*Join with children for RAYS OF HOPE event this October * *RAYS OF HOPE visit to Rani Baug or Byculla Zoo or Jijamata Bhonsle Udyan situated in Byculla, Mumbai, Maharashtra with Tejal Vishweshwar & Anoop Ranjan*
*On Sunday, 19th October 2008* ** Meet at 11 AM at the main entrance of Rani Baug after buying your entry tickets. ** Rani Baug is at walking distance from Byculla Railway Station (Central Railway). BEST buses; 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 65, 69, 126, 165, We can decide for ourselves of how long we have to be there as the baug remains open till 5 PM on Sunday. Please have heavy breakfast and carry some snacks/Lunch box, pencil/pen, notepad, It will be hot so carry a cap/umbrella, each one carry at least 10 *one side used* A4 size paper sheets, What we will do?? --- Rani Baug or Byculla Zoo as known to many is a place to see birds/animals/reptiles kept in cages but do you know it is home to 3,177 trees of 227 species ...so RAYS visit is to meet these trees, many standing upright since more than 100 years... be with them, learn from the trees.....have some fun playing nature activities.... *These trees are facing threat due to makeover plan of this area by the Municipal Corporation. Few citizens came together to form Save Rani BaghBotanical Garden Action Committee to protest this move....Katie Bagli, one of the committee member, will be there with us to share & update the concern & efforts on this issue so that we too join them to help the trees to be.. check **http://www.saveranibagh.org* <http://www.saveranibagh.org/>*to know more on it. * No registration required but participation is mainly for children (5 to 15 yrs.) along with their parents/guardians... For any more details contact undersigned at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 9821423074 Help us get more participation; inform/ forward this to many in your contact - encourage this voluntary effort to connect nature with children & through them get their families involved too... Cheers, Anoop Ranjan Coordinator for this event, RAYS OF HOPE *(nature awareness programme for children from 5 upto 15 yrs. * *a voluntary effort started at HOPE (Here On Project Environment, Thane in April 2006)* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
