Baton Rouge Green Distributes 1,000 Free Trees to Flood Victims in Livingston Parish

The Louisiana Tree Recov­ery Cam­paign is a Part­ner­ship between Baton Rouge Green, The Arbor Day Foun­da­tion, Texas Road­house and FedEx

Den­ham Springs, LA, Octo­ber 28, 2017 – Baton Rouge Green, in a part­ner­ship with The Arbor Day Foun­da­tion, Texas Road­house, and FedEx, dis­trib­uted 1,000 free trees on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 28^th, to Liv­ingston Parish res­i­dents. These new trees, in 3‑gallon con­tain­ers, will help to replace trees dam­aged and destroyed by the 2016 Flood.

“The 2016 Floods dam­aged homes, prop­er­ties, and impact­ed our envi­ron­ment,” said Robert See­mann, pro­gram direc­tor of Baton Rouge Green. ​“With this tree give­away, Baton Rouge Green hopes to help off­set land­scape dam­ages and canopy loss in our area.”

The Louisiana Tree Recov­ery Cam­paign, an effort of Arbor Day Foundation’s Com­mu­ni­ty Tree Recov­ery, a nation­al pro­gram under­writ­ten by FedEx and foun­da­tion mem­bers, aims to replace trees in com­mu­ni­ties affect­ed by nat­ur­al dis­as­ters through­out the Unit­ed States. The pro­gram assist­ed more than 200 com­mu­ni­ties in plant­i­ng or dis­trib­ut­ing more than 4.6 mil­lion trees since its incep­tion in 2012.

Between August 11 and August 14, 2016, more than 20 inch­es of rain fell in the areas of Den­ham Springs and Baton Rouge, LA. This del­uge led to the flood­ing of more than 60,000 homes and the loss of 13 lives. This tree dis­tri­b­u­tion was designed to help these affect­ed res­i­dents replace trees lost by the flooding.

“Trees are assets to a com­mu­ni­ty when prop­er­ly plant­ed and main­tained,” said Dan Lambe, pres­i­dent, Arbor Day Foun­da­tion. ​“They help to improve the visu­al appeal of a neigh­bor­hood or shop­ping dis­trict, increase prop­er­ty val­ues by up to 18%, reduce home cool­ing costs, remove air pol­lu­tants, and pro­vide wildlife habi­tat, among many oth­er benefits.”

“At Texas Road­house, our com­mu­ni­ty focus extends well beyond the four walls of our restau­rants. We are hon­ored to sup­port the Arbor Day Foundation’s tree recov­ery pro­gram”, said Travis Doster, Senior Direc­tor of Pub­lic Rela­tions at Texas Roadhouse.

“At FedEx, we rec­og­nize that our com­mit­ment to cus­tomers and com­mu­ni­ties extends beyond the pack­ages we deliv­er,” said Jen­ny Robert­son, direc­tor of Cit­i­zen­ship & Rep­u­ta­tion Man­age­ment at FedEx. ​“Through our giv­ing plat­form FedEx Cares, we are proud to sup­port the tree recov­ery pro­gram by help­ing restore forests while bring­ing heal­ing and hope to com­mu­ni­ties hit hard by nat­ur­al disasters.”

To donate to the recov­ery efforts sup­port­ed by this cam­paign or oth­er across the coun­try please vis­it www​.arbor​day​.org/​r​e​c​overy. With your help, we can begin to restore this nation’s beau­ti­ful land­scapes, includ­ing the state of Louisiana. Fund­ing for this pro­gram has been pro­vid­ed by Texas Road­house and FedEx.

About the Arbor Day Foun­da­tion: The Arbor Day Foun­da­tion is a mil­lion mem­ber non­prof­it con­ser­va­tion and edu­ca­tion orga­ni­za­tion with the mis­sion to inspire peo­ple to plant, nur­ture and cel­e­brate trees. More infor­ma­tion is avail­able at arbor​day​.org.

Check out the press this great event received:
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