Healing and Hope Through Science
Providing support for hospitalized children's emotional well-being and education by engaging them in activities that nurture their sense of curiosity about the natural world.
Providing support for hospitalized children's emotional well-being and education by engaging them in activities that nurture their sense of curiosity about the natural world.
Summer 2011
Healing and Hope Through Science has moved to the NC Botanical Garden!  We will continue programming at UNC and Duke Hospitals and hope to expand the program.  We'll be busy writing grants this fall...!

Winter 2011
We are excited to announce that this program will be moving to the NC Botanical Garden at UNC starting this summer!  We will continue programming at UNC and Duke Children's Hospitals and hope to expand programming to more kids and their families.

Fall 2010

We're busy spending the fall exploring and learning and making big (but sanitary) messes!  We've also had some excellent outpatient events with Arts for Life programming as well as our annual pumpkin party.  We're behind on our nature newsletters but are trying to update our blog as often as possible.  Please check it out: healingandhopethroughscience.wordpress.com

Summer 2010
Healing and Hope with Science has its first intern!!! Charles Li, a rising senior at Duke, will be working with the group through the Duke Engage program! He is hard at work making the new Healing and Hope blog site, working with more kids on the pediatric bone marrow unit, and working to write up the Healing and Hope lesson plans! 

 2010
We've started the new year off with several fun inpatient activities and classes- including a new class on habitats and a new activity all about turtles.  We also have a new group of Duke students from the program Science Days who are leading Science Night in the playroom at Duke on Monday evenings.  :)

 We had wonderful outpatient event with special guest Stephanie Bohr from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.  She lead a program about Dinosaurs on Feb 27.  We have several more outpatient family events coming up this spring.
Upcoming outpatient family events are from 4:30-6pm @ Duke Gardens unless otherwise noted.

Treasure Egg Hunt - (3pm-5pm) March 31
Recycled Music Band with special guest Tray Batson- April 21
Aquarium Adventures with special guests from the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores May 12
Insects! with guests from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences- June 30


 2009
Our project director, Katie Vogel, was recently named "Tarheel of the Week" by the Raleigh News and Observer.
 
Fall/Winter Outpatient Family Events at Duke Gardens from 4:30-6pm.  

August 28- Nature Art with Mary Margaret
September 16- Nature of Sound with Music Therapist Tray Batson
October 28- Halloween Hike (wear your costumes!)
November 18- Super Sea Creatures (with visitors from the NC Aquarium)


May 2009

We just completed the third annual Science Fair at Duke Hospital School! Two fantastic scientists presented their projects to admiring fans at the hospital.

 

On May 14 visitors from the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores brought a program to Duke Gardens. And on May 15 they brought critters to UNC Hospital School. It was a wonderful experience for all! :)

Two students have now started nature/science blogs. Please check out their sites! One of them has a short video, too. Please see below.

http://www.powerflowersnc.blogspot.com/

and

http://www.bluebutterflysscienceblog.blogspot.com/


April 2009
4/10/09

Last weekend we held our third annual treasure egg hunt at Duke Gardens on what was possibly the most glorious spring day yet! :)

Our Flower Team and local Florist C. have been having lots of fun making beautiful flower arrangements!


February and March 2009

We've had two special programs from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, both of which were fantastic! Stephanie Bohr brough Meet the Mammals & Super Salamanders programs to Duke Gardens.

Decmber 08

12/17/08 2nd Annual Winter Wonderland Party at Duke Gardens with special guests from Hendrick Motorsports. :)


October 08

Check out the article about Healing and Hope Through Science & the UNC and Duke Hospital Schools in this month's Carolina Parent magazine.

10/29/08: Families joined us for our second annual Halloween Celebration with Trick-Or-Treating and Pumpkin Decorating at Duke Gardens

September 08
9/29/08

Patients at Duke Hospital will now have the opportunity to use stereomicroscopes to examine the smaller parts of their world. :)

9/9/08
Bob Davis, Storyteller and Naturalist enthralled audiences with his stories for outpatient families at Duke Gardens and inpatients in thUNC Hospitals Play Room.


July 2008

7/7/08 Healing and Hope Through Science is thrilled to announce that we just received funding through The Oak Foundation to help keep us going for three more years! We are still looking for additional funding, but are so incredibly grateful to the Oak Foundation for enabling this program to continue and to grow!


June 2008
6/1/08 Healing and Hope Through Science went to the UNC Jaycee Burn Center's Camp Celebrate. We had so much fun making our pillbug (roly poly) circus and catching aquatic invertebrates and small vertebrates in the pond!


May 2008
5/10/08  The Paperhand Puppet Intervention came to Duke Gardens this week to have a puppet show, parade, and puppet making activity for PBMT outpatient familes. Special thanks to the Chapel Hill Optimist Club for making this event possible!


April 2008

4/12/08

Our students just completed the second annual Duke Hospital School Science Fair. The projects were amazing!


March 2008
3/16/08

We just had our second annual Treasure Egg Hunt at Duke Gardens today. We all had a great time! Thanks to all of the families who came out for the event and thanks to our special helpers Will, Sue, and Gary.

Spring 08 Outpatient Events

February 19th--- Celebrate Spring at the CHC

March 16--- Treasure Egg Hunt at Duke Gardens

May 6--- Paperhand Puppet Intervention workshop at Duke Gardens


January 2008

1/14/08

My creative and smart lil' friend, who just turned four, painted this today. Amazing, huh?

Mi amigita creativa y inteligente, que solamente tiene 4 a? pint?e hoy. ?Increible, no?


1/2/08

We had a successful WinterWonderland/Snow celebration for outpatients from the DUKE PBMT program in December, and look forward to having more outpatient gatherings. We're also getting geared up for the Spring '08 Science Fairs!



Also, check out these YouTube videos from the PBS Nature series of two elephants who were reunited after years of separation.

Mira eses sitos en el internet que tienen una cuenta de dos elefantes reunidos.

Shirley The Elephant, Parts 1 & 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEUayHqrRc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKxgLvIS6Y