Eco-Kid Spotlight

Dallastown Intermediate School, York, PA

Teacher Aaron Flay and a team of 100 students, pictured above, created a rainforest mural with each student exhibiting a different member of the rainforest community. Mr. Flay has been educating about rainforests for over 5 years while his students have been dedicated to fundraising to protect the Pantanal Rainforest in Brazil. His 6th grade class this year raised an amazing $350 to save a total of 7 acres! Many thanks to our Eco-hero of the month Mr. Flay's class for inspiring students around the country to care of the vital ecosystems that they study.

Eco-Kids

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Arjay McCandless

Like most young boys, Arjay McCandless relishes in playing outside searching for long-legged spiders, cool snakes and basking lizards. But what makes Arjay special is his fervent altruism for the safety of his beloved creatures. When Arjay’s long awaited seventh birthday arrived this year, he asked his friends and family not to bring gifts to his party, but instead donations for SaveNature.Org’s Adopt an Acre program in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. His very generous party guests donated a total of $175 and Arjay as well as his 9-year-old sister each put in $10 of their hard earned money. An ecstatic Arjay was able to save one and a half acres of rainforest in Costa Rica and ultimately all of the endearing animals.

Madi Jules

Over fishing, water pollution, coral reef damage, are not the typical concerns of a middle school girl, but for Madi Jules this is what drives her. At the age of twelve, this young conservationist already has an impressive resume. While her passion for all things aquatic began at an earlier age, it was last year when her activism really began. When her teacher assigned a speech project Madi immediately knew what she wanted to speak about, her beloved and endangered maritime ecosystem. Pollution in our Seas and Oceans is a wonderfully brilliant speech of all the components that cause pollution in the world's waters and how her peers can make a difference. Madi has also collected donations for coral reef conservation, passed out Sea Food Watch cards (informational booklets about sustainable seafood eating options), and most importantly has spread awareness of oceanic issues. Her future will be bright and she already has many plans and projects. One already set in motion is a fundraiser for her school where each student donates $2.00 to SaveNature.Org's Adopt A Reef program and together make a difference. She is also working on an informative website about coral reefs and oceans; and for next year her speech will be about endangered and over fished sharks.