2005-2006 Ongoing Projects

Partnerships in Understanding
Throughout the year our group corresponded with children in a refugee school in Sierra Leone through their RESPECT program. Most of these children were in school for the first time, having been forced from their homes during the rebel war in their country. We sent money raised from fundraisers so they could purchase school supplies and other necessary items. To learn more about the situation in Sierra Leone and the hardships these children have endured, please visit http://www.freethechildren.org/peace/childrenandwar/sierraleone.html.

Recycling at Crown Court Apartments, Scottsdale, AZ
One Roots & Shoots family started a recycling program for junk mail at their apartment complex. Since January 2005, they have been collecting approximately 150 pounds of junk mail per week to deliver to city recycling locations. That’s nearly 8,000 pounds of paper a year! They also speak with neighbors and post information for the community about city recycling locations and ways people can reduce their junk mail. In 2007, the family realized just how much influence their project has had, when members of the apartment maintenance staff joined the recycling effort by collecting phone books that had been delivered to unoccupied apartments.