Alliance for Community Trees Photo Contest Winners!

Alliance for Community Trees Photo Contest Winners!

Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Wed, 2006-12-13 21:42.

RNeighbors is excited to announce that several of the photos they submitted of the October 21 NeighborWoods in Rochester boulevard tree planting placed in a national photo contest!

Congratulations to Rene Lafflam and RNeighbors (Rochester, MN) for their winning NeighborWoods Month photo! Their October photo best captured the spirit of volunteerism through NeighborWoods.

The photograph hooked the judges for its heartfelt atmosphere- a family planting a street tree in North West Rochester, and clearly enjoying the day. Pictured are Andrew Masterpole (an architect at McGhie & Betts Inc. and one of the founding volunteers of NeighborWoods in Rochester) and his daughters Mia (8) and Ava (6). Both Andy and his oldest daughter, Zoe, are certified Citizen Foresters.

Kids and Dad planting tree

Third place was also awarded to RNeighbors and include students and a teacher from Mayo High School and Friendship Place (a faith-based youth outreach program) helped to plant 80 trees at 20th Street S.E. in Rochester, MN. Pictured from left to right are Dedoch Chan, Falicia Polus, Greg Parker, Banypiny Chan, and Ervey Balderas.
MrParker & Co planting

For more on this story please visit: Alliance for Community Trees website or contact Jared Liu, Program Director at Alliance for Community Trees in Beltsville, MD, by phone at 301-220-3279 or by by email.

The grand prize for this national photo contest is a $500 cash award. The money will be used to purchase a camera for RNeighbors and will be used to document and capture photographs of the many neighbors who work with us and help make Rochester a great community!

RNeighbors would like to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the many partners, neighbors, groups, and businesses who partnered in the NeighborWoods in Rochester fall planting. It was successful because of the efforts and talents of all who came together to invest in our urban forest.

Visit the NeighborWoods in Rochester website for more information about the fall community tree planting.

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