Tree Planting at Cesar Chavez Plaza to “Offer Remembrance”

WHAT: Healing Tree Planting at Cesar Chavez Plaza in downtown Phoenix, Ariz.
WHEN: Monday, February 14, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cesar Chavez Plaza, 201 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Ariz. 85003

Healing Trees Announces Tree Planting at Cesar Chavez Plaza to “Offer Remembrance”
...Phoenix Vice Mayor Williams will lead tree planting ceremony

PHOENIX, Arizona (February 9, 2011) – City of Phoenix Vice Mayor Thelda Williams will lead a “Healing Trees” ceremony at Cesar Chavez Plaza across from City Hall in downtown Phoenix on Monday, February 14 at 2:00 p.m. Healing Trees is a humanitarian program to plant trees in the wake of the Tucson tragedies last month.

Two 24-inch box Blue Palo Verde trees will be planted at Cesar Chavez Plaza across from Phoenix City Hall on Monday, February 14 at 2:00 p.m. The trees are being donated and DLC Resources is donating their services to dig holes for the trees. The Blue Palo Verde is the Arizona state tree and February 14, Arizona Statehood Day, is Arizona's 99th birthday.

Olivia Calderon, a world-renowned mariachi soloist, will sing during the ceremony, which will feature other community members as participants as well. Additional information will be posted at healingtrees.org

“This tree planting is a step to heal and unite our community. This is our time to do something significant to celebrate life and promote new growth — like planting trees. Through this a life-giving and earth-serving community act, together we can offer remembrance and be an instrument of peace and compassion in the community,” said Annie Loyd of Healing Trees.

About Healing Trees:
As a direct response to the Tucson incidents of January 8, the Healing Trees Humanitarian Program was developed to "Heal Our Communities, Offer Remembrance and Celebrate Life." The FUSION Foundation, the Arizona Community Tree Council and Trees for Tucson | Tucson Clean and Beautiful are working together to provide visual life-giving memorials to commemorate the lives of those who died and honor those who were injured in Tucson on January 8. The first tree planting will be held at Creative Living Fellowship on Sunday, February 13 at 1:00 p.m. Four other planting are scheduled for February 14: one at Khalsa Montessori School in Tucson at 9:00 a.m., one at Lowell Elementary School in Phoenix at 10:00 a.m., one at Red Rock High School in Sedona at 10:00 a.m., and one at Crittenton Youth Academy in Phoenix at 12:30.

WHAT: Healing Tree Planting at Cesar Chavez Plaza in downtown Phoenix, Ariz.
WHEN: Monday, February 14, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cesar Chavez Plaza, 201 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Ariz. 85003See More