Category: Nature

On August 25, 2024, a group of 60 volunteers from the CAFA Youth Volunteer group and AYLUS Chapel Hill branch returned to Jordan Lake near Apex, NC, for a cleanup effort. The volunteers, including youth and their parents, had previously cleaned a major section of the lake on February 3, 2024. To their dismay, they…
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On Saturday, August 24, 2024, Chapel Hill Community Center Park welcomed a new butterfly garden, thanks to the efforts of the Chapel Hill Park and Recreation Service and more than 18 youth volunteers from the CAFA group. The garden, designed to attract and support monarch butterflies, features newly planted milkweed, a vital food source for…
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The Chinese New Year, also called lunar new year celebration, is an especially important event in many East Asian cultures. It is based on the lunar calendar, which has 13 months each with 28 days. This year, the lunar new year was on Saturday February 10th.  Usually, on this auspicious occasion, Chinese families would be…
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