To create healthier and more beautiful California communities

Trees are an excellent investment. Not only do they provide environmental benefits like cleaning the air and cooling hot streets, trees have been linked to reduced crime, increased property values, and happier, more relaxed citizens. A donation to California ReLeaf is a gift to the citizens of California for generations to come.

 

California ReLeaf works hand-in-hand with local organizations throughout the state to preserve, protect, and enhance California’s urban and community forests. We provide grant administration, communications, technical expertise, outreach and education, legislative monitoring and advocacy, and more. Our services enable organizations to successfully implement tree planting, tree care, and education programs in their local communities.

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Planning Today for a Better California Tomorrow

Help sustain California ReLeaf for generations to come. A planned giving gift assures that California ReLeaf will be able to continue to support urban and community forests in California for our state’s future. Please consider some naming California ReLeaf as a beneficiary in your will, life insurance policy, charitable gift trust, or other mechanism. Please consult an estate planning attorney for tax advantages, wills, trust and estate planning to choose the most effective plans for you.

California ReLeaf is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Our Federal tax identification number is 90-0138904. For more information about making a donation to California ReLeaf contact Joe Liszewski, Executive Director, at 916-497-0034 or jliszewski@californiareleaf.org.

If you would like more information about California ReLeaf, please join our email mail list by using the form to the left or signing up for our newsletter, California Trees.

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Get Involved!

Besides making a donation to California ReLeaf, there are other ways to support urban forestry in California. What can you do?

Plant a tree in your own yard! Trees can improve the value of your home and lower your energy costs. Just be sure to select and plant “the right tree for the right place” and know how to take care of it.

Enhance your community by volunteering to plant and care for trees. Many local organizations, schools and local governments sponsor tree planting events and need helping hands. You can make a lasting difference in your community!

Join the efforts of the community tree group in your area. To find a local organization, click here. If you community doesn’t have an active urban forestry organization, consider starting one! California ReLeaf can give you the resource you need to move forward.

Engage children to raise awareness and interest in trees. You can provide or assist with classroom curricula, tree plantings at schools, and tree-related books in the school library. Make an investment in our future!

Ask your local government to ask how you can get more trees planted or get better care for the trees that are already there. Find out if your city has a tree ordinance, a tree inventory or a tree management plan. Use your voice to encourage local policies that enhance your community’s urban forest!

Encourage your city to become a Tree City USA, a nationally recognized designation sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters. Visit the Arbor Day Foundation for more information.