Student Volunteers Dish the Dirt at Environmental Event (Learn and Serve America Grantee)

BREATHE LA O24u Environmental Education Program and O24u Online provided day-long activities and games at Museum of Natural History Sustainable Sunday on February 22, 2009. Families and children of all ages enjoyed fun learning activities led by BREATHE LA service learning volunteers and staff from the popular BREATHE LA O24u Online and O24u Environmental Education Program including an eco-system Terrarium and hand made Smog Catcher! In addition to all the smiling children and families who enjoyed our BREATHE LA O24u activities, we send a special thanks to our great team of volunteers. Our student volunteers stood out in their bright green O24u logo T-shirts, for helping to make the day long event fun and informative for children and families! The museum reported 1,648 visitors attended Sustainable Sunday on February 22, 2009...no wonder BREATHE LA O24u activities tables were such an exciting and popular destination! O24u is fondly known as the program for 'Kids Who Care About Clean Air" and it certainly showed in the enthusiasm of children who gathered at BREATHE LA O24u activity tables to make 300 terrariums and 325 smog catchers. Special guest ECOS (a costumed character kind of like a green Barney) was BREATHE LA environmental entertainment partner for the day. ECOS and Earthman Dan entertained with earth friendly skits at Sustainable Sunday and entertained young children with a lively recycling and solar power skit presented several times during the day. BREATHE LA and student volunteers enjoyed a fun earth-friendly event. At BREATHE LA, Volunteers make it happen!

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