Greetings and Salutations!

Happy almost spring, volunteers!� Here at The Health Adventure it's Dental Month, and our educators have been flying around the museum teaching hundreds of children about the importance of dental health.� This year's theme is "Flossed in Space."� Our young astronauts take a journey on the starship Dentalprise to the Plaque planet where they seek to stop the impending invasion of our mouths by the plaque aliens.� It's amazing to see how far a little black light and a child's imagination can take you!

Our current traveling exhibit, "Little Builders" has also been a huge success.� The exhibit is always packed with guests exploring, hammering, building, and moving.� Come by and see it if you haven't had a chance!

We're also getting excited about our upcoming summer exhibit, "The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm."� Opening at the end of May, this exhibit promises to be another blockbuster for all ages!

Planning is also well underway for this year's summer camps.� Our GIRLS Quest camp is already down to 4 empty slots!� This year's campers will explore everything from animals to toys and ooey gooey things.� We'll also need some great volunteers and interns to help us make this camp a grand success.� If you or anyone you know might be interested in working with this summer's camps, please let me know!

We also have a brand new volunteer brochure!� The next time you're in the museum, take a look at our new tri-fold--it's beautiful!

In personal news, I'm looking ahead to March, which is an Irish dancer's dream month...� We already have a performance the weekend before St. Patrick's Day, one the night before, and at least two on St. Patrick's day itself.� I think I'll be tired by Sunday!

I hope this newsletter finds you and yours doing well�and�enjoying this beautiful warm spell (however brief it may be...).� I look forward to seeing you around the museum soon!

Welcome New Volunteers!

We're excited to welcome our newest volunteers on board!� If you're around the museum, give them a big welcome "The Health Adventure Way"!

Brittney Pritchard joins us from UNCA as a grades 9-12 math major.� Brittney will� work primarily with our Dental Month programs for the rest of February.� She spent several hours watching our educators in action on Wednesday, and she should start her first programs on Friday.� Welcome, Brittney!

Samantha Edder also joins us from A-B Tech.� Samantha will be volunteering on the museum floor and also creating a photo documentary about The Health Adventure for her Photography II class.� We look forward to seeing her photos and working with her on the floor!� Welcome, Samantha!

Current Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers, we need your help!� Please look over the current opportunities listed below.� Signing up for any of these is easy!� Just give me a call or an email and I'll sign you up!

History Month Rehearsal Invitation

Ever wished you could travel back in time to meet a famous scientist?� You're invited to a special, once in a lifetime chance to do just that!� Join us on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 3:30 at The Health Adventure for your own time travel experience.� We'll take you back in time to meet the creator of the world's first instant message...Alexander Graham Bell.� Learn from Bell himself about the creation of the telephone and his other communication devices.

Okay, really this is a dress rehearsal for this year's March History Month program, presented in dramatic form by Charles McKnight, our wonderful volunteer actor who magically molds himself into countless historical figures every year.� We hope you'll be able to join us for this year's latest History Month�rehearsal!

Building Up for Fun

Mark your calendars now for Thursday, April 19 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.!� Invitations and more information will arrive in your mailboxes in a few weeks, but save the date for this year's Volunteer Week event.� I won't tell you too much now, but the event will tie in with our current traveling exhibit, "Little Builders"...and will feature a special presentation on our very own "little building project."