Last week CFL Vice President Beth Hickman and I visited one of the 19 Parks & Rec Department's Send A Kid to Camp locations to see our humane education workbooks in action. It was awesome!
We met 15 minority 1st-3rd grade children from low- income families, their incredibe teacher, and two teen teaching assistants at a run-down apartment complex in Southeast Dallas. I have never seen such an enthusiastic group of children so clearly excited about what they were learning and so clearly eager to please their teacher!
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Gathered around a long, portable table they studied different types of wildlife and their native habitats. They learned about desert wildlife, ocean creatures, rain forest inhabitants and more. They considered what the animals would feel if they were removed from those habitats and placed in cages in zoos or exhibted and exploited by humans. Then they laughed and screamed and smiled as one by one they each got to act out one of the animals they'd discussed while their classmates tried to guess the animal and it's natural habitat.
And I won't soon forget the rap song they'd made up and memorized to help them remember the animals and the importance of allowing them to remain in their natural habitats!
The plan for the next day? Making puppies out of paper bags. They could hardly wait!
It was an amazing payoff for only the $ 9.95 cost of one workbook. Absolutely amazing. My thanks to all of you who helped make our contribution to the Send A Kid To Camp program possible! We are making a difference!
-Rebecca
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