What fun it was to host the “Golden Shovel” Ceremony at Eastern Hills Elementary School in the Fort Worth ISD to celebrate newly planted trees sponsored by TXU Energy! Thanks to this partner-sponsorship with TXU Energy, a dozen or so newly planted trees were generously donated along with numerous copies of Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.” […]
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We ended March with a bang at here at the Texas Trees Foundation! With our NeighborWoods program, we were able to plant over 100 trees at Jubilee Park & Community Center with the help of many motivated volunteers! Focusing on improving our communities, we were happy to work with more than 100 volunteers to plant
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We are always excited about this part of the “Cool Schools” program where we get to do one of our favorite things, plant trees with children! Thanks to all the help from over 460 students, several parents and community volunteers, SRH Landscapes, and Groundwork Dallas — we planted more than 70 trees at Tom C.
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We had a blast planting trees at Oran M. Roberts Elementary School, with over 560 students helping out! As a part of our “Cool Schools” program, tree planting and educating students about their natural environment are equally important to us. At Roberts Elementary, students were given an educational activity with paper plates and crayons that
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Texas Tree Foundation Kerry Harrison and Marc Beaudoing had a great time with C.F. Carr Elementary’s 3-6th graders during their “Tree Education” presentation. As a part of the “Cool Schools” program, we aim not only to plant trees but to also educate students about the important impacts that trees have on our communities and our
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Many thanks to the volunteers who braved the cold months of January and February and came out to the Tree Farm to help prepare for improvements and maintain this urban forest! President’s Day Tree Tender Event We spent this Presidents’ Day at our TXU Energy Urban Tree Farm and Education Center with a great turn
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This Valentine’s Day, we showed a little extra love to our community by planting Redbud trees! The perfect tree, for the perfect occasion. We love Redbuds, and so should you! These trees are the perfect match for Texas’ weather with their drier soils, they are more tolerant of heat and drought conditions that are common
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Texas Trees Foundation Wins Organization of the Year: Small Nonprofit On August 1st, at the inaugural D CEO Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards, the Texas Trees Foundation was given the prestigious honor of being awarded Best Organization of the Year: Small Nonprofit. The purpose of the event was to celebrate and honor those individuals and
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We were happy to spend a day at our TXU Urban Forest and Education Center at Richland College with more than 80 seventh graders! Braving through a wintery day and really appreciating the work gloves, the students spent time with us spreading mulch on our trees to help protect against the weather. Students were excited to
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We don’t make wishing wells, but we did plant wishing trees! With the connection made thanks to the help of Texan by Nature, we were able to receive a special donation this year for five Cedar Elm “Wishing Trees” for our Cool Schools: Tom C. Gooch, S.S. Conner, C.A Tatum Jr. Elementary School, Boude Storey Middle School, Dan
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