RI President Ian Riseley has challenged Rotarians worldwide to plant 1.2 million trees this Rotary year; District Governor Bob Halagan is reaching out to District 5950 Rotarians to plant 2,800 trees.

District 5950 clubs have two great opportunities to respond to this challenge:

• Many clubs have already completed a tree planting event, and we have reports from 25 Rotary clubs with plans to plant over 1,200 trees. If your club has a project but is not on the list, please email steve@solbrack.com with a brief description and the number of trees.
• District 5950 has also organized a tree planting project in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy and Great River Greening. The project goal is to raise $10,000 from over 30 Rotary clubs to plant 25,000 trees in Minnesota. We have received pledges from 14 Rotary clubs (list) for over $5,500. You can get more information about the tree planting collaboration, how your club can participate, and two tree planting volunteer opportunities on the project summary.

“Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone.
But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.”
               ~Jennifer Granholm