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Category: FOT Events
Celebrate a new tree planting season with us!
October is a time of celebration at Friends of Trees: It’s the start of tree planting season!
This October, in celebration of our 33rd season of planting trees together, Friends of Trees is hosting a virtual, month-long celebration on our social media channels ~
CELEBRATE PLANTING SEASON WITH THE TREE TEAM!
Tune in on our social media channels throughout October for LIVE tree talks, tree walks, and more.
Plus, you can help us keep planting trees + growing community through donating to our $25,000 Planting Season Challenge! A pool of generous donors will match all individual donations up to $25,000, donate here!
Please check this schedule of events regularly for additions and changes. | Live Facebook events will be immediately posted to Facebook and shared to Instagram within the hour.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
WEEK 1 ~ WELCOME TO PLANTING SEASON!
October 2
10 a.m. ~ WELCOME TO PLANTING SEASON! Live from the first event of the season ~ Facebook
Sam (your favorite virtual Tree Team host!) joins the entire Green Space Tree Team at our first tree planting event of the season, at beautiful Jackson Bottom Wetlands.
We invite you to Celebrate Planting Season with the Tree Team!
WEEK 2 ~ TREES ARE NEEDED EVERYWHERE: Our regional approach
October 5
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene ~ Facebook-Eugene
Join Eugene Tree Teamer Taylor for a downtown Eugene tree walk!
October 7
NOON ~ LIVE walk + talk in Vancouver ~ Facebook
Jesse Batty, a former Tree Teamer now with Vancouver Urban Forestry, tree walks with FOT’s Whitney Dorer in Marshall Park
October 9
10 a.m. ~ PLANTING DAY LIVE! It’s another natural area restoration event in Washington County ~ Facebook
Tree Teamer and tree walker-talker extraordinaire Harrison takes us on a little walk at our Jurgen’s Park site in Tualatin.
We’ll also say hello! to our pals from the City of Tualatin (longtime partners!)
WEEK 3 ~ TREES FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
October 12
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene ~ Facebook-Eugene
The Eugene Tree Team takes us on a tree walk in the Bethel neighborhood’s Mangan Park
October 14
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk and talk: trees + equity ~ Facebook
We’re back at Tualatin’s Jurgen’s Park with Dr. Vivek Shandas of PSU who walks + talks with Whitney
WEEK 4 ~ PLANTING TREES TOGETHER GROWS COMMUNITY
October 19
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene ~ Facebook-Eugene
Erik Burke of FOT Eugene takes a tree walks with our new partners from Beyond Toxics
October 20
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in historic Oregon City! ~ Facebook
Sam joins Tree Teamer Ian for a walk among the trees of lovely Oregon City
October 21
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in beautiful Columbia Children’s Arboretum ~ Facebook
FOT’s Executive Director Yashar Vasef walks + talks with longtime youth programming partner Leigh Rappaport of Rosemary Anderson HS/POIC
WEEK 5 ~ TREES ARE THE ANSWER
October 26
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene ~ Facebook-Eugene
Join Erik again, this time in the ye olde FOTE office neighborhood!
October 27
9am – Noon ~ LIVE tree paddle on the Willamette River! ~ Facebook
Willamette RiverKeeper takes Tree Teamers Sam & Harrison on a paddle to Ross Island; YES, Sam and Harrison will do a tree talk!
October 28
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in industrial North Portland ~ Facebook
What? A tree walk in an industrial area? Check it out as Whitney tours a recent FOT planting site at Bybee Lakes Hope Center
October 30 – 2-in-1 day!
10 a.m. ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene ~ Facebook-Eugene
Join Erik again as he tree talks at our NW Expressway site
11 a.m.~ LIVE tree walk with Rudy in Beaverton! ~ Facebook
Sam hits the road and joins Tree Teamer Rudy at one of our first Neighborhood Trees events of the season
WEEK 5 ~ CELEBRATION SIGN-OFF
October 31
NOON ~ Farewell from Whitney ~ Facebook ~ Instagram
You never know how Whitney will say farewell, tune in to find out
World Environment Day promotes ecological restoration
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY IS JUNE 5
“World Environment Day 2021 calls for urgent action to revive our damaged ecosystems.”
Count us in! For 32 years Friends of Trees has played a critical role in ecological restoration through planting more than than 870,000 trees and native shrubs throughout western Oregon and southwest Washington. And because these trees were planted the Friends of Trees way, with thousands of volunteers, we’ve grown some community, too.
Like Madelyn, our 4th grade artist friend, we think plantings trees is a great idea to keep our world healthy.
In honor of World Environment Day Friends of Trees is hosting virtual events on our social media channels. We’ll take some tree walks, and talk with friends and partners about our work restoring ecosystems through planting trees in neighborhoods and natural areas. We’ll have some live, virtual events leading up to World Environment Day on June 5, when we’ll again share our tree walks from the week.
JOIN US!
Tune in on our social media channels to learn more about how planting trees together helps restore ecosystems.
Donate to help us keep planting trees + growing community.
Please check this schedule of events regularly for additions and changes. | Live Facebook events will be immediately posted to Facebook within the hour.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY WITH THE TREE TEAM
Saturday, June 5
All events posted to all social media channels
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10:00 a.m.
World Environment Day talk, Overlook Oak Tree, North Portland
Executive Director Yashar Vasef explores the global impact of climate change, and the power of taking climate action locally
12:00 p.m.
Tree walk + talk in NE Portland’s Columbia Slough Natural Area
Green Space Program Manager Anne Marie Santos gives us a tour of one of our restoration sites, and talks about how our work helps connect people of all ages with nature
2:00 p.m.
Tree walk + talk in NE Portland’s Columbia Children’s Arboretum
Deputy Director Whitney Dorer is again joined by Dr Vivek Shandas; they’ll talk about how including equity, and young people, help connect communities to nature
LIVE EVENTS leading up to WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Wednesday, June 2, 3:00 p.m.
LIVE tree walk + talk in NE Portland’s Columbia Slough Natural Area ~ Facebook
Green Space Program Manager Anne Marie Santos gives us a tour of one of our restoration sites, and talks about how our work helps connect people of all ages with nature
Thursday, June 3, 3:00 p.m.
LIVE World Environment Day talk, Overlook Oak Tree, North Portland ~ Facebook
Executive Director Yashar Vasef explores the global impact of climate change, and the power of taking climate action locally
Friday, June 4, 3:00 p.m.
LIVE tree walk + talk in NE Portland’s Columbia Children’s Arboretum ~ Facebook
Deputy Director Whitney Dorer is again joined by Dr Vivek Shandas and they’ll talk about how including equity, and young people, help connect communities to nature
Earth Month was amazing!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTNG EARTH MONTH!
Recently during a staff planning session we talked a bit about community. We use this word a lot at Friends of Trees—we plant trees + grow community—and what struck me was that though there may be variations about the meaning of community depending on who is using it and when, the common theme was, essentially, community is all of us.
YOU are part of the Friends of Trees community. Volunteers, donors, partners, tree recipients … everyone who supports and benefits from planting trees in neighborhoods and natural areas is part of this community and I sincerely thank you for being a part of this incredible organization that, in spite of a pandemic and countless challenges, planted 21,000 trees and native shrubs this season.
We asked our community to generously support Friends of Trees in honor of Earth Month, and you really did! We successfully met our $25,000 challenge, and I promise you we will put this to good work planting trees + growing community.
If you viewed any of our Earth Month events (here’s the playlist) you probably noticed that we often talk about partnerships and climate justice. Friends of Trees’ community includes partnerships with a number of truly impactful local organizations that work with underserved communities. Underserved communities experience the worst effects of climate change and our partnerships that help connect communities to the benefits of trees play an important role in achieving climate justice.
I have a final Earth Month request of you: Support our community partners. Yes, Friends of Trees will always need you, but if we are going to achieve true climate justice we all need to support Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) organizations that are part of the movement to ensure equitable outcomes around trees and the urban canopy.
These organizations are Friends of Trees’ partners and need your support:
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO): Uniting Asians and Pacific Islanders to achieve social justice.
The Blueprint Foundation: Uplift, educate, and support the development of black-identified youth and other communities of color.
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC): Committed to the success of underserved youth and adults.
Wisdom of the Elders: Native American cultural sustainability, multimedia education and race reconciliation.
If you’d like to learn more about how Friends of Trees partners with these organizations visit our website here.
Thank you for joining us during Earth Month, for supporting our work and the work of our partners, and for being a part of the Friends of Trees community.
Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day all month long
In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day (and Oregon’s newly declared Arbor Month!), and in celebration of all we do together to make our world greener and healthier for all, Friends of Trees is hosting a virtual, month-long celebration on our social media channels – it’s EARTH MONTH WITH THE TREE TEAM! Tune in on our social media channels throughout April for LIVE tree talks, tree walks, and more.
Plus, you can help us keep planting trees + growing community through donating to our $25,000 Earth Month Challenge! A pool of generous donors will match all individual donations up to $25,000, donate here!
Please check this schedule of events regularly for additions and changes. | Live Facebook events will be immediately posted to Facebook and shared to Instagram within the hour.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
WEEK 1 ~ WELCOME TO EARTH MONTH!
April 1
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in NE Portland: Facebook
Tree Team members Sam and Yashar visit with the street trees of the Cully neighborhood, celebrating planting trees where – and when! – we need it most.
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene: Facebook-Eugene
Eugene Director Erik Burke walks among and talks about street trees in Springfield
WEEK 2 ~ THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS: TREE PLANTING THE FRIENDS OF TREES WAY GROWS COMMUNITY
Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Portland General Electric’s Peak Time Rebates program!
April 6
NOON ~ The Power of Partnerships: ALL CHANNELS
A video about the Blueprint Foundation-Friends of Trees partnership
4 p.m. ~ LIVE walk + talk in North Portland: Facebook
Friends of Trees Executive Director Yashar Vasef and Blueprint Foundation Program Director Jason Stroman talk about their personal connection to trees and the power of partnerships
ALL DAY~ Community Pints fundraiser: Deschutes Portland Public House
Tuesdays in April: A dollar per pint + a percentage of to-go beer proceeds donated to Friends of Trees!
April 10 ~ Oregon Arbor Day!
10 a.m. ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene ~ Facebook-Eugene
The Eugene Tree Team plants street trees by bike in south Eugene today!
11 a.m. ~ LIVE tree walk in the Sandy River Delta ~ Facebook
Corporate & Business Relations Specialist Sam Erman walks our site at the Sandy River Delta and celebrates all the ways community comes together here
WEEK 3 ~ CLIMATE JUSTICE IS SOCIAL JUSTICE
April 12
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene: Facebook-Eugene
Erik and Taylor visit Westmoreland Park, where FOT Eugene planting volunteers have helped beautify this public space – so much community!
April 13
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk and talk in the Jade District ~ Facebook
Friends of Trees Deputy Director Whitney Dorer walks + talks with Richa Poudyal, APANO Policy Director, about the importance of planting trees in underserved, low-canopy neighborhoods
ALL DAY~ Community Pints fundraiser: Deschutes Portland Public House
Tuesdays in April: A dollar per pint + a percentage of to-go beer proceeds donated to Friends of Trees!
April 15
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in Eugene’s Trainsong neighborhood ~ Facebook-Eugene
Erik talks about 11 years of planting trees in this historically underserved neighborhood located next to an industrial area in West Eugene
WEEK 4 ~ TREES FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
April 20
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk along I-205 ~ Facebook
You read that right! Friends of Trees spent three years greening the I-205 Multi-Use Path; Whitney & Sam will tell us all about it
ALL DAY~ Community Pints fundraiser: Deschutes Portland Public House
Tuesdays in April: A dollar per pint + a percentage of to-go beer proceeds donated to Friends of Trees!
APRIL 22 ~ EARTH DAY
9:00 a.m. ~ LIVE ~ Welcome to Earth Day! ~ Facebook
Sam & Yashar talk trees + community in the FOT tree lot!
10:00 ~ LIVE ~ Volunteer Spotlight ~ Facebook
Pablo Brito, Volunteer & Outreach Specialist, chats with an FOT volunteer about … volunteering!
10:30 ~ VIDEO~ Volunteer Spotlight ~ Instagram
Posting Pablo’s volunteer chat to IG!
11:00 ~ LIVE ~ Trees for climate change ~ Facebook
Neighborhood Trees Senior Specialist Andrew Land shares some of his vast tree knowledge, probably from the always-happening FOT tree lot
NOON ~ LIVE ~ Climate adaptive trees ~ Facebook-Eugene, Facebook-Portland
Erik tree walks + talks in the University of Oregon neighborhood planted with climate adaptive trees
1:00 p.m. ~ LIVE ~ Equitably growing the urban tree canopy ~ Facebook
Whitney chats with Dr. Vivek Shandas of PSU’s Institute for Sustainable Solutions while strolling the Portland Memory Garden
3:00 ~ LIVE ~ Climate’s impact on trees ~ Facebook-Eugene; Facebook-Portland
Erik visits Spencer Butte in Eugene to talk about the Doug fir die-off there, due to climate change
4:00 ~ LIVE ~ Earth Day Crafting in NoPo! ~ Facebook
Whitney talks about, and crafts with, pine cones in a beautiful, tree-shaded spot in North Portland
4:30 ~ VIDEO~ Earth Day Crafting in NoPo! ~ Instagram
If you only do your crafting via IG, here you go!
5:00 ~ LIVE ~ Earth Day Sign-Off ~ Facebook
You just have to tune to find out what Whitney has in store for a sign-off surprise
5:30 ~ VIDEO ~ Earth Day Sign-Off ~ Instagram
Only do IG? Here’s your Earth Day farewell
WEEK 5 ~ WHY TREES
April 27
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk in NE Portland ~ Facebook
Sam visits one of Portland’s best kept secrets, the Ainsworth Arboretum
ALL DAY~ Community Pints fundraiser: Deschutes Portland Public House
Tuesdays in April: A dollar per pint + a percentage of to-go beer proceeds donated to Friends of Trees!
April 29
NOON ~ LIVE tree walk with Taylor ~ Facebook-Eugene
FOT Eugene Tree Team superstar Taylor walks & talks among the trees at Bethel Community Park in West Eugene
April 30
ALL DAY ~ Earth Month in review ~ National Arbor Day
NOON ~ LIVE ~ Eugene tree walk ~ Facebook-Eugene
Erik talks about the trees right outside the FOT Eugene office!
1:00 ~ Earth Month highlights ~ Facebook + Instagram
Revisit some of our favorite Earth Month moments
2:00 ~ Earth Month highlights ~ Facebook+ Instagram
Revisit some more of our favorite Earth Month moments!
3:00 ~ LIVE ~ Sam signs off from a mystery location ~ Facebook
You have to tune in to find out where he’ll end Earth Month!
3:30 ~ LIVE ~ Sam signs off from a mystery location ~ Instagram
You have to tune in to find out where he’ll end Earth Month – maybe it’s different for IG!
On Giving Tuesday we give trees
Tree Walks & Tree Talks – LIVE for Giving Tuesday & Give!Guide on December 1
Because we love giving, we love Give!Guide, we love #GivingTuesday, we love our Give!Guide partners HotLips Pizza & Level Beer, we love the Giving Tuesday Give!Guide sponser New Seasons Market, we love our volunteers & supporters – so! much! love! – we’re sharing the thing we also love with you: trees.
This Giving Tuesday we’re giving you a day full of tree walks and tree talks LIVE on Instagram (and posted to Facebook and tweeted soon after), and it’s a great day to give (more about today’s amazing Give!Guide raffle below the agenda).
What time? |
What’s the topic? |
Who’s on? |
Where will they be? |
| 10:00 a.m. | Volunteering AND the Green Space program + a tree walk | Sam & Pablo | Pablo will be LIVE from Salem’s Northgate Park |
| 11:30 a.m. | EDI + FOT; plus, Adult Urban Forestry Training Program | Sam & Surabhi | Dharma Rain Zen Center, NE Portland |
| 1:00 p.m. | Neighborhood Trees Program + tree walk | Whitney | North Portland |
| 3:00 | Eugene trees | Erik | Streets of Eugene |
| 4:00 | Giving, Give!Guide, tree quiz for Toni | Sam & G!G’s Toni T | NE Portland |
Please keep in mind that all events are subject to change due to weather and other issues beyond our control. Check back for agenda changes!
So, YES, today is a great day to give! Of course, #GivingTuesday is all about giving. And if you give $10+ today through Willamette Week’s Give!Guide you could win one of five “Nonprofit #PDXgivesback” packages which include a $100 gift card to New Seasons Market, $100 gift card to Paloma Clothing, and a bundle of goodies from participating nonprofits. AND, if You’re 35 or Under you get an extra chance of winning! One “Nonprofit #PDXgivesback” package is reserved for winning donors under the age of 36!
Each Giving Tuesday #PDXGivesBack prize package includes:
- $100 gift card to New Seasons Market
- $100 gift card to Paloma Clothing
- $20 gift cards to Portland Mercado from Hacienda CDC
- Coloring book, tote, and water bottle from Animal Aid
- Notecard set from Vibe of Portland
- Pair of silicups or silipints from Willamette Riverkeeper
- Mug, #wholecommunity canvas tote, and heart-shaped stress ball from Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare
- Koozie from Friends of Columbia River Gorge
- Two face masks from Clackamas Women’s Services
- Adjustable ball cap from Harper’s Playground
- A tea towel from Portland Fruit Tree Project
- An anthology and gift certificate for a writing workshop from Write Around Portland
- A beanie, fandana, and hand sanitizer from Northwest Mothers Milk Bank
- Totes from Domestic Violence Resource Center
- A coupon for a free drip coffee from Nossa Familia
- Two Washman car washes
- WW’s Finder
One of the following signature pieces has been added to each prize package:
- A rare pair of lifetime tickets to Portland Playhouse
- In Kind gift box with 14 essentials that would be great to add to your hospital bag for delivery, diaper bag, or baby’s nursery
- Women in Science Portland tote and picnic blanket
- Friends of Trees hoodie (hey, that’s from us!
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