Date: Fri 24-Apr-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: MICHEL

Quick Words:

Earth-Day-schools

Full Text:

Celebrating Earth Day

(with photos)

BY MICHELE HOGAN

For the past ten years, a very generous benefactor, who would prefer to remain

anonymous, has donated spruce and dogwood seedlings to school children

throughout the district to celebrate Earth Day.

These seedlings have meant a lot to the children.

Kate Sielding, fifth grader at Sandy Hook School, gave her tree loving care,

and it grew well. Her mother wrote that "When we moved this past year, we

walked around the yard one last time and I saw a note on last year's tree from

my daughter, which asked the new owner not to cut it down, and if they didn't

want it, to call her."

Kelley Anne Carney's family (Sandy Hook) has a tradition that started with

Kelley Anne's great-grandfather. They plant a seedling during their first

spring in a new home. Last year, the seedling they planted was the one that

first grader Kelley Anne received through her school.

Adam and Michael Stordy (first and fourth graders at Sandy Hook School)

planted their trees in loving memory of their two dogs. As the trees grow,

they think of Klyde and Shana.

Also this week, many children will be given butterfly larvae to set free once

they emerge from their cocoons.