As Cansorzio Travolo Della Pace Franciacorta – Monte Orfano took the lead in organizing, tree plantings at six municipalities in the Province of Brescia were realized. One of the sites was Scuola Media Statale “Leonardo da Vinci.” Prior to the tree planting ceremony, peace march started from Istituto Comprensivo “Don Milani.” Children from Milani Primary School hung handmade cards around the neck and all of them held a big flag with dimensions of about 30m x 20m, and marched through the city being led by policemen and following Mr. Ebinuma, who held the seedling, to the planting site. As they approached the planting site, children called out “Pace (peace)” to the rhythm of their procession. When they arrived at Leonardo da Vinci State Middle School, teachers and a few students welcomed them holding the city flag and messages in their hands. Then, all the students and even neighboring kindergarten children, who were led by the hand by teachers and their parents, also came. Each kindergarten child held a handmade flag of “Pace.”
During the tree planting ceremony, there were singing by kindergarten children together with many other children, delivery of Mr. Ebinuma’s message, an address made by the mayor, a presentation of studies by a group of middle school students, poetry reading as well as primary school children’s singing. Then, the representatives planted the tree in the schoolyard near the school gate.
At the end of the ceremony, everybody sang a song together and released a lot of balloons into the sky. The ceremony reached its climax at the end as teachers started dancing and kindergarten children waved the flags to the song.
After the ceremony, children presented origami cranes to the mayor, Mr. Ebinuma and others.
