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Tree Foundation of Kern’s Citizen Forester Program
by California ReLeaf | Dec 10, 2010 | Network, Resources, Updates
Melissa Iger and Ron Combs of the Tree Foundation of Kern have worked to design a program outline for teaching Citizen Foresters to help volunteers at plantings as well as homeowners, tree workers or anyone who is interested in trees. For years, they have held Citizen...
Arbor Week Poster Contest
by California ReLeaf | Dec 9, 2010 | Network, Resources, Updates
California ReLeaf announced the release of a statewide Arbor Week poster contest for students in 3rd-5th grades. Students are asked to create original artwork based on the theme “Trees Are Worth It”. Submissions are due to California ReLeaf by February 1, 2011. In...
Tree Lodi Helps Green Park
by California ReLeaf | Oct 27, 2010 | Network
Tree Lodi is in the middle of its campaign to raise money and supplies to plant 200 trees in DeBenedetti Park in Lodi. It is sending out envelopes asking people to donate money or gardening supplies, like gloves, fertilizer pellets, first aid kits, wheelbarrows, post...
Make a Difference Day
by California ReLeaf | Oct 21, 2010 | Network, Resources, Updates
Two tree initiatives, NeighborWoods Month and Healthy Communitrees, will join forces this weekend to plant 4,000 trees statewide. And that's just the beginning. Nationwide, over 20,000 trees will be planted to celebrate "Make a Difference Day". For more information...
Greater Modesto Tree Foundation
by California ReLeaf | Aug 26, 2010 | Network
California ReLeaf Network Member Profile: Greater Modesto Tree Foundation The Greater Modesto Tree Foundation owes its origins to a French photographer who came to town in 1999 wanting to photograph the largest and most unique trees. He had a contract with Fuji Film...
Healthy Places, Healthy People: The Urban Forest Meets Public Health
by California ReLeaf | Jul 13, 2010 | Advocacy, Network
By Desiree Backman Healthy Places, Healthy People: The Urban Forest Meets Public Health View more presentations from California ReLeaf.
Public Health & Urban Greening: Integrated Approaches…Multiple Solutions
by California ReLeaf | Jul 7, 2010 | Advocacy, Network
What: The benefits of urban greening go far beyond the obvious aesthetic qualities. Come learn how urban greening can help improve public health by improving our physical, psychological, and social well being. Who: Learn from one of California’s experts in urban...
City Teams Partnership Program
by California ReLeaf | May 13, 2010 | Network
Submit a City Teams application through ACT to attend the Partners in Community Forestry National Conference The Arbor Day Foundation and The Alliance for Community Trees are pleased to announce the City Teams partnership program. Through a grant from the U.S. Forest...
The Value of Volunteers Increases in 2009
by California ReLeaf | May 10, 2010 | Network
We all know how valuable volunteers are to the nonprofit work done in urban forestry. Many of us would say that volunteers are priceless. But for accounting purposes on many financial forms, grant proposals and annual reports, we have to assign a monetary value to the...