4HE #ITY OF 3TRONGSVILLE /HIO IS LOCATED ABOUT
MILES KM SOUTHWEST OF #LEVELAND 3TRONGSVILLE
IS SQUARE MILES SQUARE KM WITH A POPULATION OF
APPROXIMATELY RESIDENTS )T IS A VIBRANT BUSINESS
COMMUNITY WITH A SMALLTOWN FEEL
4HE 3TRONGSVILLE 3HADE 4REE #OMMISSION 34# STARTS
PLANNING !RBOR $AY FESTIVITIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR /UR FOCUS HAS BEEN TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF TREES BY ENLISTING HELP FROM THE COM
MUNITYFROM THE 2OTARY THE (IGH 3CHOOL 'REEN #LUB
THE 3COUTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES .OT ONLY DO THE CIVIC
GROUPS AND BUSINESSES SEND VOLUNTEERS THEY ALSO HELP
FUND OUR PROGRAM
(ERE ARE TEN WAYS WE MAKE !RBOR $AY A TRUE COM
MUNITY EVENT
4EN 7AYS TO -AKE !RBOR $AY A 4RUE #OMMUNITY %VENT
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7E WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS )N PARTICULAR WE FOCUS ON
SECOND GRADERS %ACH YEAR WE DISTRIBUTE BANNERS TO
EACH SECOND GRADE CLASS 4HE ART TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL
HELP THE CHILDREN DECORATE THE BANNERS WITH AN !RBOR
$AY THEME 4HE ART TEACHERS ARE WONDERFUL 4HE BAN
NERS ARE THEN PICKED UP AND DISPLAYED AT OUR 2ECREATION
#ENTER FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING ON %ARTH $AY 4HE RESI
DENTS LOVE THE ART AND THE KIDS ARE PROUD OF WHAT THEY
DID AND BRING THEIR FAMILIES TO CHECK OUT THE DISPLAYS
7E BAG OVER TREE SEEDLINGS 4HIS IS WHERE THE
VOLUNTEERS COME IN )T IS MESSY BUT FUN %ACH SECOND
GRADER IN 3TRONGSVILLE RECEIVES A TREE 4HE 3TRONGSVILLE
2OTARY AND +OHLS $EPARTMENT 3TORE HAVE GENEROUSLY
HELPED US OVER THE YEARS
2OTARIANS THEN DELIVER THE TREE SEEDLINGS TO EACH
SCHOOL AND EACH CLASSROOM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH KIDS ABOUT !RBOR $AY
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