Volunteers,

Summer greetings from Canopy!  We hope you're enjoying the rainy weather.  If not, take comfort in knowing that our trees are grateful!  

Young trees require extra care, especially regular watering, to ensure their survival in the urban environment. Each year Canopy volunteers and partners comb through Palo Alto neighborhoods to survey the health of young street trees.    

Canopy's annual Young Tree Care Survey begins on July 9th, and we need your help to check the health of young trees.  See details below.  If any volunteers are under the age of 16, please list your age so we can plan teams accordingly.Forward to anyone who might enjoy volunteering.   

Please RSVP to take a two-hour walking survey of young trees in Palo Alto:  

Saturday, July 9, 2011    

Gamble Garden Center, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto.

Tree Walk with Arborist Healther Booty: 10:00 AM to Noon

Lunch & Training: Noon to 1:00 PM

Tree Survey: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

After a Tree Walk from 10 to Noon with leading arborist Heather Booty,

join us for lunch (compliments) and a training on how to survey young trees.  From 1:00 PM to 3:00 pm, we will then disperse through the neighborhood to check the health of recently planted trees. Sign up soon. Space is limited.

Saturday, July 16, 2011  

Hoover Park, 2901 Cowper Street, Palo Alto.

Tree Survey: 10:00 AM to Noon

Join us to learn how to survey the health of young trees. After everyone is trained, teams will disperse through the Midtown and Palo Verde neighborhoods to survey young, recently planted trees. After the training you can also do Young Tree Care Survey's on your own time.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  

Heritage Park, 300 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto.

Tree Survey: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Join Canopy to learn how to survey the health of young trees. After everyone is trained, teams will disperse through Downtown Palo Alto and survey recently planted trees. After the training and survey walk, we will gather for refreshments at the "Blue Avocado".    

Please RSVP online or email  [email protected] if you can attend one of the trainings, or if you can commit to doing a survey in your neighborhood.  

Thanks very much for your initiative and enthusiasm.  We hope you will be able to join us at one of the trainings!   

With TREEmendous appreciation,

Michael Hawkins 

Canopy Program Director

P.S. - Spread the word and encourage your friends and neighbors to attend!   

P.P.S. - If you are the leader of a Palo Alto Neighborhood Association, please share this opportunity with your residents.  We would like to create neighborhood survey teams in each part of the city!  

Canopy, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, 94301 

Phone: 650-964-6110  canopy.org