Homewood celebrates annual tree giveaway event Saturday [Video]

FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. PEOPLE IN HOMEWOOD SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CITY’S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HOSTED THEIR LOVE YOUR TREES EVENT AT CENTRAL PARK. IT ALL STARTED THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THE GROUP OF NINE VOLUNTEERS DECIDED TO GIVE AWAY TREES TO RESIDENTS AND HELP REPLACE A DISAPPEARING TREE CANOPY IN THE CITY. TODAY, THE GROUP GAVE AWAY 90 NATIVE TREES TO RESIDENTS. THEY HAD MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ON THEIR WAIT LIST. CHRISTIAN TROWBRIDGE, THE COMMISSION’S CHAIR, EXPLAINED WHY THIS INITIATIVE IS SO IMPORTANT. TREES ARE THE ANSWER TO SO MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS. IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, BUT TREES HIT SO MANY ON THE HEAD, SO WE’VE GOT HEALTH BENEFITS, CARDIAC DISEASE, ASTHMA, DEPRESSION. IT’S SHOWN THAT COMMUNITIES WITH TREES BENEFIT OUR HEALTH. TROWBRIDGE SAYS WHILE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF REASONS WHY TREES ARE …