Learn Over Lunch (LOL) is back for Network Members in 2023! This year, we will host Learn Over Lunch sessions over zoom every other month on select Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. LOLs are a great opportunity to learn about what Network Members are doing across...
Updates
Welcoming Shannon McDonald to California ReLeaf
by Megan Dukett | Jan 11, 2023 | Updates
Join us in welcoming Shannon McDonald, our new Finance & Operations Program Manager! Shannon joined California ReLeaf in late 2022 with over seven years of nonprofit management experience. At California ReLeaf, Shannon is responsible for financial administration...
Our 2022 Annual Report
by Megan Dukett | Jan 3, 2023 | Updates
Dear Friends of ReLeaf, Thank you for being a champion of California’s urban forests. We greatly appreciate your support of California ReLeaf. Over the last year, we’ve celebrated transformative community-based canopy projects of our grantees and ReLeaf Network...
2023 Network Retreat
by Megan Dukett | Jan 3, 2023 | Events, Network, Updates
Retreat Information The Network Retreat is the annual get-together for California’s urban forest nonprofits and community organizations dedicated to improving the health and livability of California cities by planting and caring for trees. Network Reception:...
Be Ready, Stay Ready – Preparing for Large Grant Applications
by Megan Dukett | Dec 6, 2022 | Network, Updates
Are you ready? An unprecedented amount of public funding for urban and community forestry grants will be available over the next few years at the state and federal levels. At the Partners in Community Forestry conference in Seattle, the week before Thanksgiving,...
Growing Green Communities 2023 Grant Program
by Megan Dukett | Dec 6, 2022 | Grants, Press, Updates
California ReLeaf is pleased to announce $40,000 in funding for the Growing Green Communities grant program sponsored by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). This grant is an urban forest incubator grant to engage new community-based organizations in tree-planting...
California Arbor Week 2023 Grant Program
by Megan Dukett | Dec 5, 2022 | Arbor Week, Grants, Press, Updates
California ReLeaf is pleased to announce $50,000 in funding for 2023 California Arbor Week to celebrate the value of trees for all Californians. This program is sponsored by Edison International. Arbor Week celebrations are wonderful community engagement and education...
Upcoming Webinar: Improving Your Planting Program Through Tree Health Monitoring – January 26th at 11 a.m.
by Megan Dukett | Dec 2, 2022 | Network, Resources, Updates
Improving Your Planting Program Through Tree Health Monitoring Guest Speaker: Doug Wildman Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023 Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Cost: FREE CLICK HERE to Register Want to make data-driven decisions to improve your organization’s tree-planting...
Now Available! Matt Ritter’s Expanded and Updated Book: A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us
by Megan Dukett | Oct 27, 2022 | Resources, Updates
The second edition of A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us is now available. The book features over 150 of California's most commonly grown trees. This new edition has been updated by Matt Ritter to reflect new trends in urban forestry, with a revised...
Advocacy: Improving Nonprofit-Government Contracting
by Megan Dukett | Oct 26, 2022 | Advocacy, Updates
On October 27th, 2022 California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) released a letter about improving nonprofit-government contracting to state leaders from the California Coalition on Government Contracting. The letter is...