GLOW Events Newsletter - GLOW

Check out our recent history and some upcoming events. We work with our members to schedule field trips, classes and events. Advance events are promoted to our membership and this list is historical.

GLOW Events 2022-2023 School Year

Spring 2023 GLOW Events

Coming soon!

Winter 2022-2023 GLOW Events

Christmas Tree Farm – 12/2
Bulls Island Adventure (Ages 8+, drop off) – 12/5
Charleston Animal Society Shelter Squad (Ages 8+, drop off) – 12/6
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Dock Street Theater – 12/8
Paddleboards & Ecology – 12/9
Museum Colonial Apprentice (Grades 3-8) – 12/12
Museum Bug Bonanza (Grades K-3) – 12/12

Museum Animals A-Z (Grades K-3) – 1/9
Marsh Restoration Project Mondays (4 weeks) – 1/9
Middleton Place Activities – 1/11
Little GLOW Winter Co-Op (6 weeks) – 1/11
GLOW Enrichment Elementary & Middle School (6 weeks) – 1/12
Marsh Restoration Project Tuesdays (4 weeks) – 1/17
DNR Fort Johnson Estuary Animals & Sea Turtles – 1/18
Charleston Museum- Life in the Civil War – 1/18
The Very Hungry Caterpillar at Dock Street Theater – 1/20
Bulls Bay Advanced Island Quest & Birds of Prey – 1/21
The Very Hungry Caterpillar at Dock Street Theater – 1/25

Museum Feathered Friends (Grades K-3) – 2/6
Recycle Charleston – 2/7
Charleston Museum Life in the Civil War – 2/8
Pluff Mudd Farm – 2/22
Soap Making with snake skin at petting zoo – 2/25

Fall 2022 GLOW Events

Marsh Restoration Project 3-meetings – 8/29 (waitlist)
Museum Tomb Travelers – 9/1 (waitlist)
Little GLOW Co-Op (ages 3-6) 8-weeks – 9/7
Elementary Enrichment 6-weeks – 9/8
Middle School Enrichment 6-weeks – 9/8 (4 spots left)
Pickleball with Coach Des – 6-weeks – 9/8
Naturalist Elementary with Jim Koenig – 8-weeks – 9/19
Naturalist Middle School with Jim Koenig – 8-weeks – 9/19
Museum South Carolina Story – 9/21
Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center – 9/29
Charleston Aqua Park (Age 6 & up) – 9/30

Recycle Charleston (morning) – 10/5
Recycle Charleston (afternoon) – 10/5
Charleston Fossil Adventures, Folly Beach – 10/7
Unofficial GLOW Day at West Farm – 10/12
Paddleboards & Ecology – 10/14
GLOW Day at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens – 10/17
Legare Farms Pumpkin Patch – 10/18
Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center – 10/19
Yesterday’s Trash Archaeology – 10/20
GLOW Movie at the Terrace Theater, Lyle Lyle Crocodile – 10/21
Secrets in the Sand (PreK – elementary) – 10/25
Seining the Sea with Charleston County Parks – 10/25
Wonderworks Myrtle Beach – 10/28

Yesterday’s Trash Archaeology 10:00 am (Grades 3-8) – 11/4
Yesterday’s Trash Archaeology 11:30 am (Grades 3-8) – 11/4
Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center – 11/9
DNR Elementary Estuary Animals & Salt Marsh Field Study – 11/9
DNR Middle School (Age 10 & Up) Discovery Vessel and Facilities Tour – 11/9
Tribal Life and Customs at Charleston Museum (Grade 1-3) – 11/14
Museum Rebels and Revolution – 11/16
Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center – 11/16
Paddleboards & Ecology – 11/18

GLOW Events 2021-2022 School Year

Spring 2022 GLOW Events

Hunley Museum – 3/4
Elementary Enrichment 6-weeks – 3/10
Middle School Enrichment 6-weeks – 3/10
Jeremiah Goat Farm: Signature Tour – 3/15
Jeremiah Goat Farm: Baby Goat Snuggles – 3/15
Diodes Co-op Ages 3-6: 8-weeks – 3/16
Jeremiah Goat Farm: Baby Goat Snuggles – 3/17
Jeremiah Goat Farm: Signature Tour – 3/15

Fossil Hunting Adventures on Folly – 4/7
Dolphin Camp – 4/26
Fossil Hunting Adventures on Folly – 4/27
Elementary Enrichment (4 weeks) – 4/28
Middle School Enrichment ages 10 & up (4 weeks) – 4/28
Edisto Serpentarium – 4/29

Paddleboards & Ecology – 5/2
Grice Marine Lab Touch Tank – 5/10
Fossil Hunting Adventures on Folly – 5/11
Revolutionary Charleston – 5/13
Grice Marine Lab Touch Tank – 5/17
Bee City Zoo – 5/18
Folly Beach Seining – 5/25
DNR All Ages – Horseshoe crabs, shorebirds, sea turtles – 6/1
DNR Middle School (5^th & up) Discovery Vessel & Squid – 6/2
Aqua Park & Aqua Ropes GLOW Summer Kickoff! – 6/3

Winter 2022 GLOW Events

Elementary Enrichment 6-weeks – 1/20
Middle School Enrichment 6-weeks – 1/20
Hunley Museum – 2/4
Fossil Casting and Geologic Timeline – 2/7
GLOW Naturalist Series 6-weeks – 2/7
Montessori Farm School Visit – 2/8
Valentine Party and Exchange – 2/14
Stingrays Hockey Game Education Day – 2/15
Glowing Science – 2/25

Fall 2021 GLOW Events

Dolphin Camp – 8/11
Edisto Seining – 8/19

Diodes Co-op (age 3-6) 8-weeks – 9/8
Music & Movement (age 4-8) 6-weeks – 9/8
Elementary Enrichment 8-weeks – 9/9
Middle School Enrichment 8-weeks – 9/9
GLOW Naturalist Series 6-weeks – 9/13
Hidden History & Life in the Civil War – 9/14
Paddleboards & Ecology – 9/17
Marsh Walk & Pluff Mud Painting – 9/20
Edisto Island Serpentarium – 9/24
Center for Birds of Prey – 9/28

Morris Island Fossil Hunt – 10/6
Colonial Quest – 10/8
Mushroom Mountain & Organic Farm Weekend – 10/9 – 10/11
Bee City Zoo – 10/15
Legare Farms Pumpkin Patch – 10/22

Barrier Island Eco Tours – 11/2
GLOW Naturalist 4 weeks Nov-Dec – 11/8
Goat Soap Making – 11/10
Lowcountry Raptors – 11/11
Elementary Enrichment 4-weeks – 11/18
Middle School Enrichment 4-weeks – 11/18
Horsemanship Farm Class – 11/19
Christmas Tree Farm – 12/2

GLOW Events 2020-2021 School Year

Spring 2021 GLOW Events

Cooking with the Sun – 3/3
Salve & Tincture Making – 3/5
Middle School Enrichment 2nd session (6 weeks) – 3/4
Elementary School Enrichment 2nd session (6 weeks) – 3/4
Knife Forging – 3/12
Farm STEM Lab (6 classes) – 3/15
Air Flow Art at the Dill – 3/14
Perspectives of the People (Middle School) – 3/23
Lowcountry Raptors – 3/26
DNR Discovery Vessel (Middle School) – 3/30
Gigglewoods Flora & Fauna – 3/31

DNR Botany Bay – 4/1
Native Herb/Food Walk – 4/10
Seining with Mr. Jim – 4/12
DNR Fort Johnson – 4/13
Elementary Enrichment Tuesdays 2 weeks – 4/13
Barrier Island Eco Tour – 4/14
Gigglewoods Flora & Fauna – 4/19
Geology Minerals Class & Lab – 4/21
Montessori Farm School Visit – 4/21
Earth Day Seine Net with Mr Jim – 4/24
Paddleboards & Ecology – 4/28

Rock & Roll Band – 5/3
Paddleboards & Ecology – 5/5
The Goatery at Kiawah River – 5/5
Elementary Enrichment 4 weeks – 5/6
Middle School Enrichment 4 weeks – 5/6
Geology Rocks – 5/12
Family Beach Day – 5/15
Paddleboards & Ecology – 5/18
Bee City Zoo – 5/26
Seining – 6/5

Winter 2021 GLOW Events

Middle School Enrichment (6 weeks) – Thursdays 1/14
- Entrepreneurship, Art, Social Emotional Learning, STEM.
Elementary Enrichment (6 weeks) – Thursdays 1/14
- Charleston Museum, STEM, Art, Social Learning.
Make Nesting Balls – 1/19
Yarn Making at the Farm – 1/20
Intro to Herbalism – 2/3
Food Preservation – 2/12
Goat Soap Making – 2/13
Forest Gardening – 2/17
Lowcountry Raptors – 2/19

Fall-Winter 2020 GLOW Events

Diodes Co-Op (ages 3-6), Wannamaker County Park – 8 weeks starts Wed 9/9
Marsh Walk at the Dill – 9/14
Paddleboards & Ecology – 9/16
Marsh Walk at the Dill – 9/21
Paddleboards & Ecology – 9/25
Charleston’s Hidden History at the Dill – 9/30
- Age 8 & up Group
- Age 6 & up Group

How an Organic Farm Operates – 10/2
- Age 5 & up 10:00
- Age 10 & up 11:30
Cypress Gardens – 10/5
Paddleboards & Ecology – 10/9
Bee Class with Jim Strohm – 10/9
GLOW Day Fall Festival at Hometown Roots Farm – 10/13
All Things Acre Petting Zoo – 10/14
Paddleboards & Ecology – for ALL Ages! – 10/15
Bee City Zoo – 10/16
Egg Drop Challenge – 10/19
Paddleboards & Ecology – 10/21
Improv Art & Storytelling – 10/23
Bee City Zoo – 10/28
Halloween Teal Pumpkin Trunk or Treat – 10/30

Seining! – 11/3
Paddleboards & Ecology – for ALL Ages! – 11/4
Diodes Co-Op (ages 3-6) Nov-Dec Location Rotation Wed 10am starts (6 weeks) – 11/4
Improv Art & Storytelling – 11/6
All about your Spine – 11/6
Diodes Co-Op (ages 3-6) Nov-Dec Mt Pleasant Tues 1pm starts (6 weeks) – 11/10
Plant Walk with a Botanist/Herbalist – 11/11
Paddleboards & Ecology with Atlantic SUPergirls Jules – 11/16
Farm Animal Care Class – 11/20
Improv Art & Storytelling – 11/20