One Million Trees in One Day planting date announced
The One Million Trees in One Day team are delighted to announce the planting date for the project and the launch of the One Million Trees in One Day Local Business Supporters’ Scheme.
We will start planting at 12 noon on Friday 22nd March and finish at 12 noon on Saturday 23rd March 2013. This 24 hour window is designed to allow all volunteers and team members to juggle work commitments and to ensure that everyone gets a chance to join in with the planting.
General Introduction:
One Million Trees in One Day is a charity, not-for-profit, cross-border, community and environmental initiative which will plant a million young native trees at many different sites across both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in 24 hours during March 2013. Its true aim however is to establish individual trees and woodlands in both rural and urban areas that will grow for many years and which will provide valuable resources, beneficial ecosystem services and a lasting legacy for future generations.
Trees are being accommodated at over 2,000 sites in schools and colleges, on farms, on state owned land, at community sites and on privately owned land and will be planted by professional tree planters aided by numbers of volunteers.
All information at www.onemilliontreesinoneday.com
Local Business Supporters’ Scheme:
The Local Business Supporters’ Scheme is a large scale crowd funding and sponsorship scheme for Irish businesses which aims to engage with every business in Ireland for local support of the project. The full scheme can be seen at www.onemilliontreesinoneday.com/businesses
Businesses can join the One Million Trees in One Day team in 3 ways:
1- By becoming one of our Local Business Sponsors.
2- By making a donation to the project.
3- By offering help with skills and services locally.
Businesses joining the scheme will be investing directly into trees at local community sites and at sites in the county in which they operate. In exchange for support from businesses, we can offer local advertising, media coverage, on-line exposure and a wonderful brand alignment opportunity with this huge community and environmental initiative.
This is the biggest charity community tree planting event Ireland has ever seen and as we move into the lead up to planting we warmly welcome all support and donations from individuals, organisations, business and the media.
Landowners, volunteers, businesses, organisations and people who would like to make a donation can find out all they need to know at www.onemilliontreesinoneday.com