Help Needed To Plant Trees

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Help is needed to plan trees.

The Earth Day Tree Planting Celebration takes place on April 23rd in East Windsor, were attendees will plant more than 2,000 trees.

“This is truly a community event, with hundreds of individuals from all over the region coming together for one cause,” explains Danielle Stuebing, ERCA’s Director of Community Outreach Services. “It’s a great family event and, after almost 20 years, it’s been wonderful to see so many return year after year. As their children are growing, so are the trees that have been planted.”

According to ERCA, planting trees helps improve water quality, removes carbon from the air and provides shelter for birds and other wildlife.

“Since 1999, this event alone has added more than twenty thousand trees to the City of Windsor’s landscape,” Stuebing says. “As this is part of the Detroit River watershed, the trees planted also help to improve water quality for the entire Detroit River and ultimately, our Great Lakes.”

Groups of ten or more individuals are invited to sign up as a Green Team for the event, where they’ll be recognized for their efforts with a plaque. Individuals and families are also welcome to attend, even if they are not part of a Green Team.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own shovel, if possible. There will be a limited supply of tree planting tools available. The event will be hosted at the green space off Wyandotte between Florence & Martinique.

For Green Team registration and a map to the location, visit www.erca.org/EarthDay.