TREEmendous Updates, Progress and Thank yous!
The Wendy Olson Arboretum, Inc.
Howdy Neighbors,
It was great to see so many of you at our MLK neighborhood clean up! Big thank you to our neighbor Megan Lott for leading that and the Town for sharing equipment and pick up!
here is a pic wish I had taken more! if your not pictured its not because you were not here!!
Please reach out to me to come lead these events:
February trail mulching and English Ivy removal from the TREES. This is the time to get ivy out of the trees because it is easy to see before spring has sprung!
And our lovely local Guzeman Tree company has donated huge piles of much to freshen up our trails. Come out and help us with that. Just a few wheel barrows or fill the golf cart trailer! Lets get this done before March so everyone can enjoy walking on the fresh trails!
Grant Applications; We have a ton of grants we are applying for! a GRAND thank you to Megan Lott again for leading our most recent whopper of a grant with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation! We are gearing up for the Hillsborough Garden Club Grant, Town of H-Bo Tourism Grant, Duke Energy Community as well as Home Depot Community Grants. We need Help! If you can write grants please contact me!
Social Media: Can you help us with our website, our Instagram and other outreach?
Event Planning: We have a nifty live calendar thanks to our neighbor Joe Martin for setting that up. Can you help us with event planning for the year? You can access the ;calendar page here: https://wendyolsonarboretum.com/calendar/
Community Outreach to Schools: We want to become a community service provider for all the local hi schools and middle schools! Can you help with that? Sending emails and phone calls and follow up and scheduling. We really want to share with kids the importance of restoring wildlife as we only have 1/3 of the ENTIRE PLANET remaining for wildlife. And its not dedicated to wildlife, humans have not destroyed it with development- but we are on the way!
Please donate if you can! We need tools! Set up a monthly donation! Every tiny regular amount helps. Large amounts also welcome:)
Kind Regards,
Vanessa