California ReLeaf was founded in 1989 as a program of a large organization. Our executive director, Gail Church, was one of the architects who incorporated it as an independent nonprofit in 2004. Gail has served on its board of directors since holding the offices of secretary, treasurer and president. The mission of ReLeaf is to [...]
TREE MUSKETEERS Joins Vote with Your Mission
If all of us who work and volunteer in the environmental movement voted, wouldn’t we have better policies and funding for the environment? That’s why TREE MUSKETEERS is proud to sign on to Vote with Your Mission, a new, nonpartisan voter initiative sponsored by the California Association of Nonprofits to get 100% of nonprofit staff and volunteers to [...]
Join or Renew for Ralphs Contribution!
Thank you to our loyal supporters who have registered their Ralphs club cards for TREE MUSKETEERS to receive donations each grocery shopping trip. If you’ve not yet tried this means of contributing that doesn’t require you to work up a sweat or get out your checkbook, now is the perfect time to start! September 1, [...]
LEADers Graduate with Honors
Young people ranging in age from 10-17 who come from El Segundo, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach and Playa Del Rey took LEAD courses this summer. Graduation was held July 23rd in El Segundo City Hall for students who completed the Youth Manager Certification series, Public Speaking course and those completing winter Tree Planting Supervisor Training. [...]
Signup For Fall LEAD Courses!
South Bay youth age 10-18 who want to become environmental leaders are invited to sign up for LEADership courses this summer. LEAD courses offer the opportunity for young people to acquire marketable skills that will serve them well as environmental leaders, as students, and in life. The summer Youth Manager Certification series runs from 4:00-5:30 [...]
Marcie the Marvelous Tree’s 25th Birthday
Most people know that Tree Musketeers was founded by third graders in 1987 when they planted Marcie the Marvelous Tree. The eight-year-olds were so inspired upon learning all the good a single tree could do that they promised each other then and there to never stop planting trees until there were no more environmental problems. [...]
3×3 Campaign Reaches South Korea
Tree Musketeers youth director, Adam Gerard, had a good excuse for his absence at the local community Arbor Day Celebration and tree planting he co-managed in March. The 17-year-old was otherwise engaged speaking at schools and giving the keynote address at the Youth Leadership Institute during the 2012 KORCOS (Korean Council of Oversees Schools) International [...]
Get-To-Know Contest
You are invited to get outside and enter the 2012 Get to Know Your Wild Neighbors Contest. You can join our Partners for the Planet 3×3 Campaignand the Get to Know contest just by planting a tree.Register your tree as part of the 3×3 Campaign and thenwatch to see what wild neighbors come to visit [...]
A Quarter Century of Arbor Day Celebrations
March 10, 2012 was a beautiful day to celebrate trees! Leadership teams comprising 31 youth supervisors with adult partners oversaw the planting of 127 trees and care of 500 previously planted Trees to the Sea by 391 volunteers. Chevron, Northrop Grumman, El Segundo Power, DirecTV, Embassy Suites and other local companies fielded volunteer teams in [...]
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