2008 Woodie Awards
Fox P.A.W. encounters famous animal advocate
Robin Henderson
Issue date: 5/3/07 Section: Features
Dr. Jane Goodall's chimpanzee pant-hoot call echoed throughout the large gymnasium of West Connecticut State University on Friday, April 27th. When it ended, she said, "That means hello." The audience laughed and Goodall, affectionately called Dr. Jane by some, began an incredibly moving lecture.
Dr. Goodall, at 73 years old, has been traveling the world at least 300 days out of the year, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees, other environmental crises, and her reasons for hope that humankind will solve the problems it has imposed on the earth. She frequently visits schools and communities to spread her message of hope, and to hear the work that has been accomplished through her program called Roots and Shoots, which has 8,000 groups in over 100 countries. A group has recently been formed here at Marist College, with a majority of the members stemming from the club Fox P.A.W. (People for Animal Welfare)
Seven Fox P.A.W. members took an absurdly routed 12 hour roundtrip train adventure to get to Danbury, CT to see Goodall's public lecture presented at West Connecticut State University, where The National Center for University Roots & Shoots was established.
Roots & Shoots was created so that groups all around the world, whether they are started by suburban U.S. elementary students or college kids living in Shanghai, are able to work hands-on with projects to make the world a better place-projects focus on three areas: the human community, the animal kingdom and the environment. The program is designed to be youth driven and emphasizes the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action.
Fox P.A.W. has been working through the Roots & Shoots mission before the club was aware of the program. Their events this past year have included fundraisers for the local animal shelter, a Meat-Out day which emphasized the impact of our diet on the environment, and also co-sponsoring the AIDS Quilt display which came to Marist College through the LGSA club. As new Roots and Shoots members, the club hopes to incorporate more programs like this, but to also invite the Marist community in joining them.
Dr. Goodall, at 73 years old, has been traveling the world at least 300 days out of the year, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees, other environmental crises, and her reasons for hope that humankind will solve the problems it has imposed on the earth. She frequently visits schools and communities to spread her message of hope, and to hear the work that has been accomplished through her program called Roots and Shoots, which has 8,000 groups in over 100 countries. A group has recently been formed here at Marist College, with a majority of the members stemming from the club Fox P.A.W. (People for Animal Welfare)
Seven Fox P.A.W. members took an absurdly routed 12 hour roundtrip train adventure to get to Danbury, CT to see Goodall's public lecture presented at West Connecticut State University, where The National Center for University Roots & Shoots was established.
Roots & Shoots was created so that groups all around the world, whether they are started by suburban U.S. elementary students or college kids living in Shanghai, are able to work hands-on with projects to make the world a better place-projects focus on three areas: the human community, the animal kingdom and the environment. The program is designed to be youth driven and emphasizes the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action.
Fox P.A.W. has been working through the Roots & Shoots mission before the club was aware of the program. Their events this past year have included fundraisers for the local animal shelter, a Meat-Out day which emphasized the impact of our diet on the environment, and also co-sponsoring the AIDS Quilt display which came to Marist College through the LGSA club. As new Roots and Shoots members, the club hopes to incorporate more programs like this, but to also invite the Marist community in joining them.
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