<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">At Roots y Ramas Forest School, we believe nature-based, bilingual, and community-rooted education should be accessible to all families. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">Today, 33% of our students receive financial aid through our Tuition Equity Fund. With your support, we can grow this fund and bring the transformative power of experiential forest education to more children.<h3>🌎 Our Mission</h3><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">We nurture children’s love for the Earth and all her creatures—planting the seeds of lifelong stewardship. Through wonder, play, and connection to nature, we raise a generation who values care, kinship, and reciprocity.<h3>💚 Your Gift Helps:</h3><ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Foster future stewards through early, meaningful connection to nature</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Remove barriers for families facing financial hardship</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Support bilingual, inclusive, and joy-filled learning</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Nurture confidence, creativity, and empathy through nature and community</li></ul><blockquote>“Every day was an exercise in wonder and delight that this kind of learning environment could exist.” “Our daughter considers the forest her home—and the teachers her family.”</blockquote><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">We’re also excited to be partnering with Growing Together, our fiscal sponsor, to expand access to local TK students through a new program in development to connect public school children to the forest.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font: 11.0px 'Apple Color Emoji';" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;box-sizing:inherit">🌍 This is how we transform the future—by giving children a lived experience of belonging, love, and reverence for the Earth, we help grow a generation prepared to shape a world that is sustainable, inclusive, and rooted in the value of all life.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">🌿 Thank you for helping us grow a more just, joyful, and connected future—together.<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);width:100%;box-sizing:inherit"> * Roots y Ramas is a fiscally sponsored organization of Growing Together Bay Area

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;-webkit-user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping to make our program accessible to more families. This donation is genuinely cherished because we know how challenging it is to live in the Bay Area and to choose to support our school and our community is an expression of love we are so honored to receive. If you would like to contribute further to the goal of making outdoor experiential education accessible for all preschoolers, contact us to volunteer in our effort to create access for local public schools, share our <a href="https://www.rootsyramasforestschool.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;-webkit-user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">website</a> with others in your community, or write a <a href="https://g.co/kgs/RqFBkya" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;-webkit-user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Google review</a> ! With love and gratitude, Eva, Sara, Darci rootsyramas@gmail.com

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<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">At Roots y Ramas Forest School, we believe nature-based, bilingual, and community-rooted education should be accessible to all families. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Today, 33% of our students receive financial aid through our Tuition Equity Fund. With your support, we can grow this fund and bring the transformative power of experiential forest education to more children.🌎 Our Mission<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">We nurture children’s love for the Earth and all her creatures—planting the seeds of lifelong stewardship. Through wonder, play, and connection to nature, we raise a generation who values care, kinship, and reciprocity.💚 Your Gift Helps:<ul><li>Foster future stewards through early, meaningful connection to nature</li><li>Remove barriers for families facing financial hardship</li><li>Support bilingual, inclusive, and joy-filled learning</li><li>Nurture confidence, creativity, and empathy through nature and community</li></ul><blockquote>“Every day was an exercise in wonder and delight that this kind of learning environment could exist.” “Our daughter considers the forest her home—and the teachers her family.”</blockquote><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">We’re also excited to be partnering with Growing Together, our fiscal sponsor, to expand access to local TK students through a new program in development to connect public school children to the forest.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">🌍 This is how we transform the future—by giving children a lived experience of belonging, love, and reverence for the Earth, we help grow a generation prepared to shape a world that is sustainable, inclusive, and rooted in the value of all life.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">🌿 Thank you for helping us grow a more just, joyful, and connected future—together.<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> * Roots y Ramas is a fiscally sponsored organization of Growing Together Bay Area

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#### 1. Organization Mission & Cause
**Mission:** Growing Together Bay Area Inc is dedicated to enhancing hands-on science education for students, particularly through experiential outdoor learning. Their initiatives aim to connect students with nature, foster environmental stewardship, and support educational programs that meet the Next Generation Science Standards.

**Cause:** The organization focuses on providing resources and support for school garden programs, which not only enrich students' learning experiences but also promote community engagement and environmental awareness.

#### 2. Type of Activities
- **Fundraising Campaigns:** The most recent campaign is the "Lupine Hills Plant and Seed Sale," which supports the Lupine Hills Garden Program. Funds raised are directed towards garden supplies, community events, and educational projects.
- **Community Programs:** They facilitate hands-on science learning and native plant restoration projects, allowing students to engage directly with their environment.
- **Events:** The organization hosts garden sales and community events to promote their programs and raise funds.

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- **Founding Info:** Specific founding details are not provided on the website.
- **Scale:** The organization has conducted a total of 5 forms related to fundraising and community engagement.
- **Impact Metrics:** The fundraising goal for the recent campaign is $600, aimed at supporting the Lupine Hills Garden Program.
- **Volunteer Info:** While specific volunteer opportunities are not detailed, the organization encourages community involvement through participation in events and donations.

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- **Structure:** Clear headings and bullet points are effective for readability. Use short paragraphs to maintain engagement.
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