Save the Bees!
The David Suzuki Service Learning group ran a campaign and fundraiser dedicated to helping local bee populations.
The broad variety of choices in the Service Learning program allows students to participate in causes that are meaningful to them. The David Suzuki Service Learning program attracts students who are passionate about environmental preservation. Each year, the students in this service learning option work together to select an important environmental issue and to determine a course of action to make a difference.
This year, the David Suzuki Service Learning group chose a cause of global importance: combatting declining bee populations.
Their approach was two-pronged. They wanted to raise money for a Canadian organization working to save local bee populations. They also wanted to raise awareness within the Greenwood community about the declining bee populations, and ways that each of us can make bee-friendly choices.
The students decided that the best way to achieve both goals was through an awareness campaign and two fundraisers. They presented in assembly, imparting the seriousness of the bee decline, and ways that we can help, such as planting bee-friendly gardens. For an easy way to get started, they sold wildflower seeds that students could plant at home or in their communities. The proceeds from the seed sales went to the David Suzuki Foundation, whose work in Canada includes bee preservation.
They capped off the week with a screening of Bee Movie at lunch on Friday. The $2 admission contributed to the $235 that they raised to help save the bees.
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The David Suzuki Service Learning group sold bee-friendly seeds in the Lodge
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