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calling the center for more information
about this amazing new program.
The Jane Goodall R&S staff were so
impressed by our inaugural project effort and all of the media attention that followed, they generously invited us to be
among a select group of R&S programs
at a private reception in Washington,
D.C., with Dr. Jane and members of congress. Needless to say, it was a life altering moment for our kids to meet the
legendary icon Dr. Jane herself.

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We were the total
volunteer package-
young, old, African American,
Caucasian, Latin, Asian,
male and female.
We were a Benetton Ad.
Having met Dr. Jane in person fueled
our kids and my bosses to continue to
build on the program. Roots & Shoots
quickly became the buzz phrase in Fairfax County. We were featured on the
National Character Counts! website, odyssey magazine, Northern Virginia magazine, McLean Connection, Fairfax Times,
and the Washington Post.
Our group was approached by the
National Environmental Education Foundation to ask Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to issue a proclamation recognizing
National Environmental Education Week
in Virginia. Three weeks following our
request, we received an official proclamation from the Governor's office. Virginia became one of 32 states to issue
the proclamation in 2008.
Due to our overwhelming success,
within six months of chartering our pilot program, the Fairfax County Park
Authority adopted our pilot program as
an agency-wide initiative and chartered
R&S Jr. Volunteer programs at the remaining eight FCPA recreation centers.
The FCPA awarded the Jane Goodall Institute with the " Good Neighbor Award "

	

in 2009 for its supportive role in our program development.
2008 was a banner year for our program. Our kids worked with Dr. Jane on
two occasions and we utilized our pilot program success to create a popular spin-off R&S summer camp program.
Our junior program was awarded the Volunteer Fairfax Youth Volunteer Group of
the Year Award, and the FCPA Elly Doyle
Park Service Award for Student Volunteer
Group of the Year. Our program also received Governor Kaine's " Stewardship
Virginia " recognition in 2009.
The beauty of being associated with
the R&S program, is that everything
we do is included on the R&S website
with instant links to our FCPA website,
(http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/
rec/shillrec.htm) Based on our tremendous success, teachers from around the
county have contacted us to network
and help them start their own classroom R&S program along with other
parks and zoos.
Fairfax County school children now
have a new avenue for volunteering and
philanthropy. Our kids have shown that
this new, youth-driven program fosters a fun, flexible, and supportive environment where young people and
adults can come together, share ideas,
inspiration, and make a difference in
our community. Our combined recreation center volunteers contributed
188,800 volunteer hours in 2009. Of that
amount, our R&S kids contributed 3,152
volunteer hours which equals a total of
$63,828 of enhanced customer service
to our park lands.
Spring Hill Recreation center and the
Fairfax County Park Authority, combined
with the R&S program, is helping to ensure a legacy of environmental stewards
for generations to follow.
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Talking Points:
.05 percentage
decline in golf course
closures since 2000
5.0 percentage
increase in golf course
supply since 2000
15.9 percentage
decline in rounds of
golf played in months
of October 2008 and
2009 (1895 the last
year an October was
wetter or cooler)
1.0 percentage
decline in year-to-date
rounds of golf in 2009
-Source: National
Golf Foundation

Shawna Levins is the Volunteer

Services/Special Events Manager for
Fairfax County Park Authority Spring Hill
Recreation Center in Mclean, Virginia.
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