Nature's Academy

Since 2007, Nature's Academy has served over 30,000 students and removed over 4,000 lbs of litter from local shorelines. Additionally, 80% of Science Literacy Project students have demonstrated learning gains directly correlated with their Nature's Academy field trip. "We keep going because something as simple as $25 can help pay for one 5th grader... to come out on our field trip. The next chapter is to see a higher awareness of the Science Literacy Project. That's what I would like to see happen. We need the community support to take our mission to the next level, to make it a permanent fixture for the kids." With the return of the cancer, Dana elected to enroll herself in a clinical trial conducted by the National Cancer Institute of a new drug therapy specific to desmoid tumors. As far as she knows, it is the first trial of its kind, and every three weeks, she and Jim will return to NCI in Maryland to monitor her progress. Now, Dana herself is the science experiment.Read More