This past weekend (October 6th to be exact), we hosted our first Citizen Forester Qualifying class of the fall planting season – at the National Zoo! Following up on last year’s very successful planting at the Zoo’s American Trail, this year we brought out 78 volunteers to not only help plant 31 trees, but to [...]
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Citizen Forester Happy Hour: Café Saint-Ex
Through our tree plantings, we realized that our Citizen Foresters and volunteers needed a space to put that shovel down and (if you chose) pick up a libation. We couldn’t imagine a better time than getting the chance to talk to the people who share our values and interests (aside from planting a disease-free elm, [...]
Read full postChristy Kwan: Citizen Forester and “Tree Nut”
Our Citizen Foresters are a huge part of how we get so much done around here at Casey Trees, so we want to bring to you someone who epitomizes the energy and aura of a true Citizen Forester: Christy Kwan! A native of Los Angeles but now a District resident, CF Christy Kwan has lived a [...]
Read full postCommunity Advocate and Lead Citizen Forester Xavier Brown Talks Trees
Xavier Brown has his father to thank for being pulled out of bed on a rainy Saturday morning last October to plant trees at The Catholic University of America. The Tree Planting class that morning was his first exposure to Casey Trees and his first step toward becoming a Citizen Forester (CF), but it wasn’t his first [...]
Read full postCTP Recap: Calvin Coolidge High School
We invited our merry band of Citizen Foresters (CF) out for our final Community Tree Planting of the season last Saturday, and it was a resounding success! Our 58 volunteers, 45 of whom are CFs, added 65 trees to the grounds at Calvin Coolidge High School, and then celebrated the season with a barbecue and [...]
Read full postNational Volunteer Week: Planting Magic
This week, to celebrate National Volunteer Week, we’d like to share with you some of our favorite stories from our Citizen Foresters. This story originally appeared in the November-December 2010 Leaflet. Kerrin Kastorf never really knew the logistics of CTP events when she first started interning at Casey Trees five years ago. Kastorf, who now [...]
Read full postNational Volunteer Week: The Healing Power of Tree Planting
This week, to celebrate National Volunteer Week, we’d like to share with you some of our favorite stories from our Citizen Foresters. This story originally appeared in the November 2011 Leaflet. This fall marks Citizen Forester (CF) Elizabeth Elliott’s return to planting with Casey Trees. In December 2009, Elliott broke her arm and was forced [...]
Read full postHappy Volunteer Appreciation Week!
That’s right, it’s that time of year when we look around at all the work we’ve done and reflect on how none of it would be possible without the support of our thousands of volunteers. All week long we will be running ads thanking our volunteers in different print publications — pick up one of the [...]
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