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Thank
you to those Wyoming residents that came out even though the day started out
cold and raining. Besides a number of dedicated citizens, our “urban foresters”
included JWC members, Boy Scout Troup 221, and four of the Wyoming City Council
candidates. Thank you to the City of Wyoming for supplying the trees! |
On October 28,
volunteers from across the country united for Make a Difference Day, one of the
largest annual single-days of service nationwide. Since 1992, volunteers and
communities have come together on Make a Difference Day (MaDD) with a single
purpose: to improve the lives of others.
For the third
consecutive year Wyoming residents celebrated MaDD, and this year that
celebration grew to three different activities: a group of city volunteers
planted a number of trees at the City’s Recreation Center, a larger group of
volunteers planted nearly 100 trees at Wyoming’s Stearns Woods Preserve, and
the local Girl Scout Troops planted honorary trees and held a MaDD ceremony
also at the Stearns Woods Preserve.
Thank you to all
the volunteers from Wyoming and the Mill Creek Council, to the City of Wyoming,
and to Country Fresh Market for the box of very tasty apples for making this
year’s efforts to replenish Wyoming’s Urban Forest, the best yet … Way To Go
Wyoming!
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The
scouts summarized those benefits with a simple, yet powerful declaration,
“Trees Make a Difference!” They went on to describe the characteristics of the
Yellow Buckeye and the Sycamore, and then formally dedicated their trees with a
reading of the poem “Trees” Joyce Kilmer. The girls closed their ceremony with
their standard Friendship Circle and their rallying cry: “Wyoming Girl Scouts
are making the world a better place one badge at a time!” |
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Among
the trees planted in Stearns Woods were three trees donated by Junior Wyoming
Girl Scout Troop 42844 and Cadette Wyoming Girl Scout Troop 43517. The trees
were planted in a special area that hopefully will be set aside by the city to
receive trees donated by Scouts or similar organizations. In addition to
planting their donated trees - a Yellow Buckeye and two American Sycamores - the
scouts held a brief dedication ceremony to acknowledge Make-a-Difference-Day
and celebrate their efforts to “make the world a better place.” The Scouts
shared nearly two dozen benefits of trees as outlined by the Mill Creek
Watershed Council of Communities. |
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Even
though it was a cold and rainy, volunteers came at 9:00 a.m. with shovels,
picks, pruners, and a passion to plant trees that will reforest one of
Wyoming’s hidden gems! They completed the planting of 89 trees and shrubs of
various species on the hillside above Cilly Creek. Their volunteer hours helps
fulfill a local volunteer match in the amount of the grant that is reforesting
and stabilizing Cilley Creek in Stearns Woods. |
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The
next time you visit the Wyoming Recreation Center say hello to six new members
of our Urban Forest located along the north end of the parking lot by the pool:
“Baldy” Bald Cypress, “Si” Bald Cypress, “Zoe” Tulip Poplar, “George” Tulip
Poplar, “Sam” Sycamore, and “Ace” Sycamore. |
For more
information on the Mill Creek Watershed Council and the Stearns Woods
Restoration project, go to: http://www.millcreekwatershed.org/
To learn more about
Make-a-Difference-Day, go to: www.makeadifferenceday.com
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