Celebrate ARBOR
WEEK April 1 – 5
Trees are so important to Oregon that we celebrate them all week! We
hope you will join us in honoring this valuable natural resource. Not only do
we use them for building structures and for many other products; but they also
absorb the carbon dioxide we create and give us back oxygen. That helps reduce
carbon in the atmosphere that otherwise contributes to the warming that causes
climate change.
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Bring your family to Forest Ridge Naturescape. Enjoy our native species and
increase your knowledge base about them
by reading our plant identification
signs. Your child’s classroom teacher may check out
the “Native Species Clue
Cards” that you may use to add fun to learning about
native species.
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Visit www.therainforestsite.com, click on the green
button daily and save 11.4 square
feet of rainforest. Do the math - How
much will your family preserve in 30 days? One year?
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Plant a native species tree! VOLUNTEER IN FOREST RIDGE
NATURESCAPE
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If you can’t plant a tree, donate to Arbor Day
Foundation – Take Action Now- Many opportunities for planting trees on the
planet where most needed.
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Take a nature walk. Look, listen, feel signs of spring
and all the life that is connected to our native Oregon habitat.
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Visit National Wildlife Federation - Create a Wildlife
Habitat – This site will help you enjoy many hours of “Planet Earth” in your
own backyard!
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Make an appointment with a local tree:
Open a picture book; cherish the
message beneath its branches with your family -
Giving Tree Shel Silverstein
Mama Miti Wangari Maathai
A Tree is Nice Udry
What Would I be in an Evergreen
Tree Blomgren
Kapok Tree Lynne Cherry
Tell Me Tree by Gail Gibbons
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Parent initial and return this to A-3 to enter into a
drawing for a free KROC
Center Pass
We CARE a whole
awful lot – we are celebrating TREES!
Child’s name ___________________ Rm. # _____ Parent initial _______
