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Land, Air and Sea at the Heritage Village

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By Pat Monahan

We continued the Garden of Fire 2019 theme of movement at the Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes from July 16-19.  Addison Youth Center, Corning Youth Center, Hornell Area Concern for Youth and the Salvation Army (Corning) will step back in time to movement in the 1800s.  Nothing traveled at the speed of light other than light.  Movement consisted of feet on the ground, boats in the water, and the first attempts at air travel using a biplane and a propeller in 1903.  Everyone who visits the Heritage Village with the Garden of Fire will have fun with movement in the air, on the land and in the sea.  Here is what the kids did during their visit to the Heritage Village;

  • Games of the 1800s included outdoor games such as using stilts, playing bocce ball, racing with hoops and sticks, and playing checkers, shut the box and dominoes inside.
  • Racin’ on the Water succeeded in pitting one sailboat or a barge against another for a race to the finish line.
  • Flyin’ through the air saw us make paper airplanes designed to fly through a hoop in midair and hit a bullseye using different materials to build the plane.
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography

I don’t know what your idea of fun is, but at the Heritage Village we like to try things that you have never done before and have a blast doing it.  Kids did exactly that in the 1800s and so can you in 2019.

All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
All photos courtesy of Dan Gallgher Photography
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Garden of Fire Logo Design Winners Announced!

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Congratulations to Aidan (age 11), Kara (age 12) and Taylor (age 9)!

Garden of Fire - Final Logo
The Garden of Fire logo incorporates design elements from each participating youth center!

With such a diverse array of participating organizations in the Garden of Fire program, we felt it deserved its very own logo – and who better to design it than the participants themselves?

The project began with a lesson plan created to teach the participating youths about logo and graphic design, including some criteria to guide their creations. They were asked to create a circular design with a limited color palette, using the Garden of Fire Story as inspiration. The story brings up themes of nature, gardening, art, life cycles, elements, and personal growth. Each youth center sent in their designs, and a committee including a representative from all of the partnering organizations and youth centers decided on the winners.

The committee was so blown away by the students’ creativity and vision, that it was decided to choose strong elements of a logo from a student at each youth center to create one super-logo that truly encapsulates the collaborative efforts of the program. The tagline, “Where young minds grow” was created by the students at Hornell Area Concern for Youth, and captures the intent of the program perfectly.

Click on the icons below to see the raw submissions that turned into the final logo, as well as the committee’s awards of “Honorable Mention.”

Thank you to everyone who submitted their logo designs – it was a very hard decision, as all of the submissions were very creative and moving.

All of the logo designs will be on display at the specific youth centers, and again at the Garden of Fire festival to be held later in the summer.