(WNY News Now) – Audubon Community Nature Center invites you to shop local, enjoy free hot cocoa and cookies, and explore its nature preserve, all while supporting small businesses on Small Business Saturday.
Jamestown, N.Y. – Audubon Community Nature Center and the Blue Heron Gift Shop are participating in Small Business Saturday on November 30 with free hot cocoa and cookies, free admission, and discounts in the gift shop and on new Nature Center memberships.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving is Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses and communities across the country, and Audubon’s hours are 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Blue Heron Gift Shop is stocked for the holidays with gifts, including many that are truly unique to Audubon. Items include Audubon’s own Nature Discovery Kits, new puppets and plush animals, a wide variety children’s books, nature and guide books, locally-made honey, beeswax candles, and soaps. Most everything in the gift shop will be 10% off for everyone, and 20% off for all current Nature Center Members.
Are you interested in becoming a member, or do you know someone who would appreciate becoming a part of the Audubon community? Purchase a holiday gift membership to Audubon for yourself or for your favorite nature-lover, and get 10% off an annual membership fee on this day only.
Before or after you stop in to shop, you can take a nature break by walking the trails, exploring the outdoor nature play area, or visiting the live animals.
Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown, N.Y., and Warren, Pa. You can visit the nearly 600-acre nature preserve, check in on the live birds of prey, enjoy the natural play space, and hike over five miles of trails dawn until dusk daily for free.
In addition to the Blue Heron Gift Shop, the three-story Nature Center building houses interactive displays and a collection of live animals, including the Hellbender exhibit. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1–4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and SNAP/EBT cardholders have free building admission daily. Building admission is also free every Sunday for non-Nature Center members.
To learn more about Audubon and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, or visit AudubonCNC.org.
Audubon Community Nature Center builds and nurtures connections between people and nature by providing positive outdoor experiences, opportunities to learn about and understand the natural world, and knowledge to act in environmentally responsible ways.
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