Planting Trees for the City

Our Boy Scout den volunteered to help plant trees for the City of Concord this past week. It made for a hectic day since it was on what was also the last day of school this past Wednesday.

The kids got in a photo-op with Laura Hoffmeister, the mayor.



In case you were wondering, here's what was on the flag behind us in the picture above.



Yes, the City of Concord has been designated as a Tree City. What does this mean? Here's what the Tree City web site says:

The Tree City USA® program, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, provides direction, technical assistance, public attention, and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs in thousands of towns and cities that more than 120 million Americans call home.

Basically, I guess this means that we care about our trees.