Welcome to Kids4Trees!
“An impressive program. I’m sharing this with colleagues.”
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, and co- founder of the Children & Nature Network.Welcome to Kids4Trees, a national participating partner with the USDA Forest Service, and international partner with the World Olympians Association, to present forest education and tree-planting events in national forests and urban/rural schools for 6-12 year-old students and Scouts, with the participation of Olympic athletes and children’s singers, including forest information books and tree songs from our specially produced Kids4Trees CD. Kids4Trees has been endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Billion Tree Campaign, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), National Park Service, California Department of Education, Girl and Boy Scouts and many others.
We are pleased at the reception accorded the Kids4Trees program throughout the Forest Regions of the United States and countries around the World. Our 2010 Spring Schedule is in full swing, and includes the participation of local volunteer organizations and Veterans. (See below for Spring Schedule).
We are further pleased our partnership with the World Olympians Association, whereby the WOA will provide Olympic athletes throughout the United States and the World for Kids4Trees planting events in furtherance of their commitment to the protection of the environment, exemplified by their dedicated participation with, and encouragement of, young children to set positive goals and fit bodies. This is especially important in combating growing problems related to obesity and nature-deficit disorders. Kids4Trees and the WOA are now planning and scheduling special tree-planting events for children throughout 2011 in honor of the United Nations International Year of the Forests, with one country per month.Kid4Trees, 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. In August of 2009, Kids4Trees entered into a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding whereby the USDA Forest Service will be acting in conjunction with Kids4Trees programs throughout the United States.. Kids4Trees organized numerous planting events in the Southern California region Nov. ’08 and Apr. ‘09, which resulted in forest education with music for over 3000 children, who in the process, planted app. 15,000 trees with the Rangers, and in Malibu with the National Park Service. As throughout the United States, many participants had never been to a forest, nor planted anything,nor understood the interconnectivity and vital importance of trees and nature and humans. We want the kids singing their favorite tree song from our California Department of Education-approved 12 song, multicultural, tree song CD. Kids will also be encouraged to to paint pictures related to trees and nature, and receive prizes for exceptional work. In sum, the program fulfills the desire of the Forest Service to create 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. Please review our website for pictures, videos and other information.
2010 Kids4Trees US Planting Program
California
March 26 Malibu Science and Marine School
April 9-10 Los Padres National Forest; Frazier Park Elementary Schools and Scouts
April 16 Malibu – Juan Cabrillo Elementary School
Mississippi
April 22-24 Raleigh Elementary School, Forest Elementary School, Bienville National Forest
April 28-30 George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (Wise County)
Region 4 – Utah
May 8 Dixie National Forest/Scouts
Colorado
May 18-20 Durango/Cortez Mesa Elementary School/Animas Valley Elementary School and San Juan National Forest
For further information, email us at: Contact@Kids4Trees.org
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