAO ADVENTURE PACK
$110 value
3 COBRA GIFT PACKAGE
$75 value
4 VERMONT STATE PARK
PACKAGE $50 value
51THIS PROGRAM IS PRODUCED
WITH SUPPORT FROM:
WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM:
SNAP-ED Funding for this program is provided from the USDA. The USDA is
an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
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