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Dozens of kids added their drawings to the project on March 31st at the Celebrate the Gulf Festival in Pass Christian, Mississippi.  The youngest  -- barely walking  -- were just happy to play with crayons and markers.  The pre-school age kids were prompted to draw what they love the most about the Gulf, the ocean, the beach.  Elementary and Middle School age kids were asked to remember back to the oil spill and draw what they hoped to see or do in the Gulf as it recovered from the oil spill. Many thanks to all the kids who contributed their drawings to the project and made our table cloth AWESOME!, all the relatives and friends who waited patiently for the artists to finish their work, and the folks at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve for letting Children of the Spills be a part of this event.

Half the drawings are below.  The rest can be seen here.

"The sea animals are happy!!" - Alana

"Rainbow fish" - Trey

"I flying on the boat" - Anne Marie

- Morgan

"I am fishing in the clean water after the oil spill." - Ariel

- Aislin

"A dolphin is jumping out of the water." - Marina

" I like to adventure under water, because I like turtles." - Hope

"Sun, Jellyfish, Clean Water" - Kali

"The sun was going down." - Gracie Lou

"The dolphin is diving for the fish." - Leigha

"Swimming" - Ashlyn

"I want to see fish -- fish, dolphins, flounders" - Constance

"I want to see dolphins" - Constance (again)

"No animal harming things or oil guarenteed" - Cyrus

"Sun and happyness:" - Cera

 "There's seashells, all kinds of color, the sun is shiny, the sky is shiny, the ocean is shiny and blue, the shark's body is black." - Sarah

"The ocean has still had fish." - Bella

"I cannot live in oily water." - Carina

"Before: Before the oil spill, every thing was perfect. 

After: After the oil spill, every thing was terrible.

I wish it would go away and all the animals would be ok." - Ethan

Celebrate the Gulf Drawings

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Dozens of kids added their drawings to the project on March 31st at the Celebrate the Gulf Festival in Pass Christian, Mississippi.  The youngest  -- barely walking  -- were just happy to play with crayons and markers.  The pre-school age kids were prompted to draw what they love the most about the Gulf, the ocean, the beach.  Elementary and Middle School age kids were asked to remember back to the oil spill and draw what they hoped to see or do in the Gulf as it recovered from the oil spill. Many thanks to all the kids who contributed their drawings to the project and made our table cloth AWESOME!, all the relatives and friends who waited patiently for the artists to finish their work, and the folks at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve for letting Children of the Spills be a part of this event.

Here are a few of the drawings.  The other half can be seen here.

"I want everybody to enjoy the beach the way it should be." - Lexi

"Fishes, sand dollars, turtles eating seaweed, and octopuses in the ocean.  Me and my family in the sand." - Abigail Grace

"I hope no more little animals die and all animals are safe.  I hope little fishes don't die anymore!" - Tristan

"I love dolphins" - Bella

Kaitlyn

"The Gulf is a place where you see sea creatures and some fisherman catch them this will decrease the wildlife." - Chelsie

"I hope ... that another oil spill doesn't happen! Make the world a better place! (:" - Allyson Claire

"Please no trash in my beach!" - Taya

"I love the ocean because it has star fish." - Sara

"Swordfish jumping by the bridge" - Ashlyn

"I hope thar will be more fish!!." - Liora

Kylie

"Octapes is blending in the coral watching the fish swim by." - Claire

"Dolphin" - Grace

"No oil please!!" - DeShawn

"This shark is doing fine in the water" - Caroline

Heaven Lee

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Please click on a name to learn more about that person and his or her story.  The first stories are all related to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill that occurred in 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska.  The oil and effects reached communities as far away as Kodiak and Homer.  There are a few interviews with young people affected by the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.  I will be adding more soon.  There are also drawings done by elementary students that focus on kids' hopes for healing and recovery in the Gulf.

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Makena O'Toole, Cordova, Alaska, Born 1985        Casey Moss, Homer, Alaska, Born 1983       Mike Mickelson, Cordova, Alaska, Born 1984

                                                   

    Mya Howard, Cordova, Alaska, Born 1987                                  Erica Thompson                      Teacon Simeonoff, Akhiok, Alaska, Born 1974                                                                                                      Kodiak & Cordova, Alaska, Born 1983                      

                                                                                              

      Malani Towle, Cordova, Alaska, Born 1984                            Thomasina Andersen                 Anjuli Grantham, Kodiak, Alaska, Born 1982                                                                                                                    Cordova, Alaska, Born 1981

                                                                      

 Laurel Hilts, Seldovia, Alaska, Born 1970         Elizabeth Kvasnikoff, Port Graham, Alaska, Born 1985                 Balika Haakanson                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Kodiak & Uganik Bay Alaska, Born 1976

                                                                        

 Alberta & LaRita Laktonen, Born 1975 & 1977                            Micah Ess, Born 1980                                 Emma Williams (*pseudonym)

     Larsen Bay, Kodiak, & Anchorage, Alaska                Knight Island, Homer, & Cordova, Alaska          Born 1978, Cordova, Alaska & Oregon

             

Diana Riedel, Born 1982, Cordova, Alaska                                                                           

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Dallas Folse, Cut Off, Louisiana, Born 1999         Brhian Mathieu, Raceland, Louisiana, Born 1998         Seth Sapia, Lockport, LA, Born 1999   

                                              

                         Kyla Billiot, Galliano, LA, Born 2000                                            Jazmen Gisclair and Kyle Williams, Galliano, LA

                                                       

Drawings by kids from Lafourche Parish, LA           Drawings by kids at Celebrate the Gulf               More Celebrate the Gulf Drawings

                                            

  Sassafras LA: Ronnie Collins, Olivia Bourgeois, Caroline Guidry, and Alex Naquin        Kandi Dardar, Born 1997, Pointe-au-Chien, Louisiana                  Born 1994-1995, Galliano, Larose, and Cut Off, Louisiana

                                                                             

(Temporarily Unavailable) Born 1992, Grand Caillou/Dulac, Louisiana                                        Austin Dufrene & Scottie Smith                                                                                                                                                   Born 1996-1997, South Lafourche Parish, Louisiana                       

                                                                                                       

Paul Griffin, Born 1995, Larose, Louisiana    Toby Smith, Jr., Born 1995, Cut Off, Louisiana    Jaci Encarnacian, Born 1996, Cut Off, Louisiana 

                     

Caitlyn Browne & Whitney Powell, Born 2000, Mobile & Irvington, Alabama

Elementary School Drawings, Larose & Cut Off, Louisiana

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Drawings by students from Larose Upper Elementary and Cut Off Elementary in Larose and Cut Off, Louisiana

*Killer Whales (orcas) have indeed been documented in the Gulf of Mexico!*