PlantAmnesty Workday
- Thread starter Oxman
- Start date
TreeCo
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Burnaby, BC
Ox, good stuff! Did you actually get Favero to drag any brush ? 
I took his seminar last month, it was interesting. and no pictures of the " 125 year old Catholic girls" ? How many of these events do you do in a year?
I took his seminar last month, it was interesting. and no pictures of the " 125 year old Catholic girls" ? How many of these events do you do in a year?[ QUOTE ]
Ox, good stuff! How many of these events do you do in a year?
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I wonder if your question really means: "How can we do one of these volunteer pruning projects to raise funds for our favorite local charity ?"
I believe 4 PlantAmnesty donated work days were done in 2005, bringing in a little less than $10,000 to help conduct our non-profit educational programs.
The short answer is to find an arborist who is willing to forego payment on a larger contract. Buddies are called to pitch in to do the work that is beyond the typical scope of jobs. The client then pays the fee to the designated charity, say, the TREE Fund, or PlantAmnesty.
Last December, the non-profit Tree Research & Education Endowment Fund mobilized 3 dozen volunteer tree workers on a rainy Seattle day. The city street department made a donation of $15,000 and received much needed pruning services that far exceeded the capacity of the city crew. Long neglected parkway trees that were probably never going to have any limbs removed (except by trucks) were cared for properly by ISA Certified Arborists.
I believe if arborists wanted to divert a days pay to improving the good of our urban forestry educational movement, we would find many others to share in the workload.
Here's a hint: Many agencies & businesses hold a year-end reserve budget. Merely asking for the chance to earn this surplus will result in a positive outcome for everyone involved.
What kind of person has this selfless willingness to contribute?
Ox, good stuff! How many of these events do you do in a year?
[/ QUOTE ]
I wonder if your question really means: "How can we do one of these volunteer pruning projects to raise funds for our favorite local charity ?"
I believe 4 PlantAmnesty donated work days were done in 2005, bringing in a little less than $10,000 to help conduct our non-profit educational programs.
The short answer is to find an arborist who is willing to forego payment on a larger contract. Buddies are called to pitch in to do the work that is beyond the typical scope of jobs. The client then pays the fee to the designated charity, say, the TREE Fund, or PlantAmnesty.
Last December, the non-profit Tree Research & Education Endowment Fund mobilized 3 dozen volunteer tree workers on a rainy Seattle day. The city street department made a donation of $15,000 and received much needed pruning services that far exceeded the capacity of the city crew. Long neglected parkway trees that were probably never going to have any limbs removed (except by trucks) were cared for properly by ISA Certified Arborists.
I believe if arborists wanted to divert a days pay to improving the good of our urban forestry educational movement, we would find many others to share in the workload.
Here's a hint: Many agencies & businesses hold a year-end reserve budget. Merely asking for the chance to earn this surplus will result in a positive outcome for everyone involved.
What kind of person has this selfless willingness to contribute?
- Location
- Burnaby, BC
Ox, thats kinda where I was headed, thanks for the post.
