ʻO kēia pou kekahi o nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka papa California ReLeaf a me nā kumu lāʻau punahele a nā limahana. I kēia lā, lohe mākou mai California ReLeaf's Grants Manager, Chuck Mills.
He kanaiwa mau minuke ma mua o koʻu hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻana e hele i kaʻu hanana mua ʻo Arbor Week ma ke ʻano he limahana no California ReLeaf, ua hala aku koʻu 21 makahiki ʻo Calico i kapa ʻia ʻo Taffy. ʻOiai ua lawa kaʻu kumu no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka hanana (ka wai paʻakai nui e hōʻino i ka pono o ka lepo i nā mea kanu hou), noho wau me kaʻu wahine no hoʻokahi hola, a laila hele au i ka ʻaha no nā kumu maopopo o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke ola i kekahi mea ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o kekahi mea makamae.
I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Ray Tretheway ma Sacramento Tree Foundation e paipai i nā mea manawaleʻa e kanu i kā lākou mau kumulāʻau no ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kekahi a i ʻole kekahi mea, ua hoʻolei au i ka lole lole, ʻōwili i koʻu mau lima lima, a hopu i kahi ʻō.
ʻO kēia ka lāʻau i kanu ʻia i kēlā lā no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Taffy (1990-2011).