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Tag: Port of Portland
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 LIVE 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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Thank you for celebrating 30 years of trees + community with us!
We had such a wonderful time celebrating 30 years of trees + community with so many amazing friends and partners at our October 2nd party! We can’t express how much gratitude we have for your continued support, we are truly moved by the way you showed up to celebrate this milestone with us. Thank you!
A special shout out to our event sponsors Portland General Electric, Port of Portland, Daimler Trucks North America, Dossier, New Seasons Market, Bartlett Tree Experts – Clackamas, OR, Columbia Bank, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., Wells Fargo Advisors, Gather Resale, Zach Putnam Productions, Rigert Shade Trees and in-kind donors 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Mahonia Vineyard and Breakside Brewery.
Enjoy the below photos from the event, with even more here.
Thank you again to everyone — party guests, volunteers, donors, partners — who help us, in so many ways, celebrate 30 years of planting trees + growing community – we can’t do it without you!
Celebrate 30 years of trees + community with us!
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF TREES + COMMUNITY
a fundraiser for Friends of Trees
Wednesday, October 2
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
after-party 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. with live music from the Bayou Boyz
Village Ballroom
704 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211
Reception style | Hosted food & drinks | Door prizes
Tickets: $100 each, includes:
- Beer, wine, cider, non-alcoholic beverages
- Dinner buffet includes vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options
- After-party 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. with live music from the Bayou Boyz
- Please note that flights of stairs are required to access this venue
Questions? Please contact Kathy Armstrong at (503)467-2512 or via email.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Friends of Trees honors 2012 award winners at annual luncheon
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 Barry served as emcee for the event, which was sponsored by The Oregonian and Rigert Shade Trees.
Bob Sallinger, conservation director of the Audubon Society of Portland, received the 2012 Individual Leadership Award for his successful advocacy for habitat restoration, which contributed to significant changes in Portland’s tree codes, the planting of 21,000 new street trees through Friends of Trees’ partnership with Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services, and future restoration work through Friends of Trees’ Green Space Initiative.