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Greening Communities Tree by Tree, Street by Street

2012 ANNUAL REVIEW

Dear Friend,Stand Tall and Proud

Sink your roots deeply into the EarthReflect the light of a greater source

Think long termGo out on a limb

Remember your place among all living beingsEmbrace with joy the changing seasons

For each yields its own abundanceThe Energy and Birth of Spring

The Growth and Contentment of SummerThe Wisdom to let go of leaves in the Fall

The Rest and Quiet Renewal of WinterFeel the wind and the sun

And delight in their presenceLook up at the moon that shines down upon you

And the mystery of the stars at night.Seek nourishment from the good things in life

Simple pleasuresEarth, fresh air, light

Be content with your natural beautyDrink plenty of water

Let your limbs sway and dance in the breezesBe flexible

Remember your rootsEnjoy the view!

ADVICE FROM A TREE by Ilan Shamir Alliance for Community Trees: 2012 Annual Review

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President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Message from the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Our Mission to Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2012: Moving Our Vision Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

• A Voice for Urban Trees• Engage a Volunteer Network of Tree Stewards• Invest in Food Security• Build Urban and Community Forests • Foster Partnerships • Share, Train, and Network• Strategic Communications

Partners, Sponsors, and Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2012 Board of Directors and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

ACTrees Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Photo: Volunteers plant trees in New Haven, CT, with local ACTrees member organization Urban Resources Initiative during a 2012 TD Tree Days event. Photo credit: Ian Christmann.

ACTrees thanks its member organizations, partners, and friends for their contribution of photos used throughout this document.

2 | Alliance for Community Trees: 2012 Annual ReviewU.S. Forest Service

Trees clean the air by absorbing carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides and other pollutants. Research shows that

URBAN TREES IN THE U.S. REMOVE 711,000 TONS OF AIR POLLUTION ANNUALLY, AT A VALUE OF $3.8 BILLION.


We know that as trees mature, they provide more value to communities. During this year of extraordinary growth, ACTrees has also returned more benefits than ever before to its network of community greening organizations. And along the way, ACTrees has contributed a vital and decisive voice for urban trees on the national stage.

In 2012, ACTrees provided more grant funding to its members than in any other year since its founding in 1993. This translated into thousands of hands planting thousands of trees in communities across North America. ACTrees support enabled its members and partners to transform parks and playgrounds, vacant lots, and neighborhood streets. Fruit and nut tree groves sprang up in 30 cities, and children and communities learned about the value of trees in their hometowns.

Attendance and participation at ACTrees Day, our annual member meeting, also exceeded any other year, offering important learning and sharing opportunities for our network. Whether at in-person meetings or online webcasts, it’s through ACTrees that we share and find inspiration from each other. Together, we’re working to create greener and more sustainable cities.

ACTrees also strengthened its partnerships this year, growing a broad and deep network of tree supporters and stewards. We solidified relationships with allied organizations that will help ACTrees expand its reach now and into the future, and help put more feet on the ground for local tree planting and care initiatives.

As we move forward into ACTrees’ 20th Anniversary year, I look back as a founding leader and feel a great sense of pride. We’re growing a network of members and partner organizations with a shared passion for the positive influence trees have in our communities. ACTrees has truly matured into an organization that is making significant contributions to the communities where we live and work, and to our nation’s urban forests.

Sincerely,

Ray Tretheway, President, ACTrees Board of Directors

DEAR ACTREES MEMBERS & SUPPORTERS

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“ACTrees has been in the forefront for all its 20 years, making enormous contributions to the health of our forests. I am very appreciative.”

GINA BOSWORTH

Volunteer, Delaware Center for Horticulture


2012 was a year of expansion for ACTrees, as we made significant strides forward in our mission to help local organizations plant and care for urban trees.

Throughout the year, ACTrees delivered over $700,000 to its member organizations for local tree planting programs, more than double the amount from 2011, thanks to our

corporate sponsors, CSX, Siemens USA, TD Bank, and Boise ASPEN. Collecting data using iTree technology on these newly-planted trees brought home their true value to communities—now and in the future.

In March, ACTrees advocated for federal investment in community trees at our 4th annual Policy Summit on Capitol Hill. ACTrees member leaders met with 50 Congressional offices alongside our partners from the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition.

We had a record turnout for ACTrees Day, our annual member meeting, in Sacramento, CA, the result of individual commitment and funding for travel scholarships from J. Frank Schmidt & Son, Bartlett Tree Experts and our Corporate Leadership Council member, CSX.

With the support of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to advance local food security and nutrition in our nation’s cities, ACTrees awarded its first People’s Garden grants to 30 communities for planting fruit and nut trees.

National NeighborWoods® Month expanded for an 8th consecutive year, engaging over 23,000 volunteers and planting 45,000 trees in more than 290 communities nationwide. To build the next generation of tree stewards, ACTrees and Treetures® kicked off the first “What Did the Tree See?” national youth essay contest.

ACTrees continued to build partnerships that will help our members expand their local tree planting efforts. Joining ACTrees as national partners were Treetures® Environmental Education Program, Arbor Day Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and the International Society of Arboriculture.

As we enter 2013 and celebrate our 20th Anniversary, please join us! Together we can grow our nation’s urban tree canopies and build greener, healthier communities.

Sincerely,

Carrie Gallagher, Executive Director

DEAR FRIENDS OF TREES


As ACTrees moves into its third decade, we’re building on that vision to expand our network of partners and volunteers, give voice to the value of trees in communities, and grow our nation’s urban forests.

ACTrees member organizations are vital to their communities, providing essential green services and education. Through their hard work and leadership, ACTrees is able to build public awareness and advance the national agenda for greener communities and urban forests in cities across the country.

Through the efforts of over 200 member and program partner organizations in 44 states and Canada, more than 5 million volunteers have been inspired to plant and care for over 15 million trees in cities and towns across the nation.

In 1993, ACTrees’ founders shared a vision of urban trees and ecosystems nurtured by a broad base of community stewards.

OUR MISSION TO LEAD

5+ MILLION volunteers

44 States

& Canada

15 MILLION

Trees

200+ Member &

Partner Orgs


ACTrees remains committed to our core mission—engaging volunteers to take action where over 93% of Americans live: in cities, towns, and metropolitan areas. In 2012, we continued to make significant strides on our strategic goals:

Promote public and private investment in trees and urban forests.

Promote research and science on the many benefits of trees.

Build organizational excellence guided by educated, skilled, and motivated leaders.

Build a large, diverse constituency and partner network.

Advocate for public policy that protects and sustains trees and urban forests.


A Voice for Urban Trees

The vital benefits trees offer cities and towns are needed now more than ever.

Trees filter and clean the air of pollutants, provide shade to reduce energy costs, reduce and manage stormwater runoff, create healthier residents, store carbon, and so much more.

ACTrees is committed to raising awareness for urban forests. Informing policy makers and thought leaders at all levels of government about the abundant benefits trees offer communities is critical to establishing policies that support green infrastructure and healthy urban tree canopies.

To take our message to Capitol Hill, ACTrees held its 4th annual Policy Summit on March 7, 2012, in Washington, DC, meeting with 50 Congressional offices to press for funding for urban and community forestry through reauthorization of the Farm Bill, and to encourage investment in our cities’ urban forests.

It is time we take the amazing energy benefits provided by trees seriously. With 20 years of extensive U.S. Forest Service research behind the science, trees are one of the most cost effective means of lowering energy costs, cleaning our air and making our neighborhoods livable.

SHANNON RAMSAY, Founding President & CEO, Trees Forever

2012: MOVING OUR VISION FORWARD


The Policy Summit included a reception at the U.S. Botanic Garden with Rep. James P. Moran (VA-8) who addressed the urgent need for trees and green solutions to keep American cities dynamic, growing, healthy, and prosperous.

To continue this momentum, the ACTrees Policy Committee met monthly to assess emerging issues at all levels of government affecting urban and community forestry. ACTrees also encouraged member organizations to take targeted messages to elected officials in their home districts.

At the federal level, ACTrees represents nonprofit urban forestry practitioners in the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition. Its Policy Working Group is an assembly of national organizations working to advance a unified community forest agenda.


Each October, National NeighborWoods® Month unites local community groups and thousands of volunteers in cities and towns across the country to plant trees, green up local parks, restore natural areas, and educate neighbors about trees and sustainability.

ENGAGE A VOLUNTEER NETWORK OF TREE STEWARDS

NeighborWoods®: Connecting Communities, Volunteers, and Trees


IN 2012, NATIONAL NEIGHBORWOODS® MONTH EXPANDED ITS REACH FOR AN 8TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

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ENGAGED THE PUBLIC TO PLANT, CARE FOR & EDUCATE ABOUT TREES

CAPTURE 23.1 M GALLONS OF STORM WATER

DISPOSE OF OVER

660 TONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS

SAVE CITIES NEARLY

$600,000 IN STORM WATER MANAGEMENT & AIR POLLUTION COSTS

290 COMMUNITIES


Strengthening Local Events

To support these on-the-ground efforts, ACTrees provided local member and partner organizations with NeighborWoods® resources that included t-shirts, kids’ activity cards, posters, banners, coupons, and tools.

In addition to NeighborWoods® sponsoring partners, this year ACTrees joined with businesses to offer in-kind donations to support local events, including free samples of tools and outdoor skincare products, coupons, and discounts on tree watering bags and select co-branded clothing.

Local and national media during the campaign was strong, led by a YouTube video from U.S. Forest Service Associate Chief Mary Wagner urging Americans to “get involved, both personally and professionally” in National NeighborWoods® Month. There was also brisk activity on social media, including a Twitter “landscape chat” with ValleyCrest and Corona Tools that reached 46,700 users.

A new NeighborWoods® website in 2012 (www.NeighborWoodsMonth.org)

made it even easier for organizations to register their events, boosting the

number of participating cities (up 33%) and organizations (up 24%).

2012 National NeighborWoods® Month Sponsors


This support helped local groups expand the reach of their tree care, planting, and education activities during National NeighborWoods® Month. Grants were used for event promotion, professional photographers, signs, planting gear, and more.

Community response was overwhelming. Grant funds were matched over 8:1 by local member organizations through local community and sponsor investments of over $131,000 in cash and in-kind contributions.

ACTrees provided over $15,000 in National NeighborWoods® Month mini-grants to 35 member organizations in 2012.


Throughout the year, ACTrees member organizations educated children and youth, engaging them in tree plantings, and helping to prepare our future environmental leaders.

INDIANAPOLIS YOUTH TREE PLANTERS


ACTrees and its partner Treetures® Environmental Education Program kicked off the first “What Did the Tree See?” national essay contest for 5th and 6th graders during 2012.

In this pilot year, the contest garnered nearly 100 essays and poems which were judged by a national panel of authors and urban forest and environmental education experts.

The contest offered a unique opportunity for ACTrees member organizations to work with local schools to teach youth about the value of urban trees and how they affect their neighborhoods and the local environment.

In addition to cash prizes, first place winners received a tree planting in their honor for their school or neighborhood. ACTrees member organizations participated in these tree plantings and presented winners with their awards at local events.

The essay contest, which was sponsored by CSX, will become an annual program for ACTrees through our partnership with Treetures®.

A New Generation of Tree Stewards


Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is a seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. A People’s Garden Grant through ACTrees to Seattle-based CityFruit helped with purchase of fruit trees for the Beacon Food Forest, as well as public education and outreach.

BEACON FOOD FOREST


Urban Orchards Take Root To advance food security and nutrition in our nation’s cities, ACTrees awarded its first ACTrees People’s Garden grants, with the support of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

In this pilot year, ACTrees distributed $125,000 in grants to 30 organizations to plant fruit and nut trees in connection with urban agriculture projects. Throughout the spring, summer, and fall of 2012, over 2,700 volunteers donated over 10,000 hours to plant more than 2,000 trees and woody shrubs in or near 30 community gardens in 21 states.

INVEST IN FOOD SECURITY

21 STATES

2,000 TREES &

WOODY SHRUBS

10,000 HRS

$125,000 GRANTS

$

30 ORGS

In future years, this program will deepen the connections between community trees and urban agriculture, and provide training, peer-to-peer networking, and grants to support the care and planting of fruit and nut trees in communities as a local, sustainable food source.

2,700 VOLUNTEERS


Teaming Up to Plant More Trees Thanks to the support of our generous partners, ACTrees was able to deliver over $700,000 to our member organizations for local tree planting programs in 2012, more than doubling the amount in grants over the previous year.

ACTrees planned and executed 29 major tree plantings in collaboration with our local member organizations, a dozen more than the year before. These events were coordinated in partnership with ACTrees national corporate sponsors, including CSX Transportation, Siemens USA, TD Bank, and Boise ASPEN.

BUILD URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTS


Together, these projects improved the health and livability of communities in 24 cities, engaging volunteers to plant well over 2,100 trees, nearly 75% more than the previous year.

New in 2012 was an i-Tree analysis of the 1,285 trees planted as part of the CSX Trees for Tracks partnership, making clear what trees can mean for a city. Data showed the annual economic and environmental value of these strategically planted trees now and 40 years into the future.

NOW 2053

Net CO2 Removed from Atmosphere

OVER 5.6 TONS

OVER 225 TONS

Stormwater Reduced

24,000+ GALLONS

4 MILLION+ GALLONS

Air Pollution Removed

16 KG 540.14 KG

FY 2008$130,289

FY 2009$177,983

FY 2010$181,646

FY 2011$318,275

FY 2012$716,028

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$200,000

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$400,000

$500,000

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Grants to CommunitiesACTrees more than doubled the financial resources it provided to member and partner organizations this year through programs that included partner tree plantings, fruit and nut trees grants, National NeighborWoods® Month mini-grants, and travel scholarships.

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Boise ASPEN Project UP™

In 2011 Boise ASPEN partnered with ACTrees to launch the national Project UP™ campaign to transform neglected urban spaces into new community parks. After a successful first project in Indianapolis, in 2012 ACTrees and Boise worked with Baltimore partners to improve a vacant corner lot in the Broadway East neighborhood. Formerly home to abandoned rowhouses, the site was transformed into a pocket park that will serve as a green oasis for community residents.


CSX Trees for TracksACTrees’ partnership with CSX sped forward toward the railway company’s Trees for Tracks program goal: planting one tree for every mile of track in the CSX system. In 2012, ACTrees and its members and program partners engaged nearly 600 employee and community volunteers to plant over 1,200 trees through Trees for Tracks projects.


Siemens Sustainable Community AwardFor the third year, ACTrees honored winners of the Siemens Sustainable Community Award with a local tree planting. Working with local partners, tree plantings were held in the winning cities of Chicago, IL, Purcellville, VA, and Santa Monica, CA, with over 125 trees planted in total.


TD Tree DaysACTrees’ partnership with Canada-based TD Bank has helped to bring the TD Tree Days program to the United States, coordinating local tree plantings at schools and parks in U.S. cities. During 2012, 515 volunteers planted nearly 550 trees at ten local events.


“Planting these trees gives me such a great sense of accomplishment! I know that in a few years when these trees start to produce fruit, this community will be healthier, and will be a source of pride for years to come.”

Volunteer, ACTrees People’s Garden


Working Together to Bolster Our Impact

In 2012 ACTrees formalized our partnerships with national nonprofits and coalitions, broadening our network and commitment to making trees part of a healthy and sustainable urban environment.

We’ve now established strategic partnerships, programmatic connections, or a Memorandum of Understanding with the following organizations. Under these agreements we’ve joined forces to work together toward mutual goals and a desire to step up tree planting and care in communities.

FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS

Photo Credit: Arbor Day Foundation


Arbor Day Foundationwww.ArborDay.org

Arbor Day Foundation’s mission is to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. ACTrees is partnering with ADF to build a unified approach to urban and community forestry, promote volunteerism and local engagement in planting and caring for community trees, and support collaboration among diverse urban forest constituents.

General Federation of Women’s Clubs www.GFWC.org

General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement through volunteer services. This partnership allows ACTrees to connect with GFWC member organizations and leadership to promote ACTrees resources and information, as well as encourage GFWC clubs and members to participate in National NeighborWoods® Month.

International Society of Arboriculture www.isa-arbor.com

Through research, technology, and education, the International Society of Arboriculture promotes the professional practice of arboriculture and builds worldwide awareness of the benefits of trees. ACTrees and ISA will promote the collaboration and involvement of community residents, ACTrees member organizations, and ISA chapters in local tree planting activities, tree adoption and stewardship, and monitoring newly-planted and existing tree health.


Sustainable Urban Forests Coalitionwww.UrbanForestCoalition.com

The Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition is an assembly of national organizations working to advance a unified urban forest agenda for the nation’s communities. As a coalition member, ACTrees works with other SUFC members to educate and advocate for better-maintained and expanded urban forests nationwide with a unified national voice on urban forestry issues.

The Nature Conservancywww.Nature.org

The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. ACTrees is partnering with TNC to encourage volunteerism and public awareness, promote tree health and early tree pest detection tools, and facilitate involvement in each organization’s key programs.

Treetures® Environmental Education Programwww.Treetures.com

Founded by Judith Blau, Treetures® Environmental Education Program is an environmental education effort with a direct focus on trees. The community of Treetures® are whimsical characters dedicated to carrying the message of tree planting and care. In 2012, ACTrees partnered directly with Treetures® on our first “What Did the Tree See?” national student essay contest.


Sharing Knowledge and Best Practices The ACTrees Webcast Series, a free monthly training held during the lunch hour, brings the latest tree science, urban forestry trends, and program resources directly into the offices of community forestry practitioners.

In 2012 ACTrees trained 320 environmental leaders through these webcasts on topics including tree technology apps, new tree research, fundraising, community fruit and nut trees, and tree planting volunteer opportunities. Videos of the webcasts, posted on the ACTrees website, have been viewed nearly 1,100 times.

SHARE, TRAIN, AND NETWORK

Photo Credit: Arbor Day Foundation


Scholarships to Train Tree Professionals

In-person training and peer networking are invaluable for community organizations, but tight budgets can make travel to ACTrees’ events challenging.

Thanks to support from our sponsors and partners, in 2012 ACTrees was able to provide over $27,000 in travel scholarships to 38 of our member organizations to participate, learn, and network at our annual Policy Summit in Washington, DC, and ACTrees Day in Sacramento, CA.

4:1 $107,000These travel scholarships were matched nearly 4:1 by local member organizations receiving grants.

Leveraging our support with more than $107,000 in cash and in-kind contributions.


“We’re only beginning to take advantage of all that ACTrees has to offer, and we’re finding it astonishingly helpful! Thanks so much for all of the information you make available to us.”

PEGGY MIDDAUGH

Director, Worcester Tree Initiative


New Tools to Reach Members, Friends, and Media ACTrees completely redesigned the ACTrees.org website in 2012. This top-to-bottom overhaul gave a big boost to ACTrees’ visibility and awareness among urban forestry allied organizations, media, and tree friends.

In 2012, ACTrees again doubled our number of social media followers on Facebook and Twitter, @alliance4trees. This increased social media presence demonstrates ACTrees’ growing voice in the urban and community forestry network.

Refreshed electronic communications allowed ACTrees to consolidate its news to members and environmental leaders into two, more robust publications: Treebune News, a weekly e-publication, and Members Monthly. Targeted “Action Alerts” were introduced to engage members and allied organizations in issues requiring immediate attention.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

During 2012 the ACTrees website saw a nearly

50% INCREASE in both page views and website visitors—almost 70% of those new visitors. And through the use of social media share and “like” features, we were able to expand our reach even further.

www.ACTrees.org


ACTrees thanks its many partners and sponsors. Their generous support has made this year’s programs and accomplishments possible.

Membership $37,000

Other $36,641

Government $194,148

Corporate $867,894

ACTrees2012 Income

Sources

Income Over Time

PARTNERS, SPONSORS, & DONORS

3%3%

17%

76%

FY 20080

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000

FY 2011 FY 2012FY 2009 FY 2010

The ACTrees operating budget grew considerably in 2012 thanks to the enormous growth of our grant programs to member organizations. ACTrees provided more support to communities than ever before in our history.


CORPORATE PARTNERS

Boise ASPEN® Recycled Paperswww.projectup.boiseinc.com Boise Inc. founded Project UP™ in 2011 as an extension of the Boise® ASPEN® brand of recycled papers and the company’s ongoing commitment to environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Boise ASPEN Project UP™ partners with ACTrees to help unlock the potential of vacant lots and neglected urban areas by transforming them into community parks.

CSXwww.csx.com ACTrees is a national partner with CSX in their Trees for Tracks program, a campaign to plant 21,000 trees: one for every mile of track in the CSX railway network. ACTrees works with member and partner organizations to coordinate community tree planting days with CSX employees and neighborhood volunteers.

Siemens USAwww.usa.seimens.com ACTrees partners with Siemens Corporation to provide $20,000 tree planting prizes to the winners of the Siemens Sustainable Community Award, presented each year to three green cities by Siemens and the Business and Civic Leadership Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

TD Bank and TD Friends of the Environment Foundationwww.tdbank.com TD Tree Days, a partnership with ACTrees, provides TD employees, their families and friends, and partners the opportunity to volunteer in the communities where they live and work to demonstrate their commitment to forest stewardship. TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., providing more than 7.4 million customers with a full range of retail, small business, and commercial banking products and services.


CORPORATE SPONSORS

American Bar Association www.americanbar.org The American Bar Association, through its members, provided direct donations to ACTrees to support the planting of trees. Founded in 1878, the American Bar Association is one of the world’s largest voluntary professional organizations.

Bartlett Tree Expertswww.bartlett.com Bartlett Tree Experts provided travel scholarships and support for the 2012 ACTrees Day annual members’ meeting in Sacramento, CA. Bartlett Tree Experts was founded in 1907 by Francis A. Bartlett and is the world’s leading scientific tree and shrub care company.

Corona Tools www.coronatoolsusa.com Corona Tools provided hundreds of free trowels and pruners, plus a 25% discount on select tools, to organizations participating in National NeighborWoods® Month. Corona tools were born in the orange groves of California in the 1920s. Since then, generations of agriculturists, gardeners, landscapers, arborists and construction professionals have turned to Corona to find high-quality tools that work as hard as they do.


CORPORATE SPONSORS

J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. www.jfschmidt.com J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. was a sponsor of our 2012 ACTrees Day. As originators of the Red Sunset® Maple and introducer or co-introducer of more than 50 other patented or trademarked cultivars, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. is a premier source of up-to-date deciduous tree cultivars and new introductions.

State Bar of Texas www.texasbar.com The State Bar of Texas provided a grant to ACTrees for two large tree plantings through ACTrees member organizations. The State Bar of Texas is the fifth largest organization of lawyers in the U.S.

Tec Labs www.teclabsinc.com Tec Labs provided samples of their Tecnu products, small field guides, and product discount coupons to organizations participating in National NeighborWoods® Month.


GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry Program www.fs.fed.us/ucf Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) provided continuing support to ACTrees during 2012. UCF is a cooperative program of the U.S. Forest Service that focuses on the stewardship of urban natural resources. They provide technical, financial, research, and educational services to local government, non-profit organizations, community groups, educational institutions, and tribal governments.

USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculturewww.nifa.usda.gov ACTrees funding through the USDA People’s Garden Initiative supported the planting of fruit, nut, and shade trees through grants to 30 organizations nationwide. Established in 2009, this USDA program has grown into a collaborative effort of over 700 local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens across the country.

A mature tree canopy can reduce air temperatures by about 5°–10°F, making tree planting and care one of the most cost-effective ways to mitigate the effect of urban heat islands.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES


2012 INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Riyad Abu-Sharr

Bess Anderson

Anonymous

Marcia Bansley

Josh Behounek

Rhonda Berry

Samuel A. Bishop II

Liz Bittner

Meredith Borchardt

Dotti Clune

Jackie Cole

Beth Corrigan

Danielle Crumrine

Donna Curtis

Glenda Daniel

Marge Denham

Jana Dilley

Anna Dooley

Whitney Dorer

June Dudas

Diane Emerson

Patricia Farrell

Priscilla Files

Burnell Fischer

Scott Fogarty

David Forsell

Deb Fristik

Carrie Gallagher

Connie Gallippi

Ann Gosline

Gertie Grant

Margaret Grimani

John Gurnee

John Haas

Guy Hager

Dean Hay

Rebecca Higgins

Jackie Hoopfer

Nancy Hughes

Karen Jenkins

Paul Bryan Jones

Toby Kane

Audrone Karalius

Conni Kunzler

T.R. Lesperance

Greg Levine

Diane Losavio

Julius Lott

Julia Marano

Shirley Brabender Mattox

Roger Mellick

Leland Milstein

Jane Montgomery

Susan Pierce-Cunningham

Suzanne Presgrave

Shannon Ramsay

Tom and Barbara Reilly

Mark Ringenberg

Robin Rivet

Maitreyi Roy

Kevin Sayers

Louise Seals

Jean Shaw

Richard Stout

Ray Tretheway

Barbara Weingarten

Eli Weissman

Ron Willoner

Rocky Yosek

Marla Zipin


Children and youth living in greener neighborhoods have lower body mass index.

GET TREES. GET HEALTHY.


2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF

Ray Tretheway (President) Executive Director Sacramento Tree Foundation

Scott Jamieson (Vice President) Vice President Corporate Partnerships and National Recruiting Bartlett Tree Experts

Riyad Abu-Sharr (Treasurer) Chief Financial Officer Star Marketing Services

Danielle Crumrine (Secretary) Executive Director Tree Pittsburgh

Burnell “Burney” C. Fischer, Ph.D. Clinical Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs School of Public Environmental Affairs Indiana University

Scott Fogarty Executive Director Friends of Trees

David Forsell President Keep Indianapolis Beautiful

Diane Gleason Consultant

Greg Levine Co-Executive Director and Chief Program Officer Trees Atlanta

Maitreyi Roy Vice President in Charge of Programs Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Carrie Gallagher (Ex-Officio) Executive Director Alliance for Community Trees

Carrie Gallagher Executive Director

Sarah Anderson Program Coordinator

Conni Kunzler Communications Consultant

Julia Marano Program Consultant

Leland Milstein Program Director

Helen Nelson Finance Manager

Megan Odett Development Associate

Suzanne Presgrave Development Associate

Sarah Semark Website Manager

ACTrees Board of Directors ACTrees Staff


THE ACTREES NETWORK

Non-Governmental Organization PartnersArbor Day FoundationGeneral Federation of Women’s ClubsInternational Society of ArboricultureThe Nature ConservancyTreetures Environmental

Education Program

ACTrees 2012 Member OrganizationsAlamo Forest PartnershipAlaska Department of Natural

Resources Division of ForestryAlaska Urban & Community

Forest CouncilAmigos de los RiosArizona Community Tree CouncilArkansas Urban Forestry CouncilAsheville GreenWorksBaton Rouge GreenBloomington Community OrchardBob Jones Nature CenterBorough Of Wyomissing

Boston Natural Areas NetworkBuffalo Olmsted Parks ConservancyCalifornia Center for

Sustainable EnergyCalifornia ReLeafCalifornia Urban Forests CouncilCanopyCasey TreesCedarburg GreenChicago Gateway GreenCitizens for a Better South FloridaCity FruitCity of BentonvilleCity of BoiseCity of DenverCity of DuPontCity of EugeneCity of FitchburgCity of LewistonCity of LompocCity of PittsburghCity of RaleighCity of SpokaneCity of WilloughbyCity Parks FoundationCoastal Bryan Tree Foundation

Colorado Tree CoalitionCommon Ground of

Eastern North Carolina, Inc.Commonwealth GardensCross Timbers Urban Forestry CouncilDelaware Center for HorticultureEarthCorpsEnright Ridge Urban EcoVillageFairfax ReLeafForest ReLeaf of MissouriForterraFriends of Grand Rapids ParksFriends of the Urban ForestFriends of TreesFriends of Wangari GardensGeorgia Urban Forest CouncilGoleta Valley BeautifulGreenscape of JacksonvilleGroundwork LawrenceHeartland Tree AllianceHike for KaTREEnaHoosier ReLeafHuntington Beach Tree SocietyIllinois Arborist AssociationIndiana Urban Forest CouncilKeep Denton Beautiful

Keep Gastonia BeautifulKeep Indianapolis BeautifulKeep It Moving, Inc.Keep Norfolk BeautifulKeep Orlando BeautifulKeep Tampa Bay BeautifulMid Atlantic Chapter ISAMontgomery Tree CommitteeMorton ArboretumNC Urban Forest CouncilNew Jersey Tree FoundationNew York Restoration ProjectNew York State Urban & Community

Forestry CouncilNine Mile Run Watershed AssociationNorth Carolina Urban Forest CouncilOakland Landscape CommitteeOklahoma Urban & Community

Forestry CouncilOld Bedford Village Development

CorporationOpenlandsOregon Community TreesOur City ForestParks & People FoundationParkway Partners

Members and Program Partner Organizations


Pennsylvania Horticultural SocietyPennsylvania Community

Forests CouncilPhiladelphia Orchard ProjectPlantAmnestyProject CanopyProvidence Neighborhood

Planting ProgramReLeaf MichiganReston AssociationRestore Mass AveReTree NebraskaRochester Neighborhood

Resource CenterSacramento Tree FoundationSag Harbor Tree FundSaint Joeseph’s College Green PumasSalt Lake County Million TreesSavannah Tree FoundationShreveport GreenSouth Kensington Community PartnersTennessee Urban Forestry CouncilTexas Trees FoundationThe Greening of DetroitThe Park PeopleThe Tree BankTree CanadaTREE DavisTree Foundation of Kern

Tree FresnoTreeLibertyTREEmendous MiamiTree New MexicoTreePeopleTree PittsburghTrees AtlantaTreesCharlotteTrees for AugustaTrees ForeverTrees for HoustonTrees for TucsonTrees GreenvilleTrees IndianaTrees NCTrees New YorkTrees R BeautifulTrees South CarolinaTrees VirginiaUC GreenUinta Headwaters Council, Inc.Up With TreesUrban Ecology InstituteUrban ReLeafUrban Resources InitiativeValley Proud Environmental CouncilWilkinsburg Shade Tree CommitteeWorcester Tree Initiative

iTreeBank Branches Alabama Urban Forestry AssociationArkansas Urban Forestry Council*California ReLeaf*California Urban Forests Council*Delaware Center for Horticulture*Eagle Eye InstituteFriends of the Urban Forest*Friends of Trees*Friends of Van Cortlandt ParkGoleta Valley Beautiful*Great River GreeningGreenscape of Jacksonville*Groundwork Providence: Trees 2020Heartland Tree Alliance*Hike for KaTREEna*Hoosier ReLeaf*Juneau Urban Forestry PartnershipKnox Parks FoundationMarin ReLeafMississippi Urban Forest CouncilNew Jersey Tree Foundation*Openlands*Parks & People Foundation*Pennsylvania Community ForestsPlantAmnesty*Provo City Forestry DivisionReLeaf Michigan*

Rochester Neighborhood Resource Center*

Sacramento Tree Foundation*Salt Lake County Million Trees*Sustainable South BronxTennessee Urban Forestry Council*Texas Trees Foundation*The Greening of Detroit*The Kids Ecology CorpsThe Park People*Tree by Tree – The Mile High MillionTree Canada*Tree Fresno*Tree New Mexico*Tree TrustTreeLiberty*TREEmendous Miami*TreePeople*Trees Atlanta*Trees for Tucson*Trees Forever*Trees Indiana*Trees New York*TreeUtahUC Green*Urban Corps of San DiegoUrban Releaf*Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers

*ACTrees Member Organizations

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