Posted on Oct 29, 2019

Past Rotary International President, Ian Risely challenged every Rotary club to make a difference by planting a tree for each of its members between the start of the Rotary year on 1 July and Earth Day on 22 April 2018.

Environmental degradation and global climate change are serious threats to everyone. Trees remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the air, which slows global warming. The result of that effort will be far greater than the environmental benefit that those 1.2 million new trees will bring. The greater result will be a Rotary that recognizes our responsibility not only to the people on our planet, but to the planet itself!

Continuing the tradition we started last year, we partnered with the Stephenville Leos Club and the local MHA, Tony Wakeham. We would like to thank Mr. Wakeham for providing the seedlings that came from the Woodale nursery in central Newfoundland. Thank you to Brenda Dennis with the Leos Club in the planning of this event. We would also like to acknowledge the cooperation of Mr. Mike Campbell, Town Manager with the Town of Stephenville for providing the space and accepting the trees that will eventually be placed throughout the town.

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