[ACT] Treebune News

[Jared Liu]

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	February 23, 2009	 	
		
  	


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NATIONAL NEWS
Trees on the playground = healthier kids
(Washington, DC)- Our kids need safe and healthy places to play, and  
the Alliance for Community Trees challenges you to think about safer  
and healthier places for kids. We're talking about greening  
playspaces. Trees and landscaping are often considered "extras," and  
are first on the budget chopping block, but read more for reasons to  
reconsider trees as critical to your playspace.

  	


  	
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LOCAL STORY
Trash to Trees gets donation
(Gillette, WY)- Prairie city or not, Gillette aspires to be a city  
full of trees and for the past several years, the city has rewarded  
people who volunteer to clean up the city with trees to plant. The  
Chamber of Commerce helped by providing prizes, incentives, extra  
trees, and marketing for the event.

  	



  	
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