Donate Green and Pass It On!

Donate Green and Pass It On!

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Jan 21st, 4:14pm By queenseyes

If there were ever a time to cast you vote for a cause, the time is now. As Buffalo still recovers from the October Storm, we are still far, far away from being the city of trees as we once were. Thanks to groups like Re-Tree WNY (5-Year Goal of 30,000 Trees!), the city has taken great grassroots strides to re-energize our tree stock. With weekly plantings this past fall and ongoing collection efforts, Re-Green could really use some extra cash. Now the organization has announced a drive through Parade Magazine in which people pony up some cash for their favorite causes. (Click here to donate)

It's simple. Do you have an extra five bucks? Ten? If so, Re-Tree asks that you help the cause. Not all of us can get down to Squaw Island to dig in the dirt. Many people would rather give a small sum of money to help in the effort. Others are too far away to plant a tree. That's why this is such a great idea... a Buffalo tree drive. On top of it, the city that gets the most individual donations towards their charity gets an extra $50,000 to go towards it from the Parade and the Case Foundations). We only have until January 31st to participate. Regardless, your money will go towards trees... and hopefully a lot more. We'll keep you posted on the results. Make sure that you send this on to your friends and family so that they can participate.

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  1. pgf1948

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    Jan 21st, 20:24

    I think that is such an exceptionally beautiful picture. There is everything in it. I have looked at it so many times today and thought "the Charleston of the North (not to diminish Buffalo: Charleston could equally be the Buffalo of the South). The Case Foundation is a remarkable institution. God Bless it and Buffalo.

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  2. RisingDamp666

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    Jan 22nd, 01:14

    Forget trees, Buffalo should aspire to be" The City of Asphalt". This great attribute is already so much more within our reach. Only Houston stands in our way and those dumb Texans are flirting with microparks.

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  3. gaustad

    3 ratings12345
    Jan 22nd, 02:14

    Or "The City of Crack Dealers" who work in the parks

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  4. UrbanBody

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    Jan 22nd, 09:44

    Great idea, and excellent matching opportunity. I donated. (Though the 4.5% processing fee is wasted capital.)

    Oh...and I nominate gaustad and RisingDamp666 as our city's biggest losers for their continued negative pleasure and low-level visisioning that never rises above the worst fragment of any reality.

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  5. pgf1948

    2 ratings12345
    Jan 22nd, 19:20

    How ugly and gratuitously stupid this site has become.

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  6. RisingDamp666

    1 ratings12345
    Jan 23rd, 01:00

    ...Oh, and UrbanBody? That "4.5% processing fee" bought me those Cuban cigars. Your "wasted capital" tastes so very sweet indeed...

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  7. gaustad

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    Jan 23rd, 01:15

    Urban - would you like to join us for a glass of tasty Buffalo Sabres Wne and smoke a stog?

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  8. BetterThanDetroit

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    Jan 23rd, 01:29

    Ahhh...I am not one of Buffalo's biggest losers. Victory is MINE!!!

    UrbanBody is right, you know? You guys should be more like UrbanBoy - if things aren;t your way, pout and stamp your foot...all little girls know this works...

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  9. BetterThanDetroit

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    Jan 23rd, 01:33

    Ahhh...a nice robusto at the expense of Urban...the life, I tell ya!!

    Hey platt4, pour me a nice glass of that port in the mahogany cabinet I have you strapped to. Ahhh...thanks, buddy. Joshua, light my hooka, then warm up my car. Chop chop, now!! You don't want me to take away your BRO privileges now...

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  10. BetterThanDetroit

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    Jan 23rd, 01:34

    Ahhh...a nice robusto at the expense of Urban...the life, I tell ya!!

    Hey platt4, pour me a nice glass of that port in the mahogany cabinet I have you strapped to. Ahhh...thanks, buddy. Joshua, light my hooka, then warm up my car. Chop chop, now!! You don't want me to take away your BRO privileges now...

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  11. RisingDamp666

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    Jan 23rd, 01:53

    And pgf1948? Get me my walking cane and....oh never mind, just keep clipping your coupons.

    ( sound of Cubano being lit )

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  12. marketrate

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    Jan 23rd, 09:38

    I enjoy waking up to the comment from Gaustad, IceCreamSub, BetterThanDetroit, Risingdamp, and all the other aliases used by this frustrated real estate agent.

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  13. marketrate

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    Jan 23rd, 09:43

    I enjoy waking up to the comment from Gaustad, IceCreamSub, BetterThanDetroit, Risingdamp, and all the other aliases used by this frustrated real estate agent.

    I enjoy laughing at his comments to himself. Such creativity! It is almost an artform.

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  14. RisingDamp666

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    Jan 24th, 13:24

    I enjoy waking up to marketrate's frustrated attempts at blanketing this site with the same poorly crafted commentary. Keep trying, Minor Leaguer.

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