COLLEGE
STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service will host an upcoming Tree
Recovery event in Houston as part of the NASCAR Green Race for Trees Campaign. This
year, the campaign will distribute 500 trees in Houston to replace those that
were damaged and destroyed by Hurricane Harvey.
Area
residents may visit Hermann Park Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to receive free
trees. Texas A&M Forest Service will continue to aid in the effort to
restore lost tree canopy in Houston as part of the agency’s mission to conserve
and protect the natural resources of Texas.
The NASCAR
Green Race for Trees Campaign is a sustainability partnership between the Arbor
Day Foundation, NASCAR, Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas A&M AgriLife
and Harris County Master Gardener Association. This tree giveaway event is also
sponsored by Hotels for Hope and Safety-Kleen.
“The people of Texas have suffered
great personal and physical loss,” said Dan Lambe, Arbor Day Foundation
President. “By replanting, we strive to bring healing and hope to the people
and the communities in which they live, as well as help return the beauty and
the value trees bring back to their properties.”
The Arbor
Day Foundation’s Community Tree Recovery program, a national program
underwritten by FedEx and foundation members, aims to replace trees in
communities affected by natural disasters throughout the United States. The
program has held more than 775 events and distributed more than five million
trees since its inception in 2012.
“Over
the past five years, NASCAR has worked with Arbor Day to support local
communities devastated by natural disasters
and we are hopeful this effort helps bring some normalcy and comfort back to
the residents in Houston,” said Catherine Kummer, Senior Director, Green
Innovation, NASCAR.
To donate
to the recovery efforts supported by this campaign or others across the country
please visit www.arborday.org/recovery.
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Editor’s Note: To read the full news release
from the Arbor Day Foundation, visit http://bit.ly/2zf3sP3
Contacts:
Monica Singhania, Staff Forester, Texas
A&M Forest Service, msinghania@tfs.tamu.edu, (915)
345-4945
Texas A&M Forest Service Communications
Office, newsmedia@tfs.tamu.edu,
(979) 458-6606