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Thanks to you, our friends and supporters, 2021 was a remarkable year for Canopy — and for the trees!
Enjoy this video roundup of 2021 highlights, which include the joy we all felt in resuming in-person (while masked) plantings, workshops, great oak counting, and more.
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With your help, we also exceeded our year-end campaign goal of $175,000, raising $189,000 to continue this work in 2022.
Thank you so much for your partnership growing healthy trees and healthy communities!
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P.S. Still want to give? You can donate here! Canopy’s next goal is $205,000 by the end of January. Your donation makes a difference any time of year, and we’re deeply grateful to each one of our generous donors.
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Highlights from the Field |
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Photo by volunteer Rich Schwerin |
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In December Canopy volunteers helped us close out the calendar year strong by planting over 40 trees!
In the Palo Verde neighborhood in South Palo Alto, Canopy staff and Teen Urban Foresters worked with volunteer Planting Leaders, Community Forestry School (CFS) students, residents, youth, and scouts from BSA troop 442 to plant 16 trees.
At Hoover Elementary School in Redwood City, we planted 26 trees with the help of over 60 enthusiastic participants! Thanks to everyone who came out, including Planting Leaders, CFS students, Gunn Green team, Junior League of Palo Alto, Dream Volunteers, and a number of other community members.
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Are you looking for a green career or know someone who wants to join a growing team bringing nature into neighborhoods? Check out and share Canopy's open positions! |
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This opportunity is for an experienced development professional to lead and integrate Canopy’s fundraising strategies across individual and institutional giving during a dynamic phase of growth. See full job description. |
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Under the direction of Canopy’s Education Director, this role will be responsible for Canopy’s growing K-12 tree lessons, both virtual and in person, at Midpeninsula schools. See full job description. |
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This paid internship program is designed to support and connect high school students to urban forestry through an intersectional environmentalism approach. Learn more about the program. |
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Vanessa Wyns, Canopy's education director, teaches All Five students that "Planting Trees Is Fun". |
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Of all the tree plantings Canopy led this fall, staff and volunteers will tell you that the Saturday morning we worked at All Five preschool in Belle Haven was a highlight.
For starters, we had a great crowd. Volunteers of all ages came out to help and together, they planted a total of 17 trees inside the school grounds and on the street alongside the school.
But there was an extra ingredient that made this planting special. These new trees will nurture All Five’s young students in countless ways that will last a lifetime.
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Is “read more books” on your list of New Year’s resolutions? Settle in for a year of good books with our monthly tree reading lists, which include recommendations for readers of all ages from Canopy staff and Community Forestry School presenters and students. This month's theme is plant wisdom. |
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Palo Alto Weekly - It was a perfect day for planting, with overcast morning sky giving way to afternoon sun, as 10-year-old Reyansh Malla massaged a knot in the tangled roots of a water gum tree that his group was about to plant in the backyard of a south Palo Alto home.
Trees are his passion. So when he saw an opportunity to volunteer with Canopy, the Palo Alto-based nonprofit that is devoted to increasing the local tree population, he jumped at the chance and brought his father along.
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County of Santa Clara - Support from the County of Santa Clara is helping Canopy not only forge ahead but find a way to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In June 2020, the County Board of Supervisors approved a three-year agreement, at Supervisor Joe Simitian’s urging, to fund the expansion of Canopy’s education and advocacy programs in the County’s northern cities.
“There’s never been a more critical time to invest at the local level in the health, safety, and wellbeing of our communities and our environment,” Simitian said. “Our region needs this kind of effective advocacy to ensure that our cities remain places where people and nature thrive.”
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“Who speaks for the trees, speaks for all of nature.” —E.O. Wilson |
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In memoriam:
E.O. Wilson, "The father of biodiversity"
(June 10, 1929-December 26, 2021)
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We fondly remember E.O. Wilson's visit to Palo Alto in May 2009 for a Canopy-hosted event. A Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist, prolific author, and champion of protecting Earth’s biodiversity and wild places, Wilson's talk about biodiversity, the future of the planet, and the role we all play in healing mother earth inspired a crowd of 850 Palo Alto residents, teachers, and students to be wise stewards of earth’s wondrous bounty. |
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Join our next arborist-led tree walk at Cuesta Park in Mountain View on Saturday, February 12 from 10 AM - 12 PM. |
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Year-End Tree Gifts and Dedications |
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Priscilla and Tony Marzoni
In memory of Betty Meltzer
Marty and Judy Deggeller
In memory of Paul Smits
Bonnie Miller Stein
In honor of Dr. Philip Stein
Sally O'Neil and Ken Bencala
In memory of James H. Crawford
Chris and Anne Ream
In honor of Marty Deggeller
Sonya and Gary Bradski
In memory of Mary Healy
Bruce and Barbara Swenson
In honor of Marty Deggeller
Jo Mintzer
In memory of Don Pearson
Edward and Anne Spaulding
In honor of Anne Draeger
Bob Meltzer
In memory of Betty Meltzer
Antony Awaida
In memory of Tony Awaida
Dudley and Elaine Andersen
In honor of Marty Deggeller
Anna Jaklitsch
In honor of Laurie Jarrett
Jeannie Duisenberg
In memory of Donald Remsen
Nancy Leech
In memory of Jane Anne Ingram Leech
Heidi Schwenk
In honor of Virginia Schwenk
Jeff Koseff and Thalia Anagnos
In memory of Izak and Anne Koseff
Holly Pearson and Darius Moshfeghi
In memory of Don Pearson
Sandie Pearson
In memory of Don Pearson
Nancy and David Bishop
In memory of Ward and Carol Ellis
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Dirk Price
In memory of Dee Price
Gayle Riggs
In memory of Birt Harvey
Caitlin Stanton
In honor of Erin Stanton
Kerry and Sean Folan
In honor of All Five Preschool
Max Rausch
In honor of Connie Cavanaugh
Connie Cavanaugh and Dan Rausch
in honor of the Peters Henehan Family
Dan Rausch
In honor of Connie Cavanaugh
Carolyn Kornberg
In memory of David Gerrard
Mary Sylvester
In honor of James Poppy for his commitment to the well-being of the environment
Mia Monroe
In honor of Theo Pappas
Christine and Frank Currie
In honor of Catherine Martineau
Susan Stansbury and Cédric de la Beaujardière
In memory of Bill Stansbury
Carole Whitehill
In honor of James F. Cook
Suzanne Garadis
In honor of John Erving
Marilyn Waterman
In honor of Aunt Francis and Aunt Vera
Jean-Marie De La Beaujardière
In memory of Bill Stansbury
Alison Cormack
In honor of Maria Daehler and Richard Anderson
Barbara Peters
In honor of Connie Cavanaugh and Dan Rausch
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Thank you to recent foundation funders:
Bothin Foundation for their support to purchase a small utility truck for Canopy's community forestry programs
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Do you enjoy hearing the latest news from Canopy? Help us spread the word on the work we’re doing to bring trees and nature to the Midpeninsula. Share this newsletter with a friend and invite them to join Canopy.
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Canopy's mission is to grow the urban forest in Midpeninsula communities for the benefit of all. Our vision is a day when every resident of the Midpeninsula can step outside to walk, play, and thrive under the shade of healthy trees. |
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