Warming Up

We ReTreeUS co-founders love indulging in homemade pizza and music, but nothing warmed us up this winter like feeling the love from our community. Last week, we gathered friends and ReTreeUS members for our first Androscoggin Open Mic. The plan was to play and listen to music, serve pizza...and spread the word about our goals and accomplishments thus far.

Setting the stage for the evening, and for a great year to come!

Though the road conditions were less than ideal, heavy snow held off long enough--and friends were enthusiastic enough--to fill the room with musicians, pizza-lovers, and many who appreciated the ReTreeUS message enough to join or renew their membership.

Attendees watched a slideshow of pictures from last year's orchard plantings and educational programs and heard our plans for the coming year. We are warming up our community, and warming up for the spring to come.

Friends enjoy creating music as we warm up the winter.

This week, we will meet with Wolfe's Neck Farm to decide the location of their partnership orchard to be planted along with another four school orchards in Denmark, Rockland, and Freeport this April.

In addition, our home orchard program is taking off! We've added a few clients interested in donating $200 to have three mature fruit trees planted in their yard.* This is a great way for us to promote sustainability for families, the planet, and for our organization. Those investing in a small home orchard not only support our programs, but also ensure that we can continue planting school orchards at no charge.

We're warming up for the exciting work (read: workout) of growing a healthier planet again this year. Join us at www.retreeus.org!

*Add $100 to the home orchard investment for each additional tree.