Posted on May 18, 2012 at 7:47 am
Friends of Trees celebrated another record-breaking planting season at its annual Leadership Awards Luncheon at the Multnomah Athletic Club yesterday. At the luncheon, Friends of Trees presented its 2012 leadership awards to Bob Sallinger (Individual Leadership Award), NW Natural (Business Leadership Award), and the Port of Portland (Community Partner Leadership Award). KGW News Anchor Tracy [...]
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Tags: Audubon, BES, KGW, NW Natural, Port of Portland
Posted on April 18, 2012 at 8:57 am
On April 14, 135 volunteers gathered in SE Portland to enhance the I-205 Multi-Use Path for cyclists, pedestrians and neighbors. As part of the tree planting, family, friends and colleagues of Gail Achterman gathered to plant more than a dozen oaks in her memory. Oregon State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer greeted the volunteers. She was honored, [...]
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Tags: BES, bike, I-205, Metro, oak, ODOT
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:17 pm
What a March we’re having! Not only did we help host the first-ever Rock Creek Watershed Wide event on March 17, but our March 10 plantings set at least two records: 1) More volunteers helped us plant trees on March 10 than on any other weekend yet—550! 2) Through a special offer of free trees [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2012 at 7:13 am
Our Plant It Portland! campaign is getting even more whimsical this weekend. On Saturday, March 3, Friends of Trees is partnering with event sponsors Whole Foods Market and Portland General Electric to plant trees on the opening weekend of “The Lorax” movie.
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