Read about our programs and projects! 2012-2013 annual report
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Trees Restore Beauty
2013 was a busy year for us at the NJ Tree Foundation. In addition to planting trees in Camden and Newark we started a special project to reforest New Jersey communities that were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Through this project, more than 2,000 trees were planted.
Hurricane Sandy sent six feet of salt water into Bay Head Elementary School and destroyed 30 trees on the school grounds. In October, we planted 37 new trees and 40 shrubs, grasses, and perennials to reforest the school’s landscape. Nearly all 140 students assisted in the planting! As one elementary schooler ran happily through the maze of newly planted trees, she exclaimed, “There are so many trees – and I want to hug them all!”
Bay Head Elementary School’s exterior beauty was restored by new trees. You can play a role in transforming communities in need through tree planting. It is not too late to make an end-of-year, tax deductible donation to the NJ Tree Foundation.
On behalf of all our 2014 tree recipients who will soon have beautiful trees, we thank you sincerely for your support.
Camden Fall Season Review: 2013
This fall, our Camden Urban Airshed Reforestation Program (UARP) planted 231 trees with help from 442 volunteers, bringing our numbers since inception to 5,040 trees planted in eleven years! Trees in urban areas improve air and water quality, mitigate pollution, assist with stormwater management, provide shade, and beautify inner-city neighborhoods.
This season, we are recognizing exceptional volunteers that rock our world! Thank you to Paul and Peter Wharburton, a father/son tree planting team, and the CMSRU Cooper Medical School students, who have dedicated themselves to improving Camden’s environment by planting trees.
Did you miss our exciting planting events? Click on the links below.
Campbell Soup Foundation Fruit Tree Project
Camden’s TD Tree Day at Liney Ditch Park
Adventure Aquarium’s “Trees for York Street”
We also hosted (4) street tree plantings made possible by the USDA Forest Service! Locations included the 600 block of Berkley Street, the 1100 block of Sycamore Street, N. 5th Street between Grant and Vine Streets, and Vine Street between 4th and 5th Streets.
THANK YOU to our Fall 2013 Sponsors and In-Kind Donors!
USDA Forest Service
TD Bank
Campbell Soup Foundation
Adventure Aquarium
Camden SMART
United Water Camden, LLC
MAFCO Worldwide Corporation
Wegmans of Cherry Hill
City of Camden
Also, thank you to the individual donors who make our work possible!
To organize a tree planting event in your community of Camden, please visit our UARP page for an online application or contact Jessica Franzini at (856) 287-4488 or jfranzini.njtf@gmail.com. Applications for spring events are due by December 31st, 2013.
TD Tree Days in New Jersey
Check out our fall TD Tree Days, made possible with support from TD Bank!
10/15: Camden
117 trees with 100 TD Bank volunteers
10/19: Point Pleasant
80 trees planted with 60 TD Bank volunteers
The NJ Tree Foundation is a member of Alliance for Community Trees.
These trees were planted during National NeighborWoods Month.
Super Community Tree Planting with Bay Head ES, Verizon Green Team & Super Bowl Host Committee
On a beautiful day, we planted 37 trees and 40 shrubs/perennials to reforest Bay Head Elementary School. The entire school came out to plant and mulch their new trees and landscape. Verizon Green Team members and Super Bowl Host Committee staff helped guide the students in the planting. Click on the links below to see pictures and video of this Super Community Tree Planting Event.
Tree Planting event in Bay Head, New Jersey
Asbury Park Press article and video
Photographer Anthony Quintano’s beautiful pictures
A Successful Spring Season in Camden
This April and May, the NJ Tree Foundation planted 167 trees in the City of Camden with help from over 360 residents and volunteers! Thank you to everyone who supported the Camden Urban Airshed Reforestation Program this season. Whether you donated, volunteered, or helped organize an event in your own community, your hard work is what made our tree planting season a success.
Season Highlights:
** First fully sponsored Plant One Million event
** Second fruit tree planting!
** Earth Day/Arbor Day with Mayor Redd
** featured in Camden SMART’s Earth Week
East Camden resident, Ms. Louie, expressed her excitement for her trees, “I am just ecstatic. I could not be happier to have these trees in our neighborhood. They make such a difference.”
What’s next? Stay tuned for our Camden TreeKeepers workshops, offered to South Jersey residents, which are coming in July. Tree plantings will start again in the fall, and that schedule will be posted here in August. Please consider making a donation to support our community-based tree plantings in Camden.
Trees In and Around Community GNCS Garden
On May 10, 2013, our Newark Renaissance Trees Program partnered with the Greater Newark Charter School (GNCS) to plant trees in and around their Community Garden located on the corner of Broad Street and Clark Street in Newark, NJ. Tree Lilacs and Cherry trees now line the perimeter of the garden thanks to the hard work poured in by our volunteers including 30 students from GNCS. Pictured are some of the students happily planting trees with Newark’s Director of Neighborhood and Recreational Services. See more photos here.
Tree Plantings Have Begun Across NJ
Spring has sprung for the NJ Tree Foundation (NJTF)! Throughout the state, we’ve been planting trees and greening spaces to improve NJ’s environment and quality of life. Check out some of the work we’ve done so far:
April 5th: Gloucester City Rain Garden
NJTF’s Green Streets Crew installed a 45′ x 19′ rain garden in Gloucester City.
April 6th: Camden Tree Planting along N. 35th Street
NJTF’s Urban Airshed Reforestation Program planted 12 large street trees with help from 37 volunteers!
April 8th: 150 Trees to Shade Weequahic Park (Newark) after Hurricane Sandy
This park lost 200 trees in Superstorm Sandy. The NJTF’s Green Streets Crew was proud to plant 150 new trees to reforest this space!
April 11th: Newark’s Arbor Day Celebration with Rutgers and NJTF
NJTF’s Newark Renaissance Trees Program planted 28 large trees along the streets of Rutgers Newark with over 40 volunteers!
April 13th: Camden’s Plant One Million Celebration
NJTF’s Urban Airshed Reforestation Program planted 41 trees along seven blocks of North Camden with help from 93 volunteers!
Big thanks to our donors, sponsors, partners, and volunteers throughout New Jersey for making this work possible!
*Pictured above: Chaney and Gina plant an Okame Cherry Blossom in Camden.
11-12 Annual Report
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