This WV Project CommuniTree project at
Hardy County Childcare Center took place on Earth Day, April
22, 2014. The volunteers flagged the site on April 4, 2014
in cooperation with CTree Liaison Carla Hardy from the West
Virginia Conservation Agnecy. We had a wonderful day of
sunshine and plenty of local volunteers including Hardy
County Childcare Center staff (8), Division of Highways
employees (9), children (75) and West Virginia Conservation
Agency staff (3). The trees were planted throughout the new
playground with a few along the parking lot area as well.
Thanks to all of the hard work of the volunteers, the
planting went very quickly. The Division of Highways
employees augured the holes and also took the time to
perform all the staking for us. Each class was assigned a
tree and assisted in planting and were told all about
"their" tree.
A note from the Project Leader, Angie
Vetter:
“Our day was wonderful. Our kids
absolutely loved meeting the DOH staff and they let the
children sit in their trucks and on the skid steer- this was
probably the highlight for the little boys! Our staff and
the kids loved learning and being quizzed on their trees and
how to take care of them. They are going to measure them
each season to monitor their growth.”