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Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland Tech Students Take Up Green Cause with Tree-Planting Event

Tree-Plenish mentors students through a step-by-step process leading up to their own tree-planting event, including how to calculate their schools’ paper usage. To reach their goal of planting 295 saplings, students at O’Dowd and Tech are reaching out to residents to order the saplings and allow volunteers to plant the saplings in the residents’ yards on March 26.

Published

3 years ago

February 16, 2022

Oakland Post

Together with students from Bishop O’Dowd and Oakland Tech, Tree-Plenish hopes to drive Oakland towards a sustainable future.Together with students from Bishop O’Dowd and Oakland Tech, Tree-Plenish hopes to drive Oakland towards a sustainable future.

By Ava Stern and Mary Lee

Two local schools are taking up a cause that will help make Oakland greener.

In partnership with Tree-Plenish, over 450 schools, including Bishop O’Dowd and Oakland Tech, began work last month to help build sustainable communities through youth engagement. March 26 is the date of the mass tree-planting event, and the two schools are now raising funds to reach their goal of planting 295 saplings on March 26 to offset their schools’ paper usage during one academic year.

The sapling-ordering process has already begun and will stop on February 26 to have enough time for the saplings to be delivered. The sapling choices include Newtown Pippin Apple, Benton/Skeena Cherry, and Picual Olive.

Students are now also recruiting community volunteers to help plant saplings on the day of the event.

Safety protocols for COVID-19 will be in place as Tree-Plenish has created specific guidelines to protect both the residents of the community as well as the volunteers for the event.

Residents of the community can help support the event starting now! They can order a sapling to be planted in their yard or sign up to volunteer to plant saplings on the day of the event.

The more residents who request saplings, the faster the students are able to reach their goal. If residents are unable to order a sapling or volunteer their time, they can also make a monetary contribution on the Tree-Plenish website to help support future tree-planting events.

Together with students from Bishop O’Dowd and Oakland Tech, Tree-Plenish hopes to drive Oakland towards a sustainable future.

Purchase your tree sapling today at: tpevents.org/school/2247

Ava Stern and Mary Lee are youth interns at Keep Oakland Beautiful.