(Open this link to view the video of our sustainable garden and Peace Flag project):
Summer of the Garden~Pen Pals Rock the World!!!
Goodbye, glorious summer. My classroom is set up and ready for a new crew of middle schoolers and new pen pals. This year I welcome my sixth graders into the Wonder Workshop where we learn to look at the world through the lens of geographers and writers and readers and pen pals. It's gonna be grand. Meanwhile, our garden that SCA helped make possible is growing in Uganda.
To everyone who contributed to this effort, thank you. To everyone who meant to contribute, it's not too late. And to everyone who sees this and is inspired to contribute, well, there's still much to do to bring the Buppala Primary School to a place where they are able to sustain their own lunch program.
A special note of gratitude goes out to Joanne Trangle, founder of Kuchanga Foundation, and a true explorer. Her service-travel journeys to Africa will open your eyes and change your life. Thanks also to our incredible crew: Melanie Bene, Laurie Hruschka, Molly Samson, Hannah Worrell, Catherine Spence-Godin and Ryan Byrd. I don't know about you guys, but I keep thinking of things I'd like to accomplish, and then I go: heck, I helped build a garden in Uganda, I'm sure I can do that! I hope you all feel empowered to conquer your fears and make the world more humane.
With my deep love and gratitude. Let's keep the love growing! Peace, Jodi
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