Saturday, January 8, 2011

MORE TREES WITH FRIENDS OF TREES

Despite the freezing cold weather, 15 RFH Roots & Shoots volunteers showed up to help plant 40 trees that Friends of Trees had waiting for us in a Beaverton neighborhood. It snowed on us for a couple of minutes during the planting, but we were fortunate that the weather stayed dry the rest of the time. This time the trees had been transported to the site in burlap bags around the roots. The holes had been pre-dug by the City of Beaverton. There was another Friends of Trees planting going on at the same time as the planting we volunteered at. At the tree planting across town, Friends of Trees was celebrating the planting of their 400,000th tree. When we planted the trees, we helped to make a cleaner environment and improve the quality of life for people in the neighborhood. Altogether, our group members volunteered 37.5 hours to complete the tree planting, and we finished 90 minutes ahead of the expected schedule! --submitted by R&S Youth Leader, Jacob

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