Transforming the Southwestern Medical District for Health and Nature SOCIAL MEDIA Check out our new Facebook and Instagram Pages! Like and follow us to see what is happening with the Project and learn more about the power of nature. JOB AVAILABLE We are looking for a Health Research and Education Coordinator to conduct research and […]
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Transforming the Southwestern Medical District for Health and Nature ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPOTLIGHT We have invited experts from across the country to offer us support in the creation of a thriving Medical District. OUR WEBSITE HAS LAUNHED The new SWMD Transformation website has officially launched! Learn more about the project by clicking the link below. POPUP EVENTS From
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The Medical District is becoming cleaner, greener, and healthier – and YOU can be part of the team! Texas Trees Foundation, with support from partners and numerous stakeholders (that’s you!), is leading the charge to bring new life into the Harry Hines corridor. Together, we can change the character of the District to better connect
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The initiative will provide up to 500 trees in park-desert zones across Dallas DALLAS, October 7, 2022 – Beginning October 13 through November 11, the Texas Trees Foundation is giving away complimentary trees to North Texas residents that live up to five miles away from future Cool School Neighborhood Parks. Residents that qualify to receive one to
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Support the Texas Trees Foundation during North Texas Giving Day North Texas Giving Day is here again this year, and we would greatly appreciate your support. Your gifts will go towards supporting our urban forestry mission in North Texas, which includes our tree planting projects and programs like Cool Schools and NeighorWoods. If you can’t
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Support this Texas Ranger to Fund a Local Cool School Hunter Pence has teamed up with the Texas Trees Foundation to sponsor a Cool Schools project and plant up to 100 trees alongside his fans, and the students and teachers a local elementary school! Through this fundraiser, with the support of the Texas Rangers Foundation,
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Over 650 trees were planted at Bob Woodruff Park (South) by partners and volunteer groups including City of Plano, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, FedEx, Alliance Data, Verizon, Capital One, and Harley-Davidson Financial Services! With just over 40 volunteers of all ages, we finished off the last part of the Bob Woodruff Park planting partnership!
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Planting more than 50 trees at Running Bear Park in Irving was no sweat (figuratively speaking) for our incredible team of volunteers from Verizon, Hilton Anatole Dallas, and the City of Irving employees. A special thanks to Groundwork Dallas for digging the holes in preparation for our volunteers. Spirits were high, just like the temperature was,
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Ready for one of their favorite days of the year, “field day,” students welcomed us with a song performance and tree facts as we came together to celebrate their “Cool Schools” program at Tom C. Gooch Elementary School. We had a great time at Gooch Elementary as students performed ‘Let it Grow’ from Dr. Seuss’s
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Dan D. Rogers Elementary celebrated their ‘Cool Schools Community Parks’ with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, where we also unveiled the site-plans for the other ‘Cool School Community Parks’ which include: S.S Conner Elementary School, Tom C. Gooch Elementary School, C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School, and Boude Storey Middle School. Thanks to public-private partnerships with Dallas Park
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