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Cooper Center's educators were part of this year's Family SciFest at the Children's Museum Tucson. We brought hands-on learning activities to the almost 1,300 attendees. The weather was beautiful, too! Thank you to everyone we met!
Saguaros need your help! This Wednesday, February 23rd, join Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and volunteers from across Southern Arizona to help eradicate buffelgrass!
Today is Giving Day! Spread the LOVE! Donate directly to Camp Cooper and bring the Sonoran desert and schoolchildren together.
Do you have our GORGEOUS Camp Cooper t-shirts yet? Show off your love of the Cooper Center with each of these artful designs while supporting our education programs and camps.
As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King's memory today, we at the Cooper Center pledge to continue our work in having everything we do be more inclusive, more representative of the communities that we engage with, and more understanding. We value deeper relationships with the families and neighborhoods we serve and, in Dr. King's words, we "keep moving forward" to a more socially just society.
We're looking to add an instructor to our staff in 2022, if you have a passion for environmental education and all things Sonoran Desert the Cooper Center is the place for you!
On November 20th, Camp Cooper opened its gates for the first public event in over 18 months. The occasion was to celebrate outstanding Tucson teachers - teachers who had made a difference in the lives of students and teachers who employ hands-on learning in the classroom.
Camp Cooper is excited to welcome one of our new educators, Isaac Silva! In his spare time Isaac loves eating all his mother's cooking, especially her "Caldo de Queso".
The experience begins Friday evening with a light dinner and the Trek orientation. The Trek itself takes place from sunrise to sunset on Saturday. Participants sleep at the Cooper Center Friday night and then wake up early for the Trek.
Camp Cooper welcomes Alexianne (she/her) as one of our new educational staff members. Alexianne is from Glendale, Arizona. She loves all types of cacti, but her favorite is the nopal, and she very much enjoys the presence of hummingbirds.
This week we're highlighting Brittne (she/they). Brittne is from Phoenix, AZ but has called Tucson home for 11 years. She started out as instructional staff at Cooper in 2018 and now functions as a Program Coordinator, working on programmatic changes to make Cooper more accessible and fun for all learners!
We are proud that for the first time in our history, we are recruiting for a full-time marketing position. We are looking for candidates with experience in content creation, brand and messaging, program and event promotion, PR, graphic design, video editing and diversity, equity and inclusion.
