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Category: FOT Events
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? | Â Who’s on? | Â 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!Â
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 FamiliaÂ
- Two Washman car washes
- WW’s Finder
One of the following signature pieces has been added to each prize package:Â
- 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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Update on planting events and tree orders
Friends of Trees is taking our region’s COVID-related restrictions and guidelines very seriously. All public events from mid-March – July 2020 were cancelled, and measures are in place for current events to take place with the health and safety of our volunteers and staff at the forefront. You can find more information about our public volunteer events here.
Currently our office is closed to the general public. Staff are working remotely and on occasion have office hours; if you need to connect with a specific staff person you can find them in our staff directory.
If you ordered a street or yard tree and have questions about the tree, or if you are interested in ordering a street or yard tree to be planted during our October 2020 – April 2021 planting season, or if you have any other questions please email us at FOT@friendsoftrees.org
Thank you so much for your support and patience during these unprecedented times. We can’t wait to plant trees with you again!
Giving Tuesday Now with the Eugene Tree Team
In this time of uncertainty, there’s a fundamental truth that gives us hope: together we can do extraordinary things. Friends of Trees knows this so well since that’s what we do: We plant trees. Together. And to keep doing that, to ensure trees + community are in our future, we need your help – can we count on you, if you are able, to donate to Friends of Trees Eugene today? Not only will donations plant trees + grow community, the first $1,250 will be matched by our good friends at Journey Tree Financial – thank you!
Over the past few weeks and months, the entire world has been coming together to stand up, help out, give back, and heal. Whether that’s through donations to community organizations, celebrating doctors and nurses at shift changes, or reaching out to a neighbor to help with groceries, generosity has been helping the entire world get through this global pandemic. Together.
Friends of Trees Eugene is part of #GivingTuesdayNow and we invite you to join us. Giving Tuesday Now with the Eugene Tree Team is a virtual, day-long social media event featuring Tree Talks, LIVE tree walks, and more!
| Time | Topic | Where To Join | ||
| 9:00 | Welcome to Giving Tuesday Now with the Tree Team with Whitney Dorer, Interim Executive Director |  |  |  |
| 10:00 | About the Neighborhood Trees Program with Whitney Dorer | | | |
| 10:30 | Tree Talk video: Oregon myrtle with Erik Burke, Eugene Director | | | |
| 12:00 | About the Volunteer & Outreach Program Taylor Glass, Volunteer and Planting Specialist | | | |
| 1:00 | LIVE: Taylor chats with Becca Snowdale about the volunteer program | | ||
| 2:00 | About the Green Space Program Becca Snowdale, Volunteer and Planting Specialist | | | |
| 2:30 | Tree Talk video: Pacific madrone with Becca Snowdale | | | |
| 3:00 | Tree Walk: Neighborhood Trees with Erik Burke | | ||
| 5:00 | Why trees, why community Video message from Whitney | | | |
| 5:30 | Tree Talk video: Cherry tree Oliver, the youngest Tree Team planter | | | |
April 22 Earth Day Party with the Tree Team – it’s virtual!
In honor of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary Friends of Trees is hosting a virtual, day-long celebration on our social media channels – it’s the virtual EARTH DAY PARTY WITH THE TREE TEAM! Tune in on Wednesday, April 22, beginning at 10 a.m. We’ll have Tree Talks, LIVE tree walks, and more! Here’s the schedule, and here’s the agenda for the virtual Earth Day party hosted by Friends of Trees Eugene!
| Time | Topic | Where To Join | ||
| 10:00 | Tree Talk: Friends of Trees Neighborhood Trees Specialist Andrew Lands talks about the European beech Sponsored by J Frank Schmidt & Son | | | |
| 10:30 | Tree Walk LIVE: Andrew (who has TONS of tree knowledge!) talks about his favorite tree – and more! – with Corporate & Business Relations Specialist Sam Erman Sponsored by New Seasons Market | | ||
| 11:30 | Tree Talk LIVE with Timber Joey! That’s right, the Timbers’ beloved mascot Timber Joey will ask Sam his top tree questions. Not to be missed! Sponsored by the Portland Timbers | | ||
| Noon | Lunchtime Chat LIVE Learn about Friends of Trees’ EDI work and our Urban Forestry job training program. Sam joins Friends of Trees EDI Specialist Surabhi Mahajan for a Q & A. Sponsored by Portland General Electric | | ||
| 1:30 | Tree Walk LIVEÂ Sam Erman visits some trees & talks about some of the many benefits of trees Sponsored by the Port of Portland | | ||
| 2:30 | Tree Talk Friends of Trees Green Space Specialist Hanna Dornhofer talks about the native Red flowering currant Sponsored by Oregon Soap Company and Cafe Yumm | | | |
| 3:00 | Tree Walk LIVE Hanna is joined by Sam at a restoration site as they explore some of the native trees and shrubs we plant, and more! Sponsored by Daimler Trucks North America / Portland Trail Blazers / Threes for Trees | | ||
| 4:30 | Tree Talk Friends of Trees Interim Executive Director Whitney Dorer visits some Giant sequoias Sponsored by the Portland Timbers | | | |
| 5:00 | LIVE chat with Friends of Trees Interim Executive Director Whitney Dorer. Whitney shares what she loves about trees + community. Sponsored by Portland General Electric | | ||
| 5:30 | We’ll recap Whitney’s chat in case you missed it Sponsored by Rigert Shade Trees | | | |
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THANK YOU to the sponsors of the Earth Day Party with the Tree Team!
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Earth Day Party with the Eugene Tree Team – it’s virtual!
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with the Eugene Tree Team – virtually!
We’ll have tree talks and LIVE tree walks + talks on our Facebook and Instagram channels, and we’ll share some of the Portland Tree Team’s events, too! Join us for #EarthDay2020 !
| TIME | TOPIC | WHERE TO JOIN |
| 10:00 | Tree Talk: Learn about the evergreen conifer, Cunninghamia! | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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| 10:30 | Tree Walk LIVE: Volunteer & Planting Specialist Taylor Glass chats about our Summer Inspector volunteer program | |
| Noon | Lunchtime Chat LIVE Taylor is joined by Friends of Trees Eugene Metro Director Erik Burke for a Q & A. | |
| 2:30 | Tree Talk: Learn about one of our office’s favorite natives, Pacific madrone! | Â
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| 3:00 | Tree Walk LIVEÂ Erik visits some trees around our office & talks about our Trees for Concrete program | |
| 4:30 * | Tree Talk Friends of Trees Interim Executive Director Whitney Dorer visits some giant sequoias > Sponsored by the Portland Timbers |
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| 5:00 * | LIVE chat with Friends of Trees Interim Executive Director Whitney Dorer. Whitney shares what she loves about trees + community. > Sponsored by Portland General Electric | @friendoftrees |
| 5:30 * | We’ll recap Whitney’s chat in case you missed it > Sponsored by Rigert Shade Trees | @friendoftrees |
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Thank you to our #EarthDay2020 sponsors!
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