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W.E.F.I.N.D. - the Wilhelmina Euphemia Finch Institute for Natural Discovery - is a narrative- and nature-based educational program combining premium collectible trading cards, a digital Pilot Species Archive, and a structured afterschool program called FOCUS.
FOCUS - Fellowship of Obsessively Curious Unapologetic Scholars - is an afterschool enrichment program for children aged 7-12, built around the natural world's most extraordinary and least-known species. Sessions run 90 minutes, biweekly, in groups of up to 20 Scholars.
Every species in the W.E.F.I.N.D. archive is real, documented, and scientifically verified. The program is currently in active development with pilot conversations underway in Massachusetts.
W.E.F.I.N.D. was created by Brent Thomas Hill, an entrepreneur with senior creative backgrounds at Microsoft and LEGO, based in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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There is a child in almost every classroom who finds the world endlessly fascinating. They read past bedtime. They share facts nobody asked for. They ask the fourth question when everyone else stopped at the first.
Most afterschool programming asks that child to slow down. FOCUS does the opposite. It gives them a community, a collection, and a title they'll carry for the rest of their lives: FOCUS Scholar.
W.E.F.I.N.D. exists because the natural world is extraordinary enough to hold that child's attention forever - if someone gives them the right door in.
"The world is larger and stranger than anyone has yet fully documented. We consider that a personal invitation."
- Wilhelmina Euphemia Finch