Many may recall that in December we asked for your help to name our new mascot. The winning name was Ranger Parker Redfox. Since that time, we have been busy working with a mascot design firm to create Parker.

Parker looks like he is going to have lots of adventures and meet many new people over the next several months.

His public debut was on Monday, April 7, at an Earth Month Event sponsored by Longwood University. Here you can see Ranger Parker with school children from Fuqua School.

Ranger Parker at his first public event

Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle spoke at the event. I was very jealous that Parker got to meet Richard Louv.

From left to right, Richard Louv, Ranger Parker Redfox, Director Joe Elton