ROOTS & SHOOTS EXCEPTIONAL GROUP RECOGNITION

Great job, RFH Roots & Shoots! Recognition for our 9th consecutive year. How are we exceptional? Just read our Roots & Shoots blog. We're on Facebook now too!

ROOTS & SHOOTS EXCEPTIONAL GROUP RECOGNITION

Resources for Health Roots & Shoots has been recognized by Dr. Jane Goodall for the seventh year in a row as an exceptional Roots & Shoots group. Way to go, members, including all the Arizona families from the early part of the year and all the new Oregon families at our new location!

ARIZONA COMMUNITY TREE COUNCIL AWARD

On September 25, 2009, the Arizona Community Tree Council, Inc., in cooperation with the Arizona State Land Department – Urban & Community Forestry, honored 19 individual, civic, and corporate entities for their efforts which beautified the local environment with trees. Arizona Homegrown Solutions, then a program of Resources for Health, was a winner in the volunteer category for our collaborative "Planting for Peace” project with local Roots & Shoots youth groups and other volunteers who planted 100 native mesquite trees in the Nuestro Barrio neighborhood. Check out this fun video of Planting for Peace on YouTube!

NON-PROFIT RECYCLING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

The Arizona Recycling Coalition (AzRC) awarded Program Director Anne Goldfeld, on behalf of Resources for Health, the award of Non-Profit Recycling Representative of the Year for 2009. Check out our Pollution Solutions and Roots & Shoots blogs to see why! AzRC honors individuals, companies and organizations for excellent service and innovations that improve Arizona’s environment.

ROOTS & SHOOTS EXCEPTIONAL GROUP RECOGNITION

Resources for Health Roots & Shoots has been recognized by Dr. Jane Goodall for the sixth year in a row as an exceptional Roots & Shoots group. Way to go, members!

ANOTHER GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD WINNER!

Eleven year old Roots & Shoots youth leader Jacob was recognized for his Bear Hugs project with the 2008 Governor's Volunteer Service Award in the youth category. Jacob received a standing ovation after his videorecorded interview about his project was shown at the awards ceremony. Jacob is pictured to the right with Cassandra A. Larsen, Director of the Governor's Office for Children, Youth & Families and Dan Gregory, Chair of the Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism.

Jacob also received a Kohl's Kids Who Care award at both the store and regional levels. That means he has a $1,000 scholarship waiting for him when he enrolls in a full time college program! Congratulations, Jacob, and thanks for all you do!

PRESIDENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARDS

Since 1971, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sponsored the President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA). The program recognizes young people across America for projects which demonstrate their commitment to the environment. Five Resources for Health Roots & Shoots youth received regional certificates for their leadership and participation in the Pollution Solutions Program.

THE PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD

On January 10th, Resources for Health welcomed the New Year by celebrating the accomplishments of outstanding youth volunteers who kept track of their hours for the President's Volunteer Service Award. The RFH Roots & Shoots group received a group gold award for over 1,000 cumulative hours of volunteer service in 2008. RFH additionally awarded a group bronze award to the Valley Home Educators Teens -n- Tweens group along with five individual bronze awards, two individual silver awards, and five individual gold awards. Many thanks to these young people for making our world a better place!

ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Pollution Solutions was selected for an Environmental Excellence Award from SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm. Through this award, we are now partnered with Conservation International to promote Pollution Solution's goals. The photo at right shows us presenting our project at the awards ceremony at Busch Gardens.

ROOTS & SHOOTS EXCEPTIONAL GROUP RECOGNITION

Resources for Health Roots & Shoots has been recognized by Dr. Jane Goodall for the fifth year in a row as an exceptional Roots & Shoots group. Way to go, members!

CASE FOUNDATION MAKE IT YOUR OWN AWARDS

Pollution Solutions made the Top 100 semifinalist list in the Case Foundation Make It Your Own Awards. Although the project did not achieve finalist status, it was still quite an honor to have been selected as a semifinalist out of nearly 5,000 applications.

REGIONAL SHOWCASE AT NATIONAL SERVICE LEARNING CONFERENCE

Pollution Solutions was selected for the regional showcase at the 2007 National Service Learning Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Jane Goodall was in attendance, and we had the opportunity to meet her.

2006 GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD

Program Director Anne Goldfeld received a 2006 Governor's Volunteer Service Award in the area of service learning for her work with the Roots & Shoots program.

FRANCES YOUNG COMMUNITY HEROES MERIT RECIPIENT

In 2005, Program Director Anne Goldfeld was named as a merit recipient for the Frances Young Community Heroes Award for her work with the Resources for Health Roots & Shoots group.