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🌱 Why Green Schoolyards Matter: Cultivating Connection and Collaboration 🌱 Green schoolyards are more than just outdoor spaces – they are living classrooms and community hubs that foster deeper connections, collaboration, and resilience in young minds. The Power of Nature on Development Biophilic design – integrating natural elements into daily environments – taps into our innate connection to nature. For children, this connection is transformative: 🔹 Encourages Curiosity & Exploration – Natural spaces invite open-ended play, sparking creativity and independent thinking. 🔹 Promotes Collaboration – Green spaces encourage cooperative play, problem-solving, and teamwork, reinforcing social bonds and communication skills. 🔹 Builds Emotional Intelligence – Engaging with nature nurtures empathy, patience, and a sense of responsibility for living things. Strengthening Social Fabric 🌿 Inclusive & Accessible Spaces – Green schoolyards provide shared environments where children of all abilities and backgrounds interact, fostering a culture of inclusivity and mutual respect. 🌿 Community Engagement – These spaces often double as community gardens and gathering areas, strengthening relationships between families, educators, and neighbors. 🌿 Resilient Problem-Solvers – Hands-on experiences with nature teach adaptability and perseverance, essential skills for navigating an unpredictable world. Beyond the Classroom Green schoolyards inspire lifelong stewardship and collaboration. By investing in nature-rich environments, we cultivate stronger communities, deeper connections, and more resilient futures for everyone. 🌎 Let’s grow spaces where children don’t just learn – they connect, create, and thrive together. Link to support Green Schoolyards America ➡️ https://links.in/gbwmffH6 - more info below.

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Our 2024 Christmas campaign is my final collaboration with Foyer Design. You never really think how much work goes into a campaign like this, and ultimately, is the time spent on it, worth the money raised? 💛 With this one we wanted donors to feel they were contributing towards something specific, so we narrowed it down to young people (the back and forth of creating a young person who is everyone and no one at the same time was a feat in itself) and specific items they might need (need and not want, even though everyone should be allowed something fun at Christmas). 💙 We wanted the message to be uplifting, allowing donors to feel pride in their contribution, but we also wanted people to donate because they can and want to, not because they have to. I think that is truly Aberdeen Foyer's Advantaged Thinking legacy in action. 💚 Nobody should need to prove their worth and value to have their basic necessities met, but tying the campaign to Aberdeen Foyer's mission was important for clarity and notoriety - Donate today to fuel their potential tomorrow. Quite chuffed with that one. 🧡 What do you think - did we get it right?

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As the giving season approaches, it’s important to pause and appreciate how emotional and complex charitable giving can be. Deciding whom to give to, when and how much is challenging until you have aligned your giving plan with your values, charitable causes and the organizations you support. https://lnkd.in/gVKuKCZ7

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The American Water Charitable Foundation celebrates #GivingTuesday by awarding a $100,000 Corporate Strategic grant to Feeding America, as well as provided American Water employee Giving Accounts with a $100 reward to donate to eligible charities of choice. Read more: https://ow.ly/2WVr50Uk5wz Elizabeth Pettengill, Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships, Feeding America, shares: “Feeding America is grateful for the continued support of the American Water Charitable Foundation. This donation will support Feeding America’s network of more than 200 food banks and 60,000 partner agencies across the U.S., who are working tirelessly to help address food insecurity and end hunger.”

This holiday season, the Greater Southwest Chapter of Credit Unions is making a meaningful impact with a $9,000 donation to support local food pantries. Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes, Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency, and South Michigan Food Bank will each receive $3,000 to help families in need. Learn more about how these contributions are making a difference in Southwest Michigan. https://hubs.la/Q02-FgD-0

RNDC was the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Mankato Area Foundation (MAF). MAF received a $300,000 donation though the Taylor Family Farms Foundation to address regional food insecurity and RNDC will use its funds to coordinate a regional effort to rescue surplus food for food shelves. You can read the Mankato Free Press article at https://lnkd.in/gp6S_6QG