A museum to tell the story of St. Martin

Thank you so much for supporting Les Fruits de Mer and Amuseum Naturalis. We’ve had an amazing spring and summer so far thanks to your help! Here are a few things we’ve done in the last three months:

• We hosted 10 school class visits and 6 summer camp/after school group visits to Amuseum Naturalis. We do fun activities together with the groups, like the Bird Habitat Scavenger Hunt, where we find all kinds of things in nature that birds need.
• We launched the print version of our bilingual book, The Old House, which showcases the historic home where Amuseum Naturalis is located.
• We gave away 1,312 books to students and teachers in Sandy Ground as part of a special program to support education for kids in this town. 20% of the funding for this project came from your donations! The books included new bilingual coloring and activity books featuring local sea life: Soualiga Sea and Super St. Martin OCEAN!

Thanks so much for your support! All of our books are available for free, so download some free books! There’s fascinating stuff for kids and people of all ages. 

We have received two grants for that will allow us to distribute an additional 1,650 books to students and schools in 2023. To use them, we need to provide €2,294 of our own funding. If you are able to make a donation, please help us reach this goal! It is only about $1.50 per book, so even a small donation can impact many kids.

We’ve got a lot more great things lined up for 2023, so stay tuned. As always, thanks for your support. We couldn’t do it without you!

Links:

• Fruits Books!
• Fruits News!

Thank you so much for supporting Les Fruits de Mer and Amuseum Naturalis. 2023 is off to a great start thanks to your help! Here are a few things we’ve done in the last three months:

• We launched a new trilingual poetry book and exhibit 6 Poems by Lasana M. Sekou
• We distributed 500 copies of 6 Poems to schools and the public
• We installed a new exhibit of amazing local plant and wildlife facts, based on our book Incredibilia!
• We published a book about The Old House, the historic site where Amuseum Naturalis is located
• We hosted groups of students and seniors at the Amuseum

Thanks so much for your support! All of our books are available for free, so download some free books! There’s fascinating stuff for kids and people of all ages. 

We have received two grants for that will allow us to distribute an additional 1,650 books to students and schools in 2023. To use them, we need to provide €2,294 of our own funding. If you are able to make a donation, please help us reach this goal! It is only about $1.50 per book, so even a small donation can impact many kids.

We’ve got a lot more great things lined up for 2023, so stay tuned. As always, thanks for your support. We couldn’t do it without you! 

Links:

• Download free books about St. Martin!
• 6 Poems by Lasana M. Sekou
• The Old House Book

Thank you so much for supporting Les Fruits de Mer and Amuseum Naturalis. We’ve had an amazing year and we’re still working hard right through until the end. Here are a few things we’ve done in the last three months:

• Hosted hundreds of kids on free school visits to the Amuseum.
• Launched new exhibits about sargassum and unique native plants.
• Published four new books! The Soualiga Island and Soualiga Sea coloring books teach young kids about local animals and how to write their names in four languages. Super St. Martin OCEAN! is a fun bilingual activity book for older kids about St. Martin’s marine life. Incredibilia! is a bilingual book full of amazing stories about the island’s animals and plants.
• We’re finishing up our distribution of over 7,000 free books to students, teachers and schools on St. Martin in 2023. 
• We have expanded the reach of the Amuseum by providing free copies of our exhibit panels to four schools on the island.

Thanks so much for your support! All of our books are available for free, so download some free books! There’s fascinating stuff for kids and people of all ages.

We have just received two new grants for that will allow us to distribute an additional 1,650 nature and heritage books to students and schools in 2023. To use these grants, we need to provide €2,294 of our own funding. If you are able to make a donation, please help us reach this goal! It is only about $1.50 per book, so even a small donation can impact many kids.

Thanks!

Links:

• Download our books for free!
• Latest news from Les Fruits de Mer and Amuseum Naturalis.

Thank you so much for supporting Les Fruits de Mer and Amuseum Naturalis. We’re getting ready for school visits to the Amuseum this fall and expanding an amazing book project. And we’re doing it all thanks to your support!

Each year we offer free school visits to the Amuseum, where we lead classes through fun activities that teach them about local nature. We even fund bus transport for classes in low-income neighborhoods. Your support helps us maintain the Amuseum and purchase supplies for activities. Our target this year is 24 class visits with sponsored transportation, in addition to visits by any classes and youth groups that have their own transportation.

We also have an amazing book program. We have been producing books for different target ages about St. Martin nature and heritage. We distributed 6,000 free books to students and schools last year and hope to give away 10,000 books this year. These books are great companions to Amuseum visits, and also help us reach students who aren’t able to visit.

Our long-term goal is to give a free book about a local subject to every student on the island every year they are in school. We are already well on our way in developing books for different ages and subjects. Your support helps us advance this project.

Our latest books are a coloring book and nature journal about local insects, Insects Around Me, and a book about the marine algae that has transformed the Caribbean in recent years, Suddenly, Sargassum! We have several more titles that will be published this year. In addition to free printed copies for students on St. Martin, all our books are available for free download.

Thanks so much for your support! Download some free books! There’s fascinating stuff for kids and people of all ages. If you are able to make a donation, it will do something good! Our printing costs start at $2/book, so even a small donation can impact many kids.

Thanks!

Links:

• Free books about St. Martin nature and heritage
• New exhibit about unique local plants

Thank you so much for supporting Les Fruits de Mer and Amuseum Naturalis. Over the last few months we have been busy developing and launching new exhibits and materials.

Our most exciting launch at the Amuseum was a set of three new exhibits of local poetry presented in French for the first time. Throughout history, almost all St. Martin poetry has been written in the island’s mother tongue, English. Today, there are more French speakers on the island than ever. Presenting local poetry in French helps them connect with the culture of the island where they live.

We also developed new exhibits about the plants that live only on St. Martin, or only on a few islands. These new panels tell a story about adaptation to the unique, and often challenging, environment on St. Martin.

We have many other exciting projects underway, including books and exhibits about sargassum seaweed, and local marine life. We have also been busy applying for grant funding to support the Amuseum and our programs to give free books about local heritage and nature to St. Martin's schools and students. You can help! For two of our grants, we are required to contribute 20% of the finances for the project. Every $1 you give helps us secure $5 of project funding. Each and every donation helps!

Thank you for your support!

Links:

• Bilingual Poetry Exhibits
• Books About St. Martin!