Did you know the city of Chicago gives away free trees? It's true. All you gotta do is just log onto this website: www.cityofchicago.org and do a search under the words "Public offered parkway trees" for all the instructions.
Basically, you can walk around and if you see a place/house/yard that has room for a tree, write down the address and then email it to City Hall. They will contact the person who lives in the place/house/yard and say "You want a tree? Cause we'll give you one for free. We'll even deliver it and plant it for you."
My friend, Michelle, has spent the past couple of weeks walking neighborhoods and writing down addresses. She emailed her list in and has had 34 trees planted. 34.
You can make a difference too.
3 comments:
Doesn't your friend have anything better to do than walk around and plant trees in other people's yards?
What a great idea! Can I have a map to all the places where the new tree were planted so that I could hug them?
i think one of the best ways to spend your free time would be to walk around and find places for trees.
i mean, you're saving the world. literally.
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