April 5, 2008—9am to noon, Clinton-Como City Park
Plant a tree. If it’s done correctly and placed in the right spot, it helps everyone.
In anticipation of Earth Day and Arbor Day, the Battelle Rivers and Streams Beautification Team is partnering with the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department and the Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed (FLOW) to sponsor a volunteer community tree planting at Clinton-Como Park (301 West Pacemont Road, Columbus 43202) on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to noon. The project will proceed rain or shine.
More than 75 volunteers have signed up to help, including children and students.
The volunteers will be planting 1,450 native Ohio tree seedlings, including River Birch, Shagbark Hickory, maples, oaks, Tuliptree, Hackberry, Redbud, Sweetgum and Sycamore. Most of the seedlings were purchased from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Neighbors of the Clinton-Como Park helped select the specific planting sites in the Park and will be helping with the tree planting.
Several other groups will pitch in, including students and teachers from the Metro High School, Cub Scout members, FLOW members, Battelle staff members, World Wide Compassion members and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department staff.
There will be a volunteer “thank you” lunch at noon at the planting site. Information on the benefits of trees and information on the Columbus city parks will be available.
Contributors to this event include Battelle, City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, Keep Columbus Beautiful, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur and Courtney Miller.
Battelle is the world’s largest non-profit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy Technology, and Health and Life Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $4 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 20,400 employees in more than 120 locations worldwide, including seven national laboratories which Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Battelle also is one of the nation’s leading charitable trusts focusing on societal and economic impact and actively supporting and promoting science and math education.
Battelle is committed to improving the quality of life in the communities where our employees and customers live and work. Battelle fulfills that commitment by supporting: (1) improved education; (2) arts and cultural programming; (3) civic development; and (4) health and human services. Battelle also encourages its employees to serve as volunteers and provides financial and in-kind contributions to non-profit organizations and government agencies involved with the designated areas of its philanthropic focus.
For more information contact T.R. Massey, Battelle Media Relations, 614-424-5544 or by emailing masseytr@battelle.org
