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This page is dedicated to every student and every classroom that has participated in our Change4Cranes fundraising program. This page will be continually updated as we receive more stories and photographs from participants around the globe!
If you or your class is a Change4Cranes participant and you'd like to have your story and photograph posted on the website, please send them to James Popham.
If you are a student or teacher, or would like to otherwise be involved in our Change4Cranes program, please visit the registration site here.
Participating Schools:
University of Chicago Lab Schools - Chicago, IL
Operation Migration recently received a letter from the Second Grade classroom at the University of Chicago Lab Schools - and it brought us some great news!
The class had finished collecting money for the Change4Cranes boxes they ordered a few months ago. 24 students each took their boxes home to collect from family, friends, and neighbours, while also telling them about our work and the importance of wildlife protection. Together they raised nearly $550, an outstanding effort!
Their teachers Ms. Harrison and Ms. Maxey are very proud of the class' results, and told us that their students' work really made them believe that "One class can really make a difference!" Everyone at Operation Migration agrees, and would like to express our thanks to everyone that supported these students and helped them make this difference.
Below are pictures of the class with their decorated Change4Cranes box, and another photo illustrating how Ms. Harrison and Ms. Maxey turned the money counting into a math activity.
 
Woodmore Elementary School - Woodville, OH
As one of the first schools to participate in the inaugural 2007 Change4Cranes program, Woodmore Elementary School led by Ms. Bortz demonstrated their Craniac-ness by raising more than $80, enough to purchase a quarter mile and then some!
Posters, art, and information about Operation Migration can all be found in Ms. Bortz's art class, where students Mrs. Welch's 4th grade class are seen showing off their wonderfully decorated coin boxes.
St. Bede Kindergarten - Pittsburgh, PA
Ms. Nancy Eddy's youngsters have already rounded up two miles worth of change, and are working on a third! Using a variety of fundraisers, including a bake sale and lots of support from their parents, these future wildlife watchers have definitely shown us their Craniac Kid gumption! Thanks for the support, and we're looking forward hearing more from Kindergarten class at St. Bede.
Handmade signs and soaring paper cranes donated by parents decorate the St. Bede Kindergarten class.
Ms. Eddy shows off her Craniac center.
Neil Armstrong Elementary School 6th Graders - Moorseville, IN
As one of the classes to register for the Change4Cranes program before October 1st, 2007, Mrs. Trudy Land's 6th graders were entered into a draw for an OM presentation - and they won! On November 14th, 2007 they had OM Pilot Brooke Pennypacker and director of field operations Bev Paulan speak.
Says Bev of the class "Mrs. Trudy Land’s 6th graders were very attentive and asked very insightful questions. They all have picked out a favorite bird and were anxious to hear the slightest details about how ‘their’ bird behaved (or misbehaved); if it ever got boxed up; if it was aggressive or submissive; or if it had shown Joe a threat posture. (Most all of the chicks have!)"
Thanks to the Neil Armstrong class for being one of the first to register!!!
Columbus Middle School 6th Grade - Columbus, WI
Ms. Maier's 6th graders were one of the winning classes for an Operation Migration presentation in their classroom - and all they had to do was sign up for Change4Cranes. Bev Paulan (director of field operations) and Brooke Pennypacker (OM pilot) both helped present to all 85 Craniac Kids.
Bev recounts that "The questions they asked kept both of Brooke and I on our toes, and when we asked them questions, not one went unanswered. The highlight for me, I think, was when Brooke demonstrated the dreaded ‘swamp monster’ and all the kids agreed that he would be scarier without the tarp on! LOL
This visit was also a very humbling experience. The time and energy that these kids put into their quest for knowledge, and their action on behalf of OM and the cranes, proves that it doesn’t take someone big, rich and important to make a difference."
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