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Fifty is nifty at Ijams Nature Center
Homecoming celebrates a story that ‘weaves across generations’
Cindy Hassil is Ijams Nature Center development director.
KNOXVILLE — Ijams Nature Center will celebrate 50 years of being a nonprofit organization dedicated to nature, education, and stewardship at an Ijams Homecoming on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
This free event will feature fun, hands-on activities for all ages, historic materials, guided hikes, refreshments, and more at the Ijams Visitor Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. in South Knoxville.
“This is a special milestone for Ijams Nature Center,” Ijams President and CEO Amber Parker said. “We’re celebrating 50 years of continuing the legacy of respect, wonder, and protection H.P. and Alice Ijams began more than a century ago when they bought 20 acres along the Tennessee River to raise their family.