Volunteers will travel to the Miami Valley from around the U.S. to complete the work within 5 hours, the organization said.
It said that replacing the trees addresses an often-overlooked part of recovering from extreme weather, especially because those working to recover don’t have the time, energy, funds or knowledge of tree species to replace lost trees.
Residents of the Miami Valley are still able to request trees through the RETREET website.
The program is in partnership with Keep Ohio Beautiful, Keep Montgomery County Beautiful and the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission. Major funding was provided, among others, by The Dayton Foundation, AES Ohio, The Thomas J Miske Fund, Charles D Berry, The UPS Foundation, Cargill and The Home Depot Foundation.
If you wish to help the effort, donations can be made to the Miami Valley TREEcovery Campaign Fund at The Dayton Foundation.
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