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Young Wings

Award-winning filmmaker Jim Jenner has established an after-school program entitled "Young Wings". This program introduces 3rd -6th grade students to homing pigeons, the living symbol of peace and love. The program emphasizes math and science, while illustrating the profound connection to place epitomized by .pigeons. These birds are unique because they roam freely yet return home from great distances. Children witness the bird's instinctive homing ability, parenting skills and social behavior in a small portable pigeon loft on the school grounds. The project connects children to nature using a gentle, yet hardy domestic bird that thrives in any environment. A curriculum and accompanying movie will allow the program to be duplicated globally from a rural town to the inner-city.

Jenner's project has already been officially endorsed by the American Pigeon Racing Union, the Canadian Pigeon Racing Union and Scotland's Homing Pigeon Union.

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Jim Jenner   .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

PO Box 400
Philipsburg,  Montana  59858
United States

approx. # of participants: 12

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