In a Nutshell

When asked my my 8th grade social studies teacher to write out "some ideas that would help our community"  I wrote down several ideas in my notebook including my outline for Plant a Promise. My response was,""… Another idea that could help our community would be a program called "Plant a Promise”. It would be a program for children in elementary school around the 3rd grade. These children would create goals that they set for themselves, their community and their future. To illustrate their promises, the children would plant a tree in a designated area and place a stepping stone next to it .The stepping stone would have their names and their goals placed on it. As the children grew and their goals grew, the tree would also grow. This would benefit the children because they would be driven to accomplish their goals. The community would benefit because the community's children would be goal oriented and our environment would benefit because of the new trees."


That is Plant a Promise is a simple nutshell