An excerpt of a letter from Alexis Leon in California:

"I had a Birthday Party and asked for donations to save the Rain Forest rather than presents. I am enclosing the checks and cash that I received for that cause…"

From Mrs. Sole's 1st Grade Class, Charlton Heights Elementary School, NY:

"My 1st grade students created a business of making and selling several types of baskets (napkin holder, wall and Easter baskets). They advertised through posters and the school's TV program. They learned about the importance of saving the Rainforests. They were very excited and proud to make this money and contribute it to help."

The Haworth Public School of NJ put on a rainforest play for their school and collected donations to support TRC's Save-an-Acre and Save-a-Turtle programs.

"This year, grade two got on a magic school bus and traveled to the rain forest. The singing was amazing, the set design was gorgeous, the costumes were adorable, the children were wonderful. They sang their hearts out and taught the audience about the rainforest and it's animals."

St. Peter Elementary, with a student population of 110, in Kenosha, Wisconsin raised over $ 550 for the Tropical Rainforest Coalition, saving 11 acres. This was part of Kindness Weeks activities during the month of February. For two weeks students brought money to fill their penny jars in each classroom. The class that brought in the most money had a visit by some rainforest animals from the Racine Zoo.

Judith A. Hickey, 1st and 2nd grade teacher of Salem Christian School, VA writes:

"After a rain forest mural and researching about rain forests, my seven first and second grade students elected to do something about the senseless destruction of this valuable ecosystem. Our Rain forest Read-a-thon was a great success, and since I did not see any other ideas like it, I thought you might consider including it on the internet.

Our students solicited small monetary pledges from neighbors, friends and family for each book that they read in one month. At the end of the month they multiplied the pledge amount by the number of books read. For teachers looking for a labor-free fundraiser, and a worthwhile incentive to read good books, this is an ideal way to combine objectives. They earned $330.00, an impressive amount for seven children that age. We concluded our rain forest studies with a program called the Rain Forest Revue, borrowing rain forest related songs and poems from the Ranger Rick NatureScope series book on Rain Forests: Tropical Treasures and adding our own narration, songs and poems to it.

After the program, we had a "rain forest theme" party and included food made from rain forest produce, games inspired by the animals of the rain forest, and decorations that reflected our new-found knowledge. Such an event would be another opportunity to earn money—raffling door prizes, selling admittance tickets, or having foods for sale.

Since we earned enough to save seven acres of rain forest at $45.00 apiece, I requested… that each student receives a certificate for one acre. (They elected to divide their earnings equally.) We also decided to contribute to the Jatun Sacha reserve in Ecuador, the donation to be for the land acquistion program, as cited in your Internet information, page 2 of 4. Several students are interested in visiting the rain forest later in their lives, possibly on a volunteer basis.

The students' accomplishments were written about in the local Goochland Gazette, July 1st, 1999."