Grow Roots Campaign

Berkeley, CA (May 15, 2007) - CLIF Nectar is pleased to launch the Grow Roots campaign in partnership with local ACT affiliates, where 100% of the proceeds from the sale of $2 seed packets will go towards purchasing, planting, and maintaining fruit trees in local communities.

Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence- Deadline: June 29

The Neighborhood Builders program provides general operating support grants of up to $200,000 to two nonprofit organizations in each of the bank's 44 U.S. markets. While Neighborhood Builders recognizes outstanding organizations, the Local Heroes program honors the exceptional work of up to five individuals in each of the bank's markets.

Wildlands for Children

Usually landscape planners think of gross motor activity when they think of planning and design for children: running, jumping, swinging, and climbing. It is equally important to consider opportunities for diversity of sensory experience and aesthetic development; the development of competence and autonomy through freedom to explore and manipulate the environment; cooperation with others; and experience with other living things for their psychological and existential value.

National Public Works Week- May 20-27

National Public Works Week is a celebration of the tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as public works. The week calls attention to the importance of public works in community life.

Fed. Policies Encourage More Efficient Affordable Housing

Washington, DC (May 7, 2007)- Actions expected soon by the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Housing and Urban Development should encourage more affordable housing developers to incorporate cost-saving, energy- and water-efficient technologies, systems and appliances into their developments.

How to Raise Money Through Holiday Cards and Tribute Gifts

(Atlanta, GA)- Trees Atlanta offers holiday, memorial and honorarium cards to help support its extensive tree planting program. Cards, which require a minimum contribution of $25, tell recipients that a tree will be planted in their honor. The trees planted under this program are not specifically recognized with markers or otherwise identified.