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Trees for Tracks

Selkirk, NY
Saturday, September 29th, 2012

In partnership with the Town of Bethlehem Parks and Recreation, City Year, and ACTrees, volunteers planted 23 trees in Maple Ridge Park. The park is the town’s newest, and features large grass areas, a playground, a basketball court, walking path, picnic areas and a sledding hill.

Event Statistics

Trees Planted 23

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Photos
  • a group of eight volunteers huddle together on the grass putting their hands together for a spirit break
  • a wooden structure is shown painted green with someone measuring it with a tape measure
  • a child in a yellow hoodie smiles next to another volunteer in a brown hoodie
  • a large group of volunteers stand together on a lawn
  • volunteers line up into two distinct lines; a “City Year” corps member addresses them from the front
  • a large group of volunteers pose together on a lawn; there is a subtle hill behind them with a few freshly-planted trees
  • a single volunteer digs a whole using a shovel
  • a volunteer is shown heaving a pile of soil using his shovel
  • two volunteers in black t-shirts work with shovels to remove the earth
  • three volunteers work together digging a hole; a parking lot is visible in the background
  • three volunteers move a tree into a large dug hole
  • a large group of seven volunteers struggle to move a tree into place
  • a smiling young man in a City Year t-shirt pose together with several young children behind a tree
  • a smiling boy peers out from a green & blue painted “recycle” box
Videos
  • a dark red and light yellow sign reading “Welcome to Maple Ridge Park”
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