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What a Busy April!

Postttted: April 27, 2012

Wow, what a month April 2012 has been! Tree Pittsburgh cannot recall a spring season busier than this one!

The Penn-Del ISA Tree Climbing Competition: Get Ready!

Postttted: May 11, 2012

Tree Pittsburgh is preparing for the Penn-Del ISA Western Tree Climbing Championship in Arsenal Park on Saturday May 12th, from 9am-4pm.

Watch as professional tree climbers take to the limbs to compete in five different tree work-related areas in hopes of earning the State and National titles!  The Tree Climbing Competition tests skills and agility in the tree-tops using scenarios that tree workers face on a regular basis.  Climbers use saddles, climbing rope, and other safety devices to manuever safely into the tree and around the canopy.

Four Non-Profits + One CFO = An Improved Financial Outlook

Postttted: May 1, 2012

Tree Pittsburgh welcomes our shared Cheif Financial Officer, Kevin Gieder

Tree Tender Course, Milvale

Postttted: April 26, 2012

Register for a Tree Tender Course to be held in Milvale on Saturday July 28th, 9am-4pm:http://treepittsburgh.org/become-tree-tender

 

 

Tree Lovin' Happy Hour

Postttted: April 26, 2012

Tree Lovin' Happy Hour 

Thursday May 10th, 6pm at Penn Brewery

 

Join us, your tree friends, and competing professional Tree Climbers for a happy hour in the Courtyard of Penn Brewery!

Enchanted Forest Party for a Purpose

Postttted: April 17, 2012

Enchanted Forest: PGH Party for a Purpose Benefiting Tree Pittsburgh!

 

A night of whimsy to benefit Tree Pittsburgh

Come join us for a night of enchantment at Ryan's Pub to support Tree Pittsburgh!

Come plant your roots and stay awhile for tree-themed merriment:

-Keep your branches and limbs swaying all night long to the wax carvings of DJ J Malls and Noetik Five Thousand

-Plant your own trees to take home with you

-Tree accessory making (it's true)

-Climb down from your tree house and pose for a photo in the photo booth

A Great Volunteer Day on Mount Washington

Postttted: March 23, 2012

Thank you Students Today, Leaders Forever!

On Tuesday March 13th, Tree Pittsburgh had the pleasure of partnering with Mount Washington CDC to host 45 student volunteers for conservation work on Mount Washington. This project was part of a multi-state tour organized though Students Today, Leaders Forever, which provides service opportunities for students on Spring Break.

Tree Pittsburgh Board of Directors

Tree Pittsburgh's Board of Directors, 2012

Nathan Wildfire, Board President

Alida Baker, Vice President

Kenneth Stiles, Secretary

Martha Isler, Treasurer

Bruce Woods

Indigo Raffel 

Darla Cravotta

Jeffrey Bergman

Lisa Haabestad

Mary Savage

Larkin Werner

Lisa Ceoffe

Urban Forest Film Festival

Postttted: March 13, 2012

Urban Forest Film Festival

Wednesday April 18th, 7pm, Melwood Screening Room 

Suggestion Donation $5-$10

 

Tree Pittsburgh's Urban Forest Film Festival returns with films featuring trees and forests!

Join us for about an hour's worth of short films followed by a reception with refreshments and East End Brewing Company beer on Wednesday April 18th, at 7pm.

Films include:

Treeverse  Uncage the Soul Productions,  Ascending the Giants

Arbor Day

Postttted: March 13, 2012

Tree Pittsburgh Celebrates Arbor Day

"Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day proposes for the future" -J. Sterling Morton

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