In order to preserve our communities for tomorrow, we must educate students today. Community Connections is an innovative, multi-tiered set of activities that involves students, teachers, families, and schools working together to learn about the places in which they live. The program activities have been successfully tested in classrooms around the country and the teacher and student responses have been overwhelmingly positive. We believe that these activities, which build and secure a deeper understanding and appreciation of our heritage, can be integrated into several areas of the curriculum, as well as offering unique and varied after-school and camp program ideas.