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July 7, 2011
We’re pleased to bring you the following special announcements!!
1.
Registration is open for the 2011 California Urban and Community Forest
Conference – September 15-17 in Palo Alto!
2. Nominations are open for the 2011 California Urban Forestry Awards
3.
Participate in the 2011 Silent Auction to support urban forestry
1. Registration is open for the 2011 California Urban and Community
Forest Conference – September 15-17 in Palo Alto!
We look forward to seeing you at the 2011 Annual
California Urban and Community Forest Conference!
The conference will take place September 15-17, 2011 at the Crowne
Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto, California.
California Urban Forests Council and California ReLeaf have partnered to
make this a great event with participation from nonprofits, cities, state
leaders, and more! We’re bringing in an impressive line-up of speakers
and look forward to throwing a great party on Friday, September 16 at a
local park where we will honor the winners of the 2011 California Urban
Forestry awards.
Join us
for education, networking and a great time (as well as continuing
education credits for arborists and urban foresters). We’ll discuss urban
forestry and public health, options to maintain urban forests during
recessions, fruit trees in the cities, a hands-on tour of pruning
methods, options for securing funding, and more!
Please see http://www.caufc.org/Annual%20Conference
for the agenda, registration information, and more. See you there!
2.
Nominations are open for the 2011 California Urban Forestry Awards
Each year the California Urban Forests Council honors leaders, programs
and projects that demonstrate innovation and inspiration in urban
forestry.
We’re
requesting your nominations of urban forestry heroes whose work in the
2010 calendar year deserves to be celebrated and honored at the
2011 Annual Urban and Community Forestry Conference
(September 15-17 in Palo Alto, California). These are the folks that
bring urban forestry to our communities, improving air quality,
communities, stormwater management, creating jobs, cooling hot urban
centers, providing beautiful views, and more!
Awards
will honor winners of the following categories:
·
Best
Urban Forestry Program
·
Durrell
Maughn Founders Award (awarded to an individual, organization, or agency
that has done the most in the past year to advance Urban Forestry
Education in California.)
·
Urban
Forestry Volunteer of the Year
·
Community
Building with Trees
·
Outstanding
Urban Forestry Project of the Year
Additional
details and the nomination form are attached to this message.
We look
forward to reviewing your nominations and to honoring urban forestry
leaders that will bring inspiration to us all!
The
nomination deadline is August 15, 2011. Please spread the word and
help us give your community’s innovative leaders the recognition they
deserve! Nomination materials are also
available at http://www.caufc.org/Annual%20Conference
2.
Participate in the 2011 Silent Auction to raise support for urban
forestry!
The
Silent Auction is a tradition at the annual California Urban and
Community Forest Conference, and we’re looking forward to your
participation to make this year’s a
thriving success!
We invite you donate an item towards the silent auction for a fun way to
raise funds for urban forestry programs throughout California.
Items
large and small of any value are welcome! Now is a great time to be
creative and think of a unique and engaging item to contribute. Your
contribution will help the fun grow, and help us towards a goal of
raising $6,000 for this event. Please see the attached nomination form,
which is also available at http://www.caufc.org/Annual%20Conference.
We look forward to your participation!
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Thanks for all that you do to grow healthy
communities!
Best,
Sonya
Hammons
Program
Manager
California
Urban Forests Council
Mail:
PO Box 823, Novato, CA 94948
Office:
555 Northgate Dr., #225, San Rafael, CA 94903
Ph:
415-479-8733, Fax 415-789-4501
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