What we did this year!

Megan Odett — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:09:49 GMT

Our littlest volunteers love to plant trees!

Dear Friends,

Another year is nearly over, and Alliance for Community Trees affiliates have been doing great work for trees in towns and cities everywhere! Here are just a few of the things we did together this year:

Planted over 41,000 trees with the help of 26,000 volunteers in celebration of National NeighborWoods Month
Hosted our second Policy Summit in Washington, DC, informing national leaders and promoting urban forests
Secured new national program partners to support local greening
WITH YOUR HELP, met a $100,000 match challenge, securing funds that will make it possible for us to continue to provide essential services, grants and networking opportunities to local urban forestry organizations

We couldn't be prouder of our members and their accomplishments!

With just one week remaining in 2010, won't you include ACT in your holiday giving? Your donation will help us support community-based greening through training, grassroots organizing tools, and other resources to help communities plant and care for trees. All contributions are tax-deductible and it's easy to give online through GlobalGiving.

Thank you for your support and friendship!

Sincerely,

Megan Odett

Greening affordable housing communities nationwide

Thousands of volunteers plant trees each year!

Links:

Learn more about community trees!

How many trees did we plant?

Megan Odett — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:44:57 GMT

NeighborWoods Month 2009

Volunteers planted nearly 40,000 trees at 722 events in 231 cities around the country, many of them in low-income neighborhoods that desperately needed their cooling shade. NNWM 2009 blasted past its goals of planting 35,000 trees at 500 events. ACT is currently gearing up for National NeighborWoods Month 2010-- maybe we'll break some more records! Look for an event in your area by visiting http://actrees.org/site/about-us/members-1/.

During this spring planting season, ACT continued its momentum by creating a mini-grants program to help schools, playgrounds and early learning centers provide their healthy benefits to children around the country. These projects engaged 1,200 young children in earth-friendly activities and learning, while also improving their learning and play spaces with trees. Nine organizations received grants from $500 to $3000 to plant trees that will shade schools and playgrounds and help reduce childhood problems such as asthma and ADHD.

Lompoc, CA

Troy, MI

Links:

ACT Homepage - learn how you can help!

GlobalGiving.org: Plant trees in low-income U.S. neighborhoods

What we did this year!

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