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		<title>Friends of Trees honors 2012 award winners at annual luncheon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting in memory of Gail Achterman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a month!</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2012/03/19/what-a-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a March we&#8217;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&#8212;550! 2) Through a special offer of free trees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re leaping for the Lorax this weekend!</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2012/03/02/were-leaping-for-the-lorax-this-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Many planting volunteers will don the fuzzy, orange mustaches made famous by Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NT sings a new tune!</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2012/02/25/nt-sings-a-new-tune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Whitney Dorer With two plantings last Saturday, February 18, North Portland received 700 new trees! The Kenton and Portsmouth neighborhoods celebrated in a new way at their planting with &#8230; MUSIC! In addition to laughter, smiles, conversation, and bowls filled to the brim with steaming soup, live bluegrass encouraged folks to get up and dance. Local singer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking records again in North Portland</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2012/02/14/breaking-tree-planting-records-once-again-in-north-portland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erica Timm The North Portland Peninsula is about to get much, much greener. Friends of Trees is planting just over 700 trees in the Cathedral Park, Kenton, Portsmouth, St. Johns and University Park neighborhoods this year! This is the second record-breaking year for these neighborhoods. Last year, they broke all previous neighborhood planting records [...]]]></description>
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