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Qld Arbor Day Awards - 2nd Prize!
Posted 03/11/08

Today 3 of us attended the Arbor Day Awards Luncheon. What a great venue…..Riverglen, a new convention building set amongst the trees in Indooroopilly. The foyer was decorated with pictures of various groups doing a number of great things in the environment. We were lucky enough to be amongst them and took 2nd prize in the Community Groups category, for which we received a lovely award in an elegant frame. Ross McKinnon was the main speaker and was marvellous as usual.  After 17 awards were handed out, we had a fantastic lunch and exchanged a few ideas with other tree lovers.

Cheers,
Fran Gilje
President, Men of the Trees

Qld Arbor Day Awards Nomination

Posted 29/09/08

MOTT (Qld) was recently nominated in the Community Groups category of the 11th Queensland Arbor Day Awards and is now one of three finalists in this category!  Read our nomination here.  Winners will be announced on 14 October, 2008.

We would also like to thank Laura Simmons for our nomination, who compiled the above submission.  Laura has worked as Volunteer Coordinator for Greening Australia and as Volunteer Program Officer for Habitat Brisbane. In both jobs she worked closely with the MOTT planting group.  Thanks for that Laura!

A Letter from our President: National Tree Day
Posted 28/07/08

Dear MOTT and Friends of MOTT,

Our National Tree Day effort was a true celebration of people working together with a common purpose. We are so appreciative of all the things you did to make it a success. Some of you brought members of your group together to plant, mulch and water 1600 trees. Others bought/prepared food and drink to keep us going. Still others supplied us with tools or space in their cars and trucks for carting our tables, Bar B Q, signs etc. The message about our tree day was willingly advertised by KBCB News, Northwest News , Pete Rudder-radio and Jess, our own website operator.

So much work was done in preparation: people making signs, pumping water from the creek and Habitat Brisbane walking through sites with us and organizing mulch and water. Thanks to all 122 of you who participated in the day. Please thank your friends, organizations and families who joined us too…… a special thanks too, to the designers of our new MOTT brochures, membership forms and project records.

Let’s meet again at the same time next year. 
Warmest wishes,

Fran Gilje
President, Men of the Trees

National Tree Day - Saturday 26 July, 2008
Posted 25/04/08

National Tree Day is Australia's biggest community tree-planting event and is co-ordinated by Planet Ark. Since Tree Day started in 1996 more than 1.5 million volunteers have planted over 11.5 million native trees and shrubs!  MOTT will once again be running a tree planting site for this important event and further details will be available soon.  Visit the Planet Ark  website for more information about National Tree Day.

 
 
Upcoming Plantings & Events...
  Sat, 22 Nov 08:
Marshall Rd. State School
Contact:
Jim Dale – 3263 5713
Fran – 3851 0858
 
 
  Sat, 29 Nov 08:
Cedar Creek –behind police station
Tramway St. Ferny Grove
Contact:
Fleur - 0417 649 980
Kerry - 3289 9206
Fran - 3851 0858
 
 
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