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Newsletter -- FEBRUARY 2005 ROOTS & SHOOTS GAUTENG Happy 2005! Wishing you a year filled with exciting environmental projects!! 2004 ended on a high note for many of the Roots & Shoots groups. We received wonderful feedback about groups that were involved in Christmas activities. St Mary’s and Holy Rosary Convent made crackers containing Christmas messages. Congratulations to Holy Rosary Convent for making and donating over 900 crackers!! Beaulieu Prep made cookies and cards for Headway. We are sure that the crackers were well received. NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY University of the Witwatersrand We wish the team taking over from her –Rebecca, Kiangi, Seitlotli and Celestine as well as Andries and Karen from the Eco-drive committee great success in running the Wits environmental projects! INDABA PICNIC We will be holding a Roots & Shoots Indaba Picnic on Saturday, 5 March. We would love all groups to attend so that we can plan some exciting joint projects for 2005. Please RSVP (merlefinch@iafrica.com ) in order to facilitate planning - we need to know how many people from each group will be attending The Indaba will be held in Sandton at The Woodlands Office Park, Western Service Road, WOODMEAD from 9h00 until 12h30/13h00. Maps will be sent out once RSVP’s have been received. Ideas to consider for discussion at the Indaba: A Roots & Shoots Concert where each school participates with an activity relating to people, animals or the environment. The annual Easter Egg Drive - how we can make the 2005 drive a bumper event!! Water Week, World Environment Day, Arbour Day and Peace Day – how they can form part of the 2005 Calendar. Reflections of Peace from Roots & Shoots Youth around the World Kathy Parra from World Peace Roots & Shoots is currently working on a book titled ‘Reflections of Peace from Roots & Shoots Youth around the World’ The book will contain stories, thoughts, actions, poems, drawings, photographs and symbols from Roots & Shoots youth around the world and the purpose is to give youth the opportunity to share their vision and to inspire other people of all ages to make a difference in creating peace. If any members of your group would like to contribute or if you have any questions, please contact Kathy by e-mail or mail. The deadline is 1 May 2005. Her contact details are: Roots & Shoots for Young Children Activity Packet We received a mailing for this program and it contains ideas about projects for younger children from Roots & Shoots Manual Should you require an electronic copy of the Roots & Shoots manual please contact Merle 2005 International Essay Contest for Young People Young people from around the world have been invited to participate in the International Essay Contest. This year’s theme is ‘Caring for Our Planet’. First prize winners will receive a cash award and a trip to Japan. Deadline:30 June 2005. For more information, please contact Merle (merlefinch@iafrica.com). Please RSVP about the Indaba as soon as possible. We would really like to share information about 2004 projects undertaken and discuss ideas about making 2005 a really successful environmental year! If you have information and/or photographs about any of your 2004 activities please send it through to us as we’d like to forward it to the USA for inclusion in the international newsletter. Kind regards, Sue and Di
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