This weekend something exciting is happening on 4 little streets in Mid-Town.  Northampton, Southampton, Eaton and Riley streets are going to get TREES!  225 trees will be planted along both sides of these streets–from one end to the other.  Buffalo ReUse is participating (again) with ReTree WNY for the Fall planting.  Overall, ReTree WNY will put 1,100 trees in the ground and we’re proud to say we represent almost a fourth of that number and we’re one of the few organizations planting on the East Side.  Our goal is to bring tree-lined streets back to this part of town a little at a time as we can manage it.
A special thanks to Admar Supply, a local heavy equipment supplier, for donating the use of an auger attachment so we don’t wreck our backs!
We hope that many of you will join us.
Saturday, November 8th
Like last time we’ll begin at 298 Northampton St at 9am to load up with tools and a PEP TALK (and a little training).
We’ll work until about 3:30pm and have a potluck and group massage afterward!  (no feet)
We have a machine which will pre-dig the holes so the work will be much easier; click here to see photos for a better idea.

Speaking of–Photographers, please come out and document this; last time I was too busy running around bonkers and didn’t get to photograph as many volunteers as I would have liked.  We’ll only be on 4 streets this time so it will be easier to coordinate.
This Saturday might be much colder than it was back in May when we planted 150 and it might rain a lot like last time too, so please prepare yourselves for that.
Any age is okay!
If you’re not a very physical person, you can still help in a lot of ways–trimming, staking, wiring–even watering people.
You can also help via the potluck with a batch of peanut butter cookies, pumpkin pie, zuchini bread, tater tot casserole or what ever you are great at making!
If people or groups that are planning to assist by planting could give me a headcount, it would be a big help this time.  We believe we’ll need about 50-60 people.  Please bring your buddies–last time Tysha brought her mom all the way from Oswego and she had so much fun she’s coming back again.

Friday, November 7th
We will also need help picking up all the trees from the City Garage 1126 Seneca the day before–around 8am.  It will take about 2hours to grab the trees and bring them back to our site.  Most trees are bareroot and so they are very light

We will be very glad for any kind of assistance and we know you will have a fun day