Girl and Boy Scouts rocking CHALK4PEACE!

Both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are big fans of CHALK4PEACE.

Den Mothers Heather Riker Johnson and Beth Peirce Campbell have organized CHALK4PEACE events in Martinsburg, WV and Alexandria, VA and have introduced CHALK4PEACE as an important  approach to peaceful cooperation and are considering a CHALK4PEACE emblem for a merit badge. We encourage a merit badge for CHALK4PEACE!

Thank you to the other Scout troops who have joined us; please join us again!

Thank you to the Scouts for encouraging the world to be at Peace.

We wish every Scout troop and pack in the world will consider joining us for CHALK4PEACE...

Girl Scout Troop 40726, Martinsburg Mall, Martinsburg, WV; courtesy Heather Riker Johnson

Boy Scout Pack 66, St. Joseph's Parish, Martinburg, WV; courtesy Heather Riker Johnson

Girl Scout Troop 849, Wesley United Methodist Church, Alexandria, VA; courtesy Beth Peirce Campbell; photo: Marielle Mariano

Girl Scout Troop 849, Alexandria, VA; courtesy Beth Peirce Campbell

CHALKSTARS: C4P Barcroft E.S. Arlington, VA

Barcroft Elementary School of Arlington, VA is the only location in the world that can boast perfect participation in CHALK4PEACE! Since they joined in to paint the planet the colors of peace in 2006 (and the art was washed away by a rainstorm almost immediately), educators Marel Citron and Alissa Karton have always encouraged Barcroft to CHALK4PEACE. Barcroft brings parents and teachers together on a Saturday in September to fill the sidewalks and parking lot with their annual messages of peace love and understanding. CHALK4PEACE is honored to have such dedication to our event.

Thank you Barcroft Elementary School for keeping the Peace!

CHALKPEACE: Rotaract de Moca, Dominican Republic

Rotaract de Moca in the Dominican Republic has been a driving force of CHALK4PEACE since 2010 and is the first international youth service organization to embrace our cooperative philosophy of peace. Rotaract is the youth branch of Rotary International. Rotaract de Moca has teamed up with other Rotaract groups, Villa Tapia, Bonao, Moca 2 de Mayo, Salcedo and others to hold multiple club CHALK4PEACE events in peace loving Moca, Espaillet. Adrianny Guzman and Ana Cecilia Lasose Hiciano have led the way as organizers bringing their community together in the name and spirit of Peace! photos: Clau Jimenez, Adrianny Guzman

Events that CHALK4PEACE supports, celebrates and observes...

CHALKPEACE has become an event that takes place year round, often depending upon a location's weather or specific date. These are some of the observances that have included CHALK4PEACE...

Honoring the International Day on Peace 21 September                                                             (CHALK4PEACE: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC)* Organizer: Yvonne Davis

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- 3rd Monday in January; (Thacher School, Ojai, CA)*  Organizer: Suzie Nixon

Earth Day Celebration (Berkeley, CA)* Organizer: Lisa Bullwinkle

Community Healing ceremony (Centennial Park, Geneva, NY) Organizer: Chapin Traugott

Festival Clown & Clown "Gessito por Pace" (Piazza Aldo Moro, Monte San Giusto, Italia)* Organizers: Paola Sabbatini, Alessandra Torresi, Erica Moressi, Roberto Spinelli, Mabo Band

One country's National Peace Day observance (Miriam Grade School, Quezon City, Philippines) Organizer: Patti Bautista

John Lennon's birthday- 9 Oct. (PS #139, Lodz, Poland) Organizer: Ana Tomasik

Neighborhood Day (Museum of Modern ARF, Hudson St., Arlington, VA)* Organizer: John Aaron

Tribute to Banned books (Boulder Public Library, CO) Organizer: Carol Heepke

Honoring the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, Ojai Valley Youth Foundation, CA* Organizer: Nicole Haggard...

and pleas for Peace in Baltimore (courtesy Ike Cynkar)

photo credits: Marielle Mariano, Jerry Downs, Chapin Traugott, Luciano Brandimarti, Ed Talaro,  Ana Tomasik, John Aaron, Emily Ebba Reynolds, Ike Cynkar