[Parents: Children this age will require some assistance in reading and carrying out the following suggestions.]

As Catholics, we are called to show our respect for God by taking good care of God’s creation. Caring for the earth is a requirement of our faith.

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” Genesis 1:26

• In your neighborhood, take a pet that is usually confined to a kennel for a walk.

• Get some adults to help you and spend an afternoon cleaning up a local park.