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THE FOOD DRIVE DECEMBER 14TH HELD BY THE VOLUNTEER MATCH PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE PALM BEACH FOOD BANK WAS A HUGE SUC-CESS THANKS TO YOU, OUR FRENCHMANS CREEK MEMBERS. MORE THAN 1500 POUNDS OF FOOD WAS COLLECTED! They were very impressed and incredibly appreciative of the efforts of our community.

The Volunteer Match Program has a program where members of our community go into the schools of Palm Beach Gardens and nearby surroundings to tutor, read to the students or whatever is called upon them to do. Because of the Corona Virus, this has stopped. However, Nancy Berkley and Dr, Burt Greenburg wanted to bring something to the schools sooo…. The students of Allamanda Middle School at Palm Beach County received a video produced with Dr. Greenberg regarding the biodiversity of birds in Frenchman's Creek. They made a video about the Birds of Frenchman’s Creek and shared the booklet he compiled with them. Nancy asked questions and Burt answered them. It was very well done with Burt telling them at their age he only knew of two birds– a robin and a Pidgeon. Not until he had children of his own and was living in Chicago, did his interest in birds peak. That is because he saw a beautiful bird outside his kitchen window– an Eastern Towchee. That was the beginning of a 30 year fascination with birds and many species. He talked about migration, our Osprey and showed live species of some of our birds and explained about them. He and Nancy mentioned they will have another segment about the osprey at the proper time.

Below is the teacher's input on the birding video.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:58 PM Yasmin Balaguer wrote:

I found the video very informative and interesting especially it being about birds and wildlife that are local and around Palm Beach. It was easy to hear and follow. Well made. The booklet is great (didn’t know there were that many birds to find

And the condensed version for the students is perfect!!

Some may realize their passion for bird watching! I liked it all, and liked the extra bit of the tools needed to become a bird watcher/hunter and such.

It would be great for our older students who learn about Florida history and Florida facts in their curriculum.

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