Rosie Robles, Splash Club Volunteer

Rosie volunteers to help coordinate and recruit for Splash Club meetings.  She spreads the word about upcoming Splash Club meetings to her friends, co-workers, and people at her church.  This may not seem like much, but telling your friends about Splash is one of the most important things you can do to help.  Rosie also comes to Splash meetings with her twin boys and helps out the Splash staff. In 2010 she became a Trustee of the Sacramento Splash Board.

We asked Rosie, "Why do you volunteer with Splash?"

Rosie replied, "I really enjoy spending time supporting Splash and assisting their knowledgeable staff members. As a mother of twin boys, I want to entice them to an awareness of and appreciation for the natural world. Not only can nature teach kids science and nurture their creativity, but nature needs its children: where else will its future stewards come from?

At Splash, I feel that my kids are not missing out the experience of play and adventure with nature, the enjoyment that comes with learning in a kind of free, natural play that seems, in the era of kid pagers, instant messaging, iPods, Nintendo Wii, like an attractive artifact.

This direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of all children and adults.

Organizations like Splash are a great resource to parents, children, grandparents, teachers, scientists, etc. to experience the natural world more deeply -- and find the joy of family connectedness in the process."

I encourage everyone to volunteer their time and support Splash in their quest to reunite children with nature and in the way to value and protect the natural world.