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Photograph by Chad Pilster
During the Youth Science Institute's insect fair, Stuart Keller got up close and personal with a millipede.
Youth Science Institute
The YSI turns to community for facilities improvements to meet its growing needs
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From insect fairs and wildlife festivals to science safaris and summer day camps, the Youth Science Institute has engaged children and families for years in its many programs and events at YSI Nature Centers at Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos. As the 1990s draw to a close, the nonprofit YSI is now turning to the communities its young visitors have come from in order to raise money to renovate and expand its popular Vasona facilities. According to executive director Ann Dunham, summer day camps at Vasona have been growing by 60 percent yearly, as have school programs. With space at a premium in the current facilities, children are sometimes turned away from certain activities when there are too many signups. In response to this, the YSI formed a facilities committee, which drew up a plan to include a new indoor classroom; an outdoor, sit-down classroom sheltered from noise from nearby Highway 17; a fully equipped teaching laboratory; permanent exhibit space open to groups and visitors when classes are in progress; and more restroom space to meet increased demand.
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Youth Science Institute seeks community support for facilities improvements
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