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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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The Fall River
Street Tree Planting Program
held a tree planting at Abbott Court Park in the city’s South End on
May 17, 2008. The project was a cooperative effort of the United
Parish of Fall River, the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program
and the city’s Department of Public Works which used a $2,305 grant
from the Massachusetts Releaf Ministry to fund the planting. The ten
new trees around the perimeter of the park included six Chanticleer
pear trees and four elm trees. This was the fourth grant that the
City received from the Releaf Ministry, a partnership between the
United Church of Christ Massachusetts Conference and the
Massachusetts Department
of Conservation and Recreation. Maryann Wordell, president of
the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program, talked about the
benefits of planting trees. Each tree costs about $200. About 20
volunteers, including church members, tree stewards and neighbors,
pitched in on Saturday. The goal of the Massachusetts Releaf
Ministry is to help local churches across the state minister to the
physical and mental health and community spirit of people living in
urban areas in need of rebuilding their urban forest.
Click here for photos of a recent tree planting training. The
program also provides a
tree steward training course offered at Bristol
Community College. To see photos from the 2006 tree planting
benefit,
click here. For more information about
the program, please contact Mary
Ann Wordell at 508-679-8887. (Photos courtesy of Kimberly
Garinger.)
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(Top row, left) Michael Keane, Steve Plasski and David Lundquist prepare a spot for planting. (Top row, center) Emma Rose Garringer, Toosie Margolies, Melanis Garringer, Sara Lundquist and Shaleen Furtado gather at the information table. (Top row, right) Brian Pavao and Paul Chasse move a tree into place for planting. (Middle row, left) Sandra Elliott and Sara Lundquist watch as Edmund Sousa positions a tree. (Middle row, right) Edmund Sousa describes the correct placement of a tree as Torrey Adams, Susan McWeeney and Sandra Elliott listen. (Bottom row, left) Sara Lundquist, Melanie Garringer, Shaleen Furtado and Louise Keane fill in a completed planting. (Bottom row, center) Kimberly Garinger assists her daughter Emma with a shovel. (Bottom row, right) Susan McWeeney, Sara Lundquist, Kimberly Garringer and Melanie Garringer fill in the hole. |
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