Northeast Georgia Science Symposium, NE GA Science Symposium

04/21/2026

We had planned a Menopause Panel for May. (We’ve been working on a Menopause presentation for TWO years!! )

Unfortunately, we have been unable to locate enough professionals willing to speak who specialize in Women’s Health to form a Panel.

Our May 3rd Thursday will be cancelled.

If YOU know of a professional specializing in Women’s Health/ Menopause, please let us know!!

Women have told us they want to hear about - The Stages and Phases of Menopause, Bioidentical Hormones, Aesthetic Changes, Exercise or other activities to help.

We would like to hear from - Medical professionals, Natural professionals, Aestheticians, etc.

03/19/2026

The Hand Me Down Zoo is our petting zoo of choice during the Symposium. Kerry brings such interesting and happy animals with her.
Do you know why it’s called the Hand Me Down Zoo?

Kerry is a licensed rehab and exotics owner. She rescues animals from Craigslist and FB Marketplace, etc. She has an entire zoo comprised of salvaged, “second-hand” animals.
That’s one of the main reasons we LOVE the Hand Me Down Zoo - Kerry can tell us all the stories as well as all the animal nerd information. We LOVE all the information!!

As “Animal Season” is upon us, the increase in wild animal postings is increasing.

Here’s Kerry blowing her fuse, for good cause:

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬PSA🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

I’m going to step on my Wildlife petalstool for a minute so bear with us. This is especially important since our Wildlife season is coming on full swing. I get tagged and linked and sent these social media posts by the dozens!!!! I’m not mad that someone is seeking help for these babies. They NEED help. Here’s the issue. See the language used??!!?? They are asking for ANYONE to come and take them. They don’t need just anyone. They need a LICENSED (again for everyone in the back of the classroom) LICENSED REHABBER to take them. If you are posting these things and giving these animals to Joe Schmo, Jane Doe etc because they miss their illegal pet that died last year (usually to poor care) and they have everything already or because they are the local Snow White that saves all the little angels…. Blah blah blah…. Then you are WRONG!!! YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!!! These babies need a person educated and trained, with a vet care plan in case they need meds from a vet with a LICENSE so they aren’t destroyed later for illegal ownership.

If you are the person giving these babies to that random guy you are just as bad as the person illegally rehabbing. There is a whole law code here in Georgia all about it.
Trafficking in protected species (O.C.G.A. Title 27)
GA Code(27-3-130 et seq)
(3.91-4-16.06)

LOOK THEM UP!!!!! Some are felony others are misdemeanors. But they all count. Why do I care? Because I have to see the broken bodies suffering with paralysis from metabolic bone disease that I can’t fix. I have to deal with animals that are terrified because their whole world just went upside down after getting caught. I have to make the hard choice to put an animal down because of neurological issues from displacement or bad care. I have to be cussed out by the previous owner because they are mad when they were the ones IN THE WRONG.

Stop being lazy. If you want to help transport these animals to a licensed rehabber. Reach out to the Wildlife network. They can often get transport provided. Hell we help transport if our day allows for it. If you can’t do that much then let nature do what nature does. It’s unfortunate and sad but in the end that baby animal is much better off long term being eaten by a coyote or snake and providing a possibly desperately needed meal to another animal then it is in the care of someone not properly educated or trained illegally.

I’m sure many will find that to be cruel but I see hundreds of cases a year and all the graphic and heart crushing moments that result from illegal ownership. You’re not helping you’re being SELFISH and unkind to a wild animal. If you need proof come meet 80% of the 400 animals that call us home. Hear their stories and how they just barely made it here in time and still years later see the now life long impacts of “love”. Selfish misguided reckless ignorant LOVE. Animals need respect and freedom and peace from people. Let’s help them have that and do the right thing this year. Let’s stop loving animals and start respecting them. Please share to all your friends and family and groups.

Vent complete

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03/15/2026

WOW!! THANK YOU to all our attendees!! Over 300 of you came to visit us today!!

Thank you to our Sponsors for funding all the AMAZING things we did today- oobleck, SO MANY animals from the Hand Me Down Zoo, mini horses from Daydream Animal Sanctuary, PIE!!

Thank you to Rockwell Lodge for hosting the Wreck-A-Wreck Destructo car!! SO COOL!!

THANK YOU to all of our AMAZING Volunteers!! Without YOU this would NOT be possible. THANK YOU!!

We plan to see you next year!

03/14/2026

We Blow Stuff Up ALL Day!
This is it! Today is THE day!! Happy Pi Day!! (3.14)
We’re going to BLOW STUFF UP!!
5210 Railroad Ave., Flowery Branch, GA 30542

4-8pm (Final VERY LOUD Explosion)
Blow Stuff Up ALL Day!!
+ live animals (miniature horses and Hand Me Down Zoo)
+ Wreck-A-Wreck Destructo Car hosted by Rockwell Masons
+ AWESOME Science Vendors (We LOVE Nerds!!)

+
4-6pm Fair sponsored by Turning Point USA Rise

+
5:30pm Dog Training Demo Circle

+
6-8pm Instrument Petting Zoo

+
6:30pm Awards and T-Shirt Contest
Today’s theme is: Explosions!!

We’re going to have SO MUCH FUN!!

03/11/2026

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office was AWESOME on Monday at our Police + Firefighters: 1st Responders Showcase!
We enjoyed having you out and asking ALL our questions!
Thank you for bringing TWO K9 Officers with you!

THANK YOU for your service!
And, thank you for being a part of the 5th NE GA Science Symposium!

03/10/2026

Just THREE days left before We Blow Stuff Up ALL Day! 🤓💥
Saturday, March 14th, 4-8pm
Flowery Branch Farmer’s Market Pavilion,
5210 Railroad Ave., Flowery Branch, GA 30542

What are we doing with those three days?

Wednesday -
Tesla Coils UP CLOSE!! NE GA Science Symposium Field Trip
AND
Mini Braselton Field Trip with NE GA Science Symposium
(2nd Field Trip at 1pm added!)

Thursday -
Tesla Coils $25/family or group, see hyperlink above
AND
Atlanta Safari Park Field Trip with the NE GA Science Symposium
https://youtu.be/wgQ1fTuai8Q

Friday -
Homeschool Skate at Sparkles Gwinnett, $6/ skater

WHERE will we see you?!?

Atlanta Safari Park is a drive-thru and walk-thru wildlife park in Franklin County, Georgia, featuring 156 acres with animals from around the world, includin...

03/10/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it to our weekly engagement list! 🎉
THANK YOU!!
Anna McCall Evans,Rebecca Todd, Jennifer Ward

11/06/2025

When you study the Hisotry of Sugar, it’s revelatory.
The link to the full story is posted in the original Comments.

Sweet Deception: The Framing of Fluoride

How the Kellogg Foundation helped turn a dietary crisis into a chemical solution - by Bruce Lanphear

The House That Sugar Built

In 1930, Will Keith Kellogg, the breakfast-cereal magnate, endowed a new philanthropic institution with a simple mission: to promote the health and happiness of children. Like many industrialists of his time, he believed that the wealth created by modern business should serve the public good. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was born from that ideal, funded by stock in the company that still bears his name.

Nearly a century later, that relationship endures. The Foundation’s trust remains one of the largest shareholders in the Kellogg Company—now split into Kellanova (snacks) and WK Kellogg Co (cereals). The dividends from those shares sustain one of the world’s largest charitable foundations, supporting programs in early childhood, food security, and public health.

But the Foundation’s history reveals a deeper paradox—one that raises uncomfortable questions about how philanthropy, industry, and science can become entangled in shaping public health itself.