Quin Crumb, 11, is a social activist who performs plays with his theater group. He is wearing a hat and holding a mask from “Zeb’s Mountain’s Complaint,” the play in which he played the part of a fox.
Staff Photo by Allison Carter/Chattanooga Times Free PressABOUT HIM• Name: Quin Crumb.• Age: 12.• School: 6th grade at Center for Creative Arts.• Heroes: Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Johnny Depp.• Wishes more people: Used geothermal heating/cooling, conserved electricity, recycled and composted.• The greatest threat he sees in the future: Global warming.• Hobbies: Reading, whittling, playing video games, hiking and camping.CLAIM TO FAMEQuin Crumb practices environmental activism by acting in plays, spearheading the revival of his school’s environmental club, and attending rallies against mountain top removal coal mining.TALENT SHOWDo you know a child age 13 or younger with a precocious talent in academics, athletics or the arts? The Times Free Press is searching for children to feature in “Talent Show,” which appears in the Life section on Tuesdays. To nominate a child as a possible subject of a future feature article, e-mail staff writer Casey Phillips at cphillips@timesfreepress.com or call him at 423-757-6205.
To most kids, yard work is a chore to be avoided. Quin Crumb, on the other hand, is looking forward to spending his vacation tilling and weeding.
Interestingly, he’ll be doing it at school.
Reclaiming a long-dormant garden in an athletics field behind Center for Creative Arts is just one of the projects Quin, 12, an environmental activist, hopes to tackle with the school’s newly revived Earth Club.
The club was founded by Quin’s oldest sister, Maya. He and his other sister, Mirel, have spearheaded the effort to bring it back.