Save The Rainforest, Inc. 2.39

Save The Rainforest, inc. began as a biology class project in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Bruce Calhoun was teaching his biology class about rainforests from his firsthand experiences. The students were surprised to learn about the destruction of the rainforest that Mr. Calhoun shared with them because it was not to be found in their textbooks. They came to realize that students, teachers, the general public, and even textbook publishers were not informed about what was actually happening to rainforests. They decided to do something about it. For their class project, the students created an information packet about tropical rainforests and sent it to every high school science teacher in the United States. They also asked those teachers if they wanted to join a new club called Save The Rainforest and receive additional information. To their amazement they received over 10,000 positive replies. A movement was born.

Save the Rainforest became one of the first groups to:
•Educate about the importance of rainforests.
•Offer “Adopt-An-Acre” programs.
•Get involved and create International Children’s Rainforest Network.
•Take teachers and students on trips to see the rainforest first hand.

Save the Rainforest is:
•a charitable 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 1988 by teachers and students in Dodgeville, Wisconsin
•governed by a board of directors that consists teachers throughout the United States.

Save the Rainforest has Trips for set up to:
•Panama
•Belize
•Costa Rica
•Ecuador (including Galapagos)

Rainforest Trips through Save The Rainforest are:
•affordable
•educational
•fun
•safe
•an opportunity of a lifetime

Go as an individual or an entire class. Check out our website for more details at http://www.saverfn.org/index.html or call (608) 729-4877.