Xianghai Middle School
ICF Vice President Jim Harris traveled to Jilin Province in late July 2007 to deliver a gift to Xianghai Middle School from students at Tower Rock Elementary School in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. The gift was donated by Farit, a student at Tower Rock, who created and sold note cards at his school in 2006 to raise money for endangered species. The Xianghai school is close beside Xianghai Nature Reserve, and its students have been actively learning about cranes, the east Asia flyway, and how they can help conserve wetlands.
Farit's gift will support student learning and activities about the environment and art at Xianghai Middle School. Similar to the students at Tower Rock, the middle school art teacher, Shi Yanqiu, worked with her students to make art for a new set of note cards -- about Xianghai and its rare birds. Another non-profit organization, Art in a Box, from New York, provided art materials to the school for this project.
Artist Val DuBasky visited Ms. Shi and a group of ten students at the school in 2007. Val leads Art in a Box, dedicated to using art to enrich and empower the lives of children. Using the student artwork, Art in a Box and ICF have developed a set of note cards, which are available to purchase through ICF's Gift Shop. Proceeds from the note cards will go to Xianghai Middle School to support future environment and art activities.
We are grateful to Farit, Val DuBasky, and Shi Yanqiu. Each one of them demonstrates how individual caring can make a difference.
Since receiving their initial donation from Tower Rock Elementary School, the students in the Xianghai art club has developed two murals in their village focusing on cranes and their local environment. Click on the links below to read more about these exciting projects:
Crane Art Six Meters Long...Brings Students Together
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