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2021 Arbor Day Poster - photo by Dave Marshall
While Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated as a public community event, there are lots of ways to celebrate as a family and to connect with your neighbors remotely. Even though we may not be able to gather this year due to the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, we can still celebrate trees in our own yards and online. Here are some ideas for how to commemorate Arbor Day while social distancing:
For individuals and families:
Check in on your backyard trees. Any new cracks, fungal growth, or dead branches? View our tips for finding an arborist if your trees need help.
Alliance for Community Trees Groups are United in an Effort to Plant Trees for a Better Tomorrow
Alliance for Community Trees Groups are United in an Effort to Plant Trees for a Better Tomorrow
This Nationwide Network of Local Nonprofit Tree Planting Organizations is United in an Effort to Plant Trees for a Better Tomorrow
Published 12-31-20
Submitted by Arbor Day Foundation
Local impact happens when community-based tree planting organizations create projects that involve citizens, schools, churches, and government. This is the work of the 160 members of the Alliance for Community Trees program. These passionate nonprofit organizations are the boots on the ground a grass-roots network united in their purpose of improving communities and towns across the country with trees.
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Local impact happens when community-based tree planting organizations create projects that involve citizens, schools, churches, and government. This is the work of the 160 members of the Alliance for Community Trees program. These passionate nonprofit organizations are the boots on the ground a grass-roots network united in their purpose of improving communities and towns across the country with trees.
Never has the dedication of these organizations been more apparent than this past spring, as the world was gripped by pandemic. One such group is Green Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. In a community ranked first in rising urban heat island effect, Green Columbus has been hard at work to plant trees and curb the issue. Earth Day Columbus known as the largest Earth Day volunteer event in the U.S. needed to continue in 2020. The health of community residents depended on it.