On Saturday, November 12, 2011, student participants in the Jane Goodall Institute’s National Roots and Shoots program met at Battery Park City School in Manhattan for an annual regional summit.  The 80 participants, who hailed from all over the Northeast region of the United States, spent their lunch hour completing service projects as part of the “One Million Hours of Service” initiative.

In the slideshow below, Roots and Shoots Youth Leadership Fellow Adrienne Bermingham provides a background on the Roots and Shoots program as well as an overview of the various service projects completed at the summit.