Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Growing future forests: Fourth-graders Alex Weis and Murdoch McLaughlin lend a hand planting dogwood trees at Waitsburg Elementary. Students joined Allison Bond and several local volunteers to plant dogwood trees along Coppei Avenue on Tuesday.
Doug Biolo, co-owner of Nancy's Dream Garden brought a back-saving tractor for the project.
Volunteers Andrew Knee, Doug Biolo, Alison Bond, and Bruce Donohue celebrated the day, digging holes and planting trees that will give elementary school students years of shade and beauty.
Waitsburg's 4th grade students helped plant one of the trees in front of their school. Deanna Coulston is the teacher, and John Langford is the para educator
WAITSBURG-Allison Bond is the founder and project leader for Rural Youth Enrichment Services' (RYES) Waitsburg Urban Forestry project. This mentoring project provided evergreen seedlings to Waitsburg Elementary School students on past Arbor Days.
Bond arranged for a row of trees to be planted in front of the elementary school to celebrate International Day of Forests this month. Volunteers included Andrew Knee, Doug Biolo, Kate Hockersmith, Eric Umphrey, and Bruce Donohue, who joined Bond in planting the young dogwood trees delivered from Wenzels Nursery.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 21 as the International Day of Forests in 2012 to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. The theme for 2023 is 'Forests and Health,' which fits in perfectly with the Waitsburg Urban Forest project's goal of teaching the importance and care of trees to the city's youth.
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