Re-Tree WNY Tree Planting in Full Swing This Weekend
Matt wrote:
This Sunday (5/4) at 8 AM, I am working with RetreeWNY to plant over 50 trees in the South Buffalo area. At this same time, other volunteers will be planting over 2,000 trees all across WNY! We already have a few volunteers but we could definitely use more. If you are able to dig a hole, you can help. It doesn’t have to be you either. Send your kids, your nieces, nephews, uncles, husbands, etc. I can’t guarantee a specific time frame, but the more volunteers we have, the less time it will take. If you have a son or daughter that needs to do community service for school/confirmation/court etc. this is a great opportunity.
If you are someone who would like to help or you know someone else who would, send me an email and I’ll make sure you get the proper information as to where to go and when.
I appreciate your help!
-Matt (email)
For more about the Spring 2008 planting schedule visit the Re-TreeWNY website.
Feel free to add a comment to the following thread... let people know where and when to meet. The photo shows Riverkeeper members getting organized for a massive tree planting along the Scajaquada Creek on Sunday.
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MattCarlucci
Thanks for the write-up! As I said in the email, we can always use more volunteers. We will be doing a park planting and working on adding some foliage to the medians on some of the side streets. As soon as I have a definite meeting place, I will post it here. If you want to help, send me an email here: mattcarlucci@gmail.com.
Come on out and make some new friends will fellow Buffalonians and more importantly, Mother Nature!
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chris69
There can be few less expensive ways to improve a city than with landscaping: ivys, trees and flowers. Nothing gives the appearance of safety Nothing creates the impression of well maintained, livable, workable, shopable place to visit Nothing makes the street and sidewalk more pedestrial friendly Nothing invites investment into a community Nothing brings traffic to your community to support housing values and businesses in short nothing does more to improve a community and a city for less money than a tree and landscaping.
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SusanMarie1971
Matt, what a beautiful thing to do - I am shooting this through my network with your email and last year I was part of a poetic anthology "Trees of Surprise" at Karpeles in honor of all the trees we lost.
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MattCarlucci
If anyone is interested in helping, we'll be meeting at Morgan Park in South Buffalo at 8 AM this Sunday (5/4). Morgan Park is kind of hidden, and is located directly across from the Harding Road and McKinley Parkway intersection (there is no traffic signal though). The park is on McKinely, and a sign will be posted.
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benfranklin
I was pleasantly surprised to see this group put two trees in front of my house (corner lot, one on each side). The volunteers did a great job.
One suggestion, I'd drop a flyer with information about the group at any house that receives a tree. I think many recipients would gladly forward a donation to the group. If your not at home while the work is done, you may be under the false impression that the city/town planted the tree.
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