Chico's 30th Endangered Species Fair

Wow! It has been way too long since I have written. I guess I am a busy person after all!
I am so impressed with the kids. We had a lot of help from the P.V High School kids who are in a club called AVID. They came over quite a few Tuesdays to help us get ready for the Fair and then showed up the day of the fair to work. Sadly the day was WET COLD AND RAINY! UGH! But the kids didn't seem to mind. Thanks to all who showed up and gave their all to this wonderful event.
We sold cookbooks called "Wild in the Kitchen" for 5.00 each. We still have these available! We had three wonderful "Animals" Giving speeches all about the reasons they became endangered. One animal, the Bald Eagle, was able to make it off the list of endangered animals and Anna did a great job explaining this to anyone who asked. Mikaela did a fantastic job as our white tiger and Maddy did amazing as the giant panda. The girls braved the weather with Grace and Sariah and walked around sharing their information with all the fair visitors. It was awesome! There was an exciting few moments as the "bald eagle" came in contact with a giant salmon that was also walking the fair. I think a small persuit occured but in the end the fish was safe.
Curtis showed up to do Origami early in the day, as did my wonderful PV high volunteers. Sadly we had no kids to fold paper with on such a soggy day. Maybe at the Marigold Spring Carnival the boys can show off their skills?!
Theo, and Lou, Morganne, Mya, Dylan, Ashley, Rachel, Tyler all helped too. I am so proud of how knowledgeable all the kids were and amazed at the ability they showed to persevere in the nasty weather. I returned very soggy children to parents who came back hours later to retrieve their children. It was heartwarming to me that so many of you allowed me to still have your kids on such a day! Thank-you!

Endangered Species And Teenagers!

Eeeek!
We had a great time looking for the "recycle fairy" and making bird feeders out of milk cartons, but as I heard from everyone we just are not THAT into the recycling stuff this year and we want to move on to the Animals! Okay okay I hear ya! We did a neat little piece that I was sent by PG&E (thanks guys!) and learned all about how to be safe and save energy....but now we move on!
So the Endangered Species Fair is in Chico at Bidwell Park in early May. I think it is May 2nd but I am not positive. We will have a booth and my daughter will have a booth dedicated to the orangutans. Our Roots and Shoots booth will be called.....drum roll please....
"The Rain Forest and Beyond!"
I want the kids to show how there are endangered animals everywhere, not just in the rain forest. So starting at our next meeting we are teaming up with a great group of kids from P.V High and are going to find out all about endangered animals that live here in our country. We will have games and prizes and information for the public. I also plan on having t-shirts for sale that the kids at both, P.V and Marigold will have designed in a art contest. All the money will go to help endangered animals.
So on to explain the teenagers...we have teamed up with a group at P.V called A.V.I.D They are working on having more on their resumes for college than just good grades. I met with the kids and told them all about our group and what we do. I thought with all the letter writing and "older kids" activity that was coming up with the fair I wanted to have not just volunteers but helpers that would get something out of this experience too. Their advisor seems excited about it as well. We will be extending our hours of the meeting to accommodate the older kids.
I hope to start a anti-palm oil campaign as well as writing letters to the states for information about their endangered animals.
Yes we will be busy! We are also hoping to have a booth at our own spring carnival at the school. The kids will talk to Mr. Severe about that soon!
We are also still planing on taping the teachers to the wall for fun. This will be done at spring carnival!
Lots of excitement coming up, Thanks for all of your patience with me during the school board crisis. I am back now and ready to go!
:)