Roots and Shoots Club

 

Roots & Shoots is a free club for children that focuses on local social service projects showing caring and concern for the environment, animals and the human community.  Each meeting will include project and peace related activities, including art, journaling, music, and connections with real nature. A healthful vegetarian meal is always served. Jane Goodall, U.N. peace ambassador, founded the first group in Africa in 1991. Visit rootsandshoots.org for more info. Call 561 482-3412 to join, volunteer and for locations, dates and times. 

We are very excited to announce that we have received a $2,500 grant from The Marie Graber Martens Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties for development of Sunflower Roots & Shoots.

This funding will make it possible for us to share information and promote the group with brochures and postcards, buy a flip camera for use by our oldest kids, rent Veterans' Park in Delray Beach for our Peace Day Celebration on Sept. 20 and Earth Day in April, help us to offer a vegetarian dinner for our meetings at different locations in the community, and much more.  

 
This year we are reaching out to two age groups: 6-9 and 10-14 years. Our older kids will document the year, create and manage a Roots & Shoots and youtube website and develop more advanced community projects for their age group. Spread the word to all your middle school friends who want to make a real difference in their community!

Thanks to and looking forward once again to working with Jim Duquesnel at Gumbo Limbo, Don Campbel at Green Cay and our friends at Milagro. This year we hope to offer other meeting locations in Boca Raton, as well.