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June 9, 2012

The Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center is proud to be the only site on Delmarva for "National Get Outdoors Day", a national event designed to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. Participating partners will offer hands-on opportunities for Delmarva kids to experience traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities. Kids can learn to safely shoot a gun or bow, cast a fishing rod, paddle a kayak, identify wild animals, and live a healthy lifestyle. Free lunch will be provided to all, and free HODC t-shirts will be given to the first 400 kids.

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What People are Saying

Teachers need outdoor classrooms to make nature come alive for students. The Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center is a wonderful field trip destination for local schools.
- Allen Brown
- (Retired), Wicomico County Board of Education

I strongly encourage all youth organization leaders to plan a trip to the Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center. There is no better place to encourage youth fellowship and appreciation for the outdoors than the HODC.
- Martin Hutchison
- Pastor, Community of Joy Church

Richard Hazel has always been a friend of scouting. The Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center is a natural tribute to Mr. Hazel's love for children, scouting, and the outdoors.
- Kevin Les Callette
- Field Director, Boy Scouts of America

With competition from television, video games, and the internet, we need places like the Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center to turn kids on to nature. The HODC is your kids' cure for nature deficit disorder.
- Carrie Samis
- Delmarva Environmental Educators Network


Our Mission . . .

to provide opportunities to explore and celebrate the outdoors, and to promote harmony between all people through natural experiences.