Success Stories – Page 10 – New Jersey Tree Foundation

New Re-entry Training Program

John Kissling August 1, 2012 No Comments

This summer, we are starting a Landscaping & Maintenance training program for men under parole supervision. Three men will provide community service to our 9/11 Memorial – The Grove of Remembrance (Liberty…

Cooper Sprout Becomes Local People’s Garden

John Kissling May 1, 2012 No Comments

Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the national nonprofit Alliance for Community Trees, Cooper Sprouts Garden in Camden now has 15 new trees — 8 of which are FRUIT TREES!…

Our 10-11 Annual Report

John Kissling January 25, 2012 No Comments

Check out our Annual Report! 10-11-annual-report

Jessica Franzini Wins Campbell’s Hometown Hero Award

John Kissling January 18, 2012 No Comments

Today, at the Campbell Soup Annual Networking Breakfast, NJ Tree Foundation employee Jessica Franzini received the Campbell’s Hometown Hero Award for her years of service in Camden. Jessica coordinates our…

Grove of Remembrance article in Arbor Day

John Kissling December 5, 2011 No Comments

The NJ Tree Foundation’s Grove of Remembrance made the pages of the National Arbor Day Foundation’s Arbor Day newsletter.

Last Days of Fall Tree Plantings

John Kissling November 29, 2011 No Comments

The NJ Tree Foundation’s Green Streets tree planting crew is wrapping up the fall 2011 season by planting 20 trees in Dumont, NJ! This fall, the Crew planted over 350…

NJTF makes cover of Catholic Star Herald

John Kissling November 23, 2011 No Comments

Over 50 volunteers joined the NJ Tree Foundation and Heart of Camden on Saturday, November 12th to plant 18 large trees through the Urban Airshed Reforestation Program. These trees were…

J. Young Concrete Makes Donation to Camden

John Kissling October 27, 2011 No Comments

Thank you, J. Young Concrete! For nine years, you have been doing exceptional concrete removal and site preparation for the Urban Airshed Reforestation Program in Camden. Year after year, you…

Lisa Simms Receives Green Community Achievement Award

John Kissling October 25, 2011 No Comments

As director of the NJ Tree Foundation (NJTF), Lisa Simms has been a driving force for planting trees and changing lives in NJ’s most under-served communities. Under Lisa’s leadership, the…

Shade Jake’s Place – A Boundless Playground in Cherry Hill, NJ

John Kissling October 5, 2011 No Comments

Today we planted 16 trees to Shade Jake’s Place – a boundless playground where children of any ability can play. Play areas at Jake’s Place are accessible to all. The…

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