The Federation Teaches Latinos the Importance of Tree Planting and Care in NYC Boroughs

As part of its “Green Your Neighborhood” Initiative, the Hispanic Federation (HF) in collaboration with the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) through MillionTreesNYC have joined forces to educate Hispanics on the environmental, health, and economic benefits of trees to New York City Latino neighborhoods.  Additional support for this initiative is being generously provided by Toyota.  

HF and NYRP are collaborating in developing culturally competent educational materials and testing them through focus groups. Toyota’s support will enable HF to ramp up these efforts and train a cadre of community residents on best practices related to the planting and maintenance of trees, thereby helping to ensure that private and public investments in urban greening projects achieve maximum long-term results.  The first series of 5 workshops, all conducted in Spanish, will take place at HF member agencies in the 5 boroughs on the following dates:

Thursday, June 2nd @ 11:30am
Mercy Center
377 East 145th Street
Bronx, NY 10454
Contact: 718-993-2789

Friday, June 3rd @ 4pm
Concerned Citizens of Queens
40-06 Warren Street, Basement
Elmhurst, NY 11373
Contact: (718) 478-1600

Monday, June. 6th @ 4:30pm
Uprose, Inc.
166A 22nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Contact: (718) 492-9307

Wednesday, June 8th @ 6:30pm
Community Assoc. for Progressive Dominicans (ACDP)
3940 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10032
Contact: 212-781-5500

Thursday, June 9th @ 10:30am
Make The Road (Staten Island)
479 Port Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10302
Contact: (718) 565-8500 x 4455

For more information and to participate, please call 1-866-HF AYUDA or the workshop hosting agencies.