California ReLeaf

Happy California Arbor Week! This year's poster contest invited California kids to think creatively about how trees invite them outside. Thank you to all those who participated and submitted posters! Here are our four award winners:

Happy #California #ArborWeek! We're kicking off with a press conference honoring our Arbor Week Poster Contest winners and Arbor Week grantees. Thank you CAL FIRE, U.S. Forest Service, Southern California Edison (SCE), San Diego Gas & Electric, and Northrop Grumman for your support, and helping us celebrate trees across the state! https://fb.watch/46Wk4yzI-V/

Check out The Mercury News editorial on California’s #forest and the need for immediate action for #climateresilience. https://www.mercurynews.com//editorial-california-must-pa/

A warm welcome to our newest ReLeaf Network Member! SistersWe, situated in the San Bernardino area. Check out their new website to find out more. We are excited to watch your great work and have you as a part of our urban and community forestry conversation. SistersWe Cgp

Oroville Botanic Garden & Education Center kicked off their Prop 68 grant through California ReLeaf last fall. Oroville Botanic Garden and Education Center is moving towards planting 321 trees in Oroville. (Thanks CAL FIRE) The first phase included planting fruit trees at the African American Family & Cultural Center.

Join an upcoming webinar hosted by Clean Energy Group called Building Community Resilience Hubs: A Conversation with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network and RYSE Center. Guest speakers are the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) and RYSE Youth Center. APEN will discuss a recently released report, Resilience Before Disaster. Also, the webinar includes a case study the Ryse Richmond, CA and their efforts in transforming the Center into a resilience hub. Register for the March 10th webinar: https://www.cleanegroup.org//apen-building-community-resi/

The Girl Scouts have launched a new initiative called Tree Promise. To help address climate change they are planting 5 million trees over the next five years across the US. Click here for more information: https://bit.ly/2Z7OTtH

We are incredibly proud to be a Top-Rated #nonprofit for 2020 on Great Nonprofits. It was a challenging year but thank you to everyone who recognized our hard work and dedication. We hope to have another great year. Please take a few minutes to write a review on Great Nonprofits. https://greatnonprofits.org/org/california-releaf

In celebration of California Arbor Week, go outside with your kid/s to draw. There are two weeks left to enter the Arbor Week Poster Contest. Any California youth age 5-12 can submit a poster. The 2021 poster contest theme is "Trees Invite Me Outside." Posters are due Feb. 5, 2021. For more info click here: https://arborweek.org/2021-arbor-week-poster-contest/

Dear Greening Los Osos, I loved the tour of your tree planting project - (a Forest Improvement special Arbor Week grant). So many inspiring projects are happening in your area to restore habitat and educate the public about conservation. Your efforts to bring trees into this movement are motivating. We have enjoyed working with your newly formed group and love your energy and creativity. Bravo! Thank you Ecologistics for nurturing groups like Greening Los Osos and to CAL FIR...E for these grant opportunities. /Amelia, California ReLeaf