Volunteers Needed at Maryland Hall
Patrick Dougherty arrives this week and begins the work of installing our own Stickwork sculpture. We hope you can be a part of this community project by volunteering. We are in need of additional volunteers to work at MD Hall next Tuesday, May 4 through Saturday, May 8. Tasks include: unbundling sourced saplings, stripping leaves, and rebundling for the artist. Volunteers are needed daily in two shifts: 8 am - 12 pm and 1-5 pm. Volunteers must be 16 or older and have the physical stamina to work for four hours at a time. No specific skills are needed other than enthusiasm. Volunteers should have the ability to reach above one’s head, the ability to bend, kneel, and to sit on the ground, normal strength to carry bundles of sticks. Click here to register. If you would like to sign up for multiple shifts or bring a group, please contact our Front of House and Volunteer Manager Reilly Kelbaugh directly. Thank you for your support!
CoreLife Healthcare Aids in Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine
Earlier this month, CoreLife Healthcare began offering COVID-19 vaccinations in its 18 Maryland locations to aid the state's effort of rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine. CoreLife was selected to take part in the vaccine rollout due to its unique program specializing in treatment of higher risk patients. Vaccines administered by CoreLife are available to all Marylanders. The clinics are actively administering the Moderna vaccine, which all adults over the age of 18 are eligible. To register, visit corelifemd.com/covid19-vaccine.
Smithsonian Museums Begin to Re-Open
On Friday, May 14, the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Renwick Gallery, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., will reopen to the public. The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, will open May 5. Selected additional museums and the National Zoo will open their doors Friday, May 21. See the list of locations here.
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Slender-Snouted Crocodile
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to welcome a 15-year-old male Western African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) to the Chimpanzee Forest. Baron, named for Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier, a French naturalist and zoologist who first described the species, recently arrived from a private facility in Florida to take the place of two adult slender-snouted crocodiles. After a mandatory 30-day quarantine, he has spent time becoming accustomed to the space, as well as the African mud turtles and cichlid fish that share the habitat.
