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Roots & Shoots, a service-learning program of The Jane Goodall Institute, is excited to announce grants of $300 - $700 to support youth-led service projects in New England. Up to 10 mini-grants will support youth groups (pre-K through college age) in planning and implementing service projects.

We encourage youth to address the theme of “Promoting Engagement in World Harmony.” This is based upon a recent initiative of the Roots & Shoots New England Youth Leadership Council; they seek to translate a vision of World Harmony into speech, art or action.

The Mini-Grant Application is available at: http://nerootsandshoots.blogspot.com/2008/02/roots-and-shoots-announces-world.html or you can get a copy from me, Christine Ellersick, Roots & Shoots New England Regional Manager: cellersick@janegoodall.org. Feel free to share this information.

Roots & Shoots Medford is part of an international program of 8,000 youth groups in 100 countries (www.rootsandshoots.org). Our group members are aged 9-12 years old and have been meeting once a month for the last 3 years to perform service projects.

This year, the theme of our service projects has been peace and anti-violence. We have discussed our personal meanings of peace, group cooperation and peace in communities. We have played Peace Games and discussed the meanings of various symbols of peace. Tina Chery came from the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute in Dorchester and discussed their work helping families of homicide victims and their school curriculum aimed at preventing violence. Our group created a mosaic artwork of peace that was photographed and printed onto Peace Cards. So far, we've raised over $800 in cash for the LDBPI and donated another $400 worth of cards to them, for their use.  read more »