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GAWL Trees Atlanta Service Project

17 Nov 2018
8:45am - 12:00pm EST

Please join the GAWL Foundation planting trees in Decatur on Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  

Below is more information from Trees Atlanta. Thanks for volunteering!

Please contact GAWL.CommunityService@gmail.com if you have any questions.  

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Here is a map to the meeting location at Sycamore Drive and Pinehurst Street.  The coordinator for this project is Cate Hughes.  If you have any trouble finding the site, please call Cate at 404-226-9506.

 

To prepare your volunteers:

Please share the below info and this video, “How to Plant a Tree” with your group and ask them to watch it before they arrive at the project.  It will help them understand the work they will be doing and prepare them to plant the trees correctly.  

  • We will be planting trees from 9 am to 12 pm.  Please arrive at 8:45 to get signed in so that we can begin promptly at 9 am.  It is important to arrive on time as we only provide one demonstration (it takes 20 minutes) and every volunteer needs to see it.  We also want all volunteers to stay for the entire project, and not leave before we finish.
  • All ages are welcome, but volunteers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian, and all volunteers between the ages of 16 and 17 who are not accompanied by a parent/guardian must have a parent/guardian sign a waiver for them (found here). 
  • Please ask your volunteers to wear closed-toed shoes or boots (waterproof is best), long pants such as jeans (no leggings or athletic wear), sunscreen and bug spray as needed.
  • I recommend that volunteers bring drinking water in a reusable container.  No one-time-use plastic bottles, please.
  • Tree planting is hard work, so make sure to tell everyone to eat a good breakfast and come prepared to work hard.  A snack might be a good thing for those who tend to lose steam.
  • Projects happen rain or shine, so please check the weather beforehand and come prepared.
  • Trees Atlanta will provide all necessary tools and instruction, though volunteers may prefer to bring their own work gloves.

17 Nov 2018
8:45am - 12:00pm EST

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