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December Project of the Month (POTM): The Game Changers

April 01, 2026 — Imagine if families sat down at the table together once a week to play their favorite board games. Picture it…you take on the task of reading the rules, the adults in the room reminisce about their favorite game pieces as kids, and maybe your siblings struggle over who gets the honor (or burden) of being […]

November Project of the Month (POTM): Clean Air Teens

April 01, 2026 — The hazy layer of smog that hangs over many big cities signals a significant environmental problem: air pollution. The ALC AP Environmental Studies (APES) Class, a Roots & Shoots group in Downey, CA, decided to look for air pollution in a place that’s often overlooked…their classroom. Through their project “Indoor Class Air Pollution,” the high-schoolers […]

5 Ways to Give Back on Giving Tuesday

April 01, 2026 — Roots & Shoots youth never need a special day on the calendar for giving – They give their attention to causes they care about all year round! From standing up for National Parks to helping the homeless in their communities to pledging to reduce their animal product consumption, Roots & Shoots youth do it all — […]

Meet Gitanjali Rao, “America’s Top Young Scientist”

April 01, 2026 — We often hear the phrase “children are our future,” but what we should be saying is “children are our present, leading the way to the future!” No one represents this idea more than Gitanjali Rao, an 11-year-old from Lone Tree, Colorado, who earned her “America’s Top Young Scientist” title by winning the Discovery Education 3M […]

COMPASSIONATE YOUNG LEADERS YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW: MORGAN PITMAN

April 01, 2026 — Through her humanitarian work with Haiti Sees, a nonprofit that provides free optic clinics in Haiti and a number of other countries, Morgan Pitman has made her mark in Abu Dhabi, Haiti, Alabama, and beyond. Morgan’s love for her fellow humans has propelled her toward international service from a very young age — her global thinking […]

No Waste November, a global Roots & Shoots collaboration

April 01, 2026 — This blog was written by Florence McCambridge, a JGI Canada Volunteer and originally published here. Looking to make a big impact with one small change? We’ve got just the thing. No Waste November is a global Roots & Shoots initiative where people around the world make a commitment to reduce the amount of waste they produce […]

COMPASSIONATE YOUNG LEADERS YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW: STEWART MASSEY

April 01, 2026 — Alabama native, Stewart Massey is an incredible innovator who makes art out of recycled objects and sells his masterpieces (magnets, ornaments, bookmarks, and more) to raise money for those in need. ‘ReWorkz’ unites Stewart’s passions for fighting climate change, making art, and helping the homeless in his community. Stewart has been a member of the […]

October Project of the Month (POTM): The Hero’s Journey to the Chicken Coop

April 01, 2026 — Every Sunday, the Hero’s Journey Club, a Roots & Shoots group in Hartland Four Corners, Vermont, empowers children to create projects inspired by the Unitarian Universalist principles taught at the First Universalist Society of Hartland. Samantha Cronin, their group leader, has witnessed how Universalist principles are helping her elementary schoolers members build the skills and […]

A Local’s Advice: How to Help Puerto Rico

April 01, 2026 — Over the course of two weeks in September, Hurricane Irma and Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. Both storms knocked over power lines and uprooted trees, leaving close to 85% of the island without electricity and many communities isolated by blocked roads and limited cell phone reception (CNN). Local officials predict it will take […]

Creating Change for Chimps on Great Apes Giving Day

April 01, 2026 — Great Apes Giving Day is a day to choose what kind of difference you want to make, and in this case, for a cause very close to Dr. Jane and the Jane Goodall Institute’s heart: providing rehabilitation and refuge for orphaned chimpanzees. For 25 years, the Jane Goodall Institute’s Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center has assisted […]

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December Project of the Month (POTM): The Game Changers

November Project of the Month (POTM): Clean Air Teens

5 Ways to Give Back on Giving Tuesday

Meet Gitanjali Rao, “America’s Top Young Scientist”

COMPASSIONATE YOUNG LEADERS YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW: MORGAN PITMAN

No Waste November, a global Roots & Shoots collaboration

COMPASSIONATE YOUNG LEADERS YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW: STEWART MASSEY

October Project of the Month (POTM): The Hero’s Journey to the Chicken Coop

A Local’s Advice: How to Help Puerto Rico

Creating Change for Chimps on Great Apes Giving Day