TREES FOREVER INC
80 W 8TH AVE, MARION, IA 52302 www.treesforever.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TREES FOREVER MISSION IS TO PLANT AND CARE FOR TREES AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE, BUILDING COMMUNITY AND PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP. OUR PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO INVOLVE PEOPLE IN PROJECTS THAT EDUCATE THEM IN WAYS THAT ENSURE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, TREES PLANTED IN PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES HAVE A SURVIVAL RATE OF 91%. TREES FOREVER ACHIEVES THIS THROUGH CUTTING-EDGE PROGRAMS AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES. OUR TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED STAFF ASSISTS AND ENGAGES AN AVERAGE OF 7,000 VOLUNTEERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LANDOWNERS ACROSS IOWA AND ILLINOIS WITH THOUSANDS OF PLANTING PROJECTS EACH YEAR. WE DO THIS BY ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS IN THOROUGH PLANNING PROCESSES THAT RESULT IN PROJECTS WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SUCCESS, BY PROVIDING FRIENDLY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES AND NATURAL AREAS, AND BY WORKING WITH RURAL LANDOWNERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PLANTING STRIPS OF LAND WITH NATIVE

TREES FOREVER MISSION IS TO PLANT AND CARE FOR TREES AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE, BUILDING COMMUNITY, AND PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP.

GROWING COMMUNITY FORESTS: TREES FOREVER HELPS COMMUNITIES GROW AND CARE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY FORESTS BY PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING WITH FRIENDLY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ASSISTANCE TO VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES AND NATURAL AREAS. TREES FOREVER PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND RECOVERY. IN 2020 IOWA AND ILLINOIS EXPERIENCED A DERECHO WITH WINDS EXCEEDING 140 MILES PER HOUR, DEVASTATING MANY COMMUNITIES. A MASSIVE REFORESTATION PLAN BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2020 AND WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. TREES FOREVER IS LEADING THE REPLANTING EFFORT, ASSISTING COMMUNITIES, HOMEOWNERS AND LANDOWNERS IN OBTAINING, PLANTING AND STEWARDING TREES. IN 2020, 70 PROJECTS WERE AWARDED FUNDING IN COMMUNITIES, RESULTING IN OVER 6,729 TREES PLANTED IN COMMUNITY FORESTS. IN LARGER COMMUNITIES DURING 2020, TREES FOREVER'S INNOVATIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, GROWING FUTURES, EMPLOYEED TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO PLANTED AN ADDITIONAL 911 TREES AND WATERED 14,600 IN DES MOINES AND CEDAR RAPIDS.

EDUCATING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO CARE FOR TREES: TREES FOREVER PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT BUILD PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE OF TREES AND NATIVE PLANTS AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER TO ADD BEAUTY, ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY, HEALTH AND VITALITY TO OUR HOMES, SCHOOLS, FARMS, AND BUSINESSES.

COMMITTED TO PLANTING NATVIVE TREES AND PRAIRIE PLANT SPECIES TO CARRY OUT CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND PROMOTE LAND STEWARDSHIP TO REDUCE SOIL EROSION, IMPROVE WATER AND SOIL QUALITY AND PROVIDE WILDLIFE AND POLLINATOR HABITAT. DURING 2020, 104 ACRES OF BUFFERS AND CONSERVATION PLANTINGS WERE FUNDED, WITH 15,073 TREES AND SHRUBS, 4,207 PLANTS AND 209 LBS OF PRAIRIE SEED PLANTED WITH OUR GUIDANCE.

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