Founded in 2002, Teaching Kids to CARE is a unique adopt-a-school program that has mentored more than 100,000 grade school students in 150 cities with the lesson that when we work together, our individual caring efforts for our communities can make a meaningful difference for our world.
Learn more about Doubletree's past five years of fun-filled initiatives, which have led to achievements such as the planting of more than 200,000 trees, the symbolic adoption of more than 2,500 endangered animals, the fundraising of $250,000 to benefit hurricane relief efforts and a lesson on the democratic process resulting in the donation of 250,000 Doubletree cookies. Click here.
A game of environmental tag is spreading from state to state during April and May as more than 10,000 students kick-off a game of "Tree Tag" to celebrate the world's oldest environmental holiday. Equipped with forest-green ribbons and eco-friendly tree tags, 10,000 students in more than 150 communities will take part in a month-long initiative to raise awareness about the importance of trees.
This spring initiative, created in collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation®, is appropriately themed Get to Know the Tree Next Door.
Using an official Tree Identification Guide from the Arbor Day Foundation, students will learn about the various types of trees that live in their very own backyards and neighbor-hood parks, as well as the methods used by arborists to identify trees across North America. In addition, they'll explore the importance of trees in the environment, functions of each part of a tree and fun facts surrounding some of the most unique trees in the world.
With tree lessons learned, creative imaginations and Tree Identification Guides in hand, kids will be appointed as "Official Arbor Ambassadors" to write their personal "My Tree and Me" stories to express why they care about trees and share their stories and learnings with their fellow students.
Check this Teaching Kids to CARE site in the weeks ahead for photos and reports from Great Community Tree Tag events by Doubletree hotels across North America.
