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KIDS4TREES JOINS WITH US OLYMPIANS ASSOCIATION FOR 2012 TREE PLANTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IN LEADUP TO OLYMPIC GAMES
Kids4Trees is proud and pleased to announce the organization of a special Olympian educational and artistic national tree-planting program for young students and Scouts in over a dozen US Forests and major cities in partnership with the World Olympians Association and in furtherance of their commitment to the protection of the environment, exemplified by their dedicated participation with, and encouragement of, positive goals, exercise outdoors, and proper nutrition. See our latest newsletter for detailed schedule. Our first program with schools in low income Putnam County, Georgia, with the Oconee National Forest was a great success. Nearly 1500 elementary school children participated February 1-3 in environmental workshops, sang environmental/tree songs, tgiven tree saplings home for re-planting and care, and inspired by medal winning Olympians Mel Pender, Kevin Young, and Bryan Jacob. Each student also received a 50 page forestry booklet the Investi-Gator, donated by the Natural Inquirer (Forest Service). Also, thank you to Grant County, Oregon, and author Melanie R. Dundy for the generous donation of 8000 copies of Forests for All books and coloring books, especially Dennis Reynolds, past Grant County Judge, Mark Webb, Grant County Judge, Boyd Britton, Grant County Commissioner, and Scott Myers, Grant County Commissioner.
Kids4Trees, a national participating partner with the USDA Forest Service, produces forest education and tree-planting events in national forests, state parks, and urban/rural schools for 6-12 year-old students and Scouts, with the participation of Olympic athletes thanks to our international partner World Olympians Association – ncluding forest information books, student art displays/competitions, and tree songs from our specially produced, California Department of Education approved, multilingual Kids4Trees CD. Kids4Trees has been endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Billion Tree Campaign, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Association (San Francisco), OAK (Outdoor Alliance for Kids), National Wildlife Federation, Children&Nature Network, Prince Albert II Foundation of Monaco, For the Forests, California Department of Education, Girl and Boy Scouts and many others. Kids4Trees is dedicated to providing, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and in association with local community organizations, free outdoor environmental education and planting programs and events, which include related forest information kits, music, children’s concerts, and environmental art. Kids4Trees is also dedicated to combating the nature-deficit disorders, including obesity, r suffered by our increasingly sedentary youth, whose intimacy with nature is rapidly fading. See the PowerPoint below for pictorial description of our various programs.
We are pleased at the reception accorded the Kids4Trees program throughout the United States and around the World. Our 2011 United States programs were universally successful thanks to the participations of local volunteer organizations and businesses (See 2011 spring planting newsletter). Kids4Trees is an official participant in the 2011 United Nations International Year of Forests. All these events will be at no cost to local schools and Scouts, thanks to the generous cash and in-kind donations of others. The extent of our program is limited by the amount of funds. Please contribute whatever possible by clicking the Donate button above.
Kids4Trees, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, was organized in 2008 and incorporated in 2009 for the purpose of providing meaningful and enjoyable outdoor forest education, compatible with the philosophy and policies of the Forest Service, which will result in thousands of young, impressionably-aged children becoming stewards of their forests and the environment. In school programs the children plant trees on campus and often in pots to take home and plant in their gardens or nearby parks, whereby they can water and care for “their” trees. Well over 25,000 trees are planted each year. We want the kids singing their favorite tree song from our California Department of Education-approved 12 song, multicultural, tree song CD. Kids and classes will also be encouraged to paint pictures related to trees and nature. In sum, the program creates thousands of young stewards of the forest among the young children who are vital to the survival of our dear planet Earth. Participating in the learning and planting with the children are local volunteers, teachers, troop leaders, and as often as possible, family. Once the children learn to plant one tree, they may plant hundreds in their lifetime.
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Please view the following PowerPoint presentation delineating our 2010 program:
For further information, email us at: Contact@Kids4Trees.org