The One Million Bones Onsite Project

I was so happy to see Students Rebuild as one of our exhibitors at the National Service-Learning Conference this year in Denver, who offering attendees the opportunity to be a part of the One Million Bones Challenge. We first worked with Students Rebuild in 2010 in Atlanta, GA, when they hosted an onsite project building clay bones for the challenge. I remember hauling very heavy boxes of clay for them! Our attendees then and now loved crafting bones and playing a part in raising awareness about international conflict as well as joining in solidarity with victims and survivors in countries on ongoing conflict, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Burma, and Somalia. Rebuild staff estimate that our attendees made over 200 bones! Students Rebuild, along with other international humanitarian organizations, are “equipping young leaders and their families with resources they need to peacefully rebuild their communities.” I am glad our attendees helped play a role in this awareness, which culminates with an installation of 1 million bones on the National Mall, Saturday, June 8, 2013. It is going to be a remarkable installation – don’t miss it!

Join us next year for the 25th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, which will be held in Washington DC, April 9-12, 2014. The One Million Bones installation will be gone, but we can’t wait to help with Student Rebuild’s next initiative.

Read more about the One Million Bones Challenge here.