From us to you: a thank-you picnic

Friends of Trees celebrated its volunteers on Sept. 25, 2010
Longtime volunteer Karen Williams with Betsy Lattig at last September's Volunteer Appreciation Picnic (Emma Gray)

By Andy Meeks

We have big plans for this planting season and have almost 70 events already scheduled between October and April!

Help us kick off the planting season in style this Saturday, September 17, at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic. We’ll be in the northwest corner of Colonel Summers Park in SE Portland from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm, and we invite you to join us and other volunteers as we kick off the season with lawn games, fun raffle prizes, and delicious food from Nawitka Catering.

Friends of Trees staff will be there to say hi and to thank you for your support throughout the planting season.  We couldn’t do what we do without our amazing volunteers.

If you can’t join us this Saturday, we hope to see you at a planting sometime this season!

–Meeks is Volunteer & Outreach Manager for Friends of Trees.