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Sunday Synergy @ Unity of Roanoke Valley!A Different Web Experience: Dreamcatchers
However dream catchers are believed to work, their underlying meaning and symbolism remain the same. They serve a protective purpose. Those who believe in dream catchers say that they act as a filter for dreams. They send good dreams to the sleeper and the bad dreams away. Native American dream catchers from the Ojibwe tribe were traditionally used as talismans. Their purpose was to protect sleepers, especially children, from bad dreams, nightmares and evil spirits. Native Americans believed that at night the air was filled with dreams, both good and bad. They are not to be bought, but made by someone to be given for protection. Culturally, it represents the interconnectedness of all living things.
About Donna Haley
Donna began her service to Virginia Cooperative Extension in 1996 as a Master Gardener. In 2012, she took on the title of Master Naturalist as well. She often completes her service hours volunteering for the speakers bureau or coordinating outreach and education for these groups.
Donna, as an ethno-botanist, taught horticulture at Virginia Western Community College at Greenfield. She was a “Tank Team” member at the Ocean in the Mountains Aquarium at Center in the Square in Roanoke, and a Science Museum volunteer. She also enjoys volunteering for the Blue Ridge Mountains Council Boy Scouts of America and served on their Council Conservation Committee. Donna is an inaugural member of the Blue Ridge Environmental Educators.
Learning new things is what keeps her fueled for adventure. Herbs, native plants, ferns, fungi and water gardens are all topics of interest. Donna likes to travel as well. Her favorite quote from Thomas Jefferson is “though I am an old man, I am a young gardener.” She also has a fascination with bees and hummingbirds.
She is a long time geocacher, and a recent presenter at the Virginia Environmental Educators Conference. She is a 2015 Citizens for Clean and Green, City of Roanoke Green Academy graduate. Donna is currently a rose care specialist at Unity of Roanoke Valley, and has a moon garden. She has recently completed a large ViCAP Rain Garden with MCSWCD, in Botetourt County, where she resides with her husband Dan.
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Unity of Roanoke Valley
3300 Green Ridge Road
Roanoke VA 24019
540-562-2200
unityofroanokevalley.org
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Unity of Roanoke Valley, 3300 Green Ridge Rd NW, Roanoke, VA 24019-1820, United States,Catawba, Virginia
