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August 9, 2010  
 
 
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Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 15 million trees with help from over 5 million volunteers.
 
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NATIONAL NEWS
Save the Date: 2010 ACT Annual Meeting & Member Rally
(College Park, MD)- Mark your calendars for ACT's 2010 meeting on November 8 in Philadelphia, PA. You don't want to miss this annual gathering featuring fundraising strategies, nonprofit executive networking, grassroots program models and volunteer success stories, and National NeighborWoods Program tools for community organizing.

 

   
 


LOCAL STORY
Students Learn About Trees, Careers
(Indianapolis, IN)- Keep Indianapolis Beautiful employs high school students on its Youth Tree Teams to water, measure, and monitor trees planted through the organization's NeighborWoods initiative. This summer the competitive youth training program introduced a new team that bikes the city to catalog trees using bike-mounted GPS units.

 
     

GREEN JOBS
Nursery and Grounds Manager, Casey Tree Farm
(Berryville, VA)- Casey Tree Farm, a 700 acre horse and agriculture farm, seeks a Nusery and Ground Manager to oversee all aspects of tree production to support the programs of the Farm and Casey Trees, as well as overall grounds maintenance.

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