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Trees for Healthy Living

You will find out why trees are critical to healthy living, and how they impact our environmental, economic, social, and physical health. You will hear what the Tree Tenders program is and how it helps increase the tree cover in SE Pennsylvania. And you will get the answers to the 10 or more most common tree questions! This is your chance to find out what the real story is with tree roots and pipes, and what the deal is with mulch volcanoes!

Mindy Maslin, our presenter, was a social worker, community organizer, political and environmental activist in 1991 when she saw taking care of our city’s trees as an opportunity to develop a neighborhood-based citizen stewardship program. She founded the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Tree Tenders program in 1993 and continues to lead it with the aim of increasing Philly’s tree canopy from 20% to 30%. PHS has trained more than 5,500 volunteer Tree Tenders, who plant more than 2,000 trees a year in neighborhoods in the Greater Philadelphia area. The program is at the forefront of the urban tree movement across the country. It offers hands-on tree care training covering biology, identification, planting and proper care. Caring for trees, she says, is "a natural way of revitalizing communities.”

This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing. You do not need a Zoom account but you will need to download and install the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device to join the event. Please email us at info@pennsvillage.org in advance if you need assistance installing the Zoom app. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion. You will receive an email a day or so before the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

Please register through our website by clicking the Register Now on the right. Directions for Self Registration can be found here. You can also register by emailing Info@pennsvillage.org, or calling 215-925-7333. This program is free of charge to our members and volunteers. Guests may attend up to three programs before being asked to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village.

Penn’s Village welcomes and actively encourages an inclusive and diverse community of members, staff, Board of Directors and volunteers. Inclusiveness and diversity mean welcoming all and excluding no one because of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social-economic status, physical abilities, religious beliefs or political beliefs.

When:

Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM

Where:

A Zoom Meeting link is included in the confirmation and reminder emails.
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