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Pictured above: Hannah (second from
right) spreads the word about her club
with members (from left to right) Emily,
Clara, Elizabeth, Emery, and Abby.
Last year, Hannah founded an eco club
called Girls Go Green with her friends. The
group picks up trash around the church where
they meet. They’ve collected cans for recycling,
and donated the money to help local people
who are unhoused.
Hannah is a member of Earth Rangers™, a
charity that helps kids protect animals and the
earth. Her 15 missions have included showing
her club how to build toad houses out of flower
pots. Hannah has “adopted” numerous wild
animals in the Earth Rangers app, including a
seal, which earned a donation to a marine
mammal center.
Hannah (left) kayaks with her family. Back to the dogs: Hannah, who has two
Golden Retrievers named Scout and Gracie at
home, also makes time for the Nacogdoches
Humane Society. She and her family walk and
Sixth grader Hannah Cooper may socialize the dogs — or train them to be with
be “green,” but she doesn’t see a difference others, mainly humans. Her hands-down,
between her work for wildlife and for dogs. favorite activity? “The snow-cone stand to
“They’re both animals,” she says. “They both raise money for the animal shelter,” she says.
need our help.” “I liked that.”
For Hannah, the earth needs our help too. A day “I’ve always loved animals,” she says. “I’ve
at the park means trash pickup. It is, after all, the always liked being outside.” That’s enough to
home of wild animals. She convinced her parents keep her going, but there’s more: “I like how
to recycle, and then moved to her whole Texas once I finish something, I can tell it’s made
town — posting fliers about keeping the a difference,” she says. “The dog we walked
environment clean. gets adopted.”
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