| Spreading the Word of Arboriculture |
| New England Chapter International Society of Arboriculture |
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| The NEC-ISA is pleased to support the "Spreading the Word of Arboriculture" an ISA Special Project. The goals of "Spreading the Word of Arboriculture" project are to educate the general public about the profession of arboriculture, to generate awareness to secondary school career advisors, and to recruit youth into the many arboricultural careers.
This special project's goal is to develop a repeatable, turn-key program for regional Chapters of International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), other green organizations, and local groups needing professional tree care information to continue spreading the word within their areas. The tools developed to meet the project goals are to share market space on the treesaregood.org website, opt-in broadcast e-mails, t-shirts, stickers, and consumer-friendly, educational programs brought to schools and organizations by arborists teaching people about the importance of trees and their profession of arboriculture. Many of these are available at very little or no cost. If you are interested in helping "Spread the Word", complete the survey questions from the treesaregood.org website. If you are a representative of a school or organization that would like an educational presentation brought to you, and you are located in the North East (the "Spreading the Word" project test area), email your local representative: Melissa to bring a program to you. Bookmark this website for continuing updates and new community resources as they become available. Thank you for your interest in "Spreading the Word". |
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| HELP SPREAD THE WORD! Get your own - T-Shirt ($15 + S&H) - Sticker (logo above) - Bookmark email Melissa about how to receive yours by mail |
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| T-SHIRT details 100% cotton Color: Pistachio Green Sizes: L-XL |
| Project Progress Report |
| UPDATE March 5, 2008 - Our spring calendar is booking! To date the following presentations planned: 3/6 - Monson High School, Monson, MA wtih Kathy Conway, UMass Stockbridge 3/29 - Minds in Motion, Coleytown High School, Westport, CT 4/25 - Manchester, VT Arbor Day Celebration 5/17 - Kids Climb, Patten Free Library, Bath, ME 5/21 - HardwickLibrary, Hardwick, MA, Girl Scout Troop - Outdoor Career Badge One of the great resources created from the grant was a complete Media Kit. The Media Kit binder is 103 pages of an overview of careers offered in the field of arboriculture. Educational resources, books, and web links are also identified in the three ring binder. This valuable resource will be made available for download soon! Stayed tuned for more details to be posted soon! January 28, 2008 The grant has official ended for the 'first round'. I am concluding my project summary to ISA and our supporting partners. The goal is to continue to Spread the Word by sharing the successful format we have developed with other Chapters of the ISA. On the next request for support I feel it will be important to create a stand alone website for "Spreading the Word". This objective will allow many other organizations to sponsor the program and be recognized at levels of involvment. On June 28, 2007, a survey was posted to ISA's treesaregood.org website. Since the survey has been online, we have received over 60 responses. Fourteen of those have been from other countries! Each person who responds is emailed directly by Melissa LeVangie encouraging their support and asking how she can transfer any information they might be seeking. Additionally a STW Sticker is mailed to each person. All information is collected in a database for future contact with these individuals. The survey has also generated many requests to bring an informational program to a local school or organization. This is exciting for it opens many opportunities for local ISA and Arboricultural Organizations to reach out to these communities. As for merchandise marketing to get the visual word out T-shirts, stickers and bookmarks have been created. Companies, like National Grid, have used them as 'atta-boys' for their crews. There is not many offerings in the way of Arborist clothing, this is a simple way to help the cause become more visible! (For t-shirt requests email Melissa. T-shirts can be purchased for $15 plus shipping.) On October 2-3, 2007, the Spreading the Word Arboriculture Campaign will share a booth at the CT Construction Career Day with CT Urban Forest Council, Milford Trees & CTPA at Mountain Ridge in Wallingford, CT. Event Update: The CT Career Day was a great success! Over 15 contacts with school advisors/career counselors were made. Of these contacts the goal is to bring a one hour presentation to each school about the Profession and Careers in Arboriculture. Spreading the Word Stickers were handed out to the 1,000 students who attended over the two day fair. Thank you to Mary Ludwig (CT Urban Forest Council), Erwin Languish (Milford Trees, Inc.), Rita Smith (CTPA Executive Secretary) and Chris Donnelly (CT State Urban Forester & CTPA) who helped make this day possible! On October 12th we attended the RI Tree Council Annual Meeting at the Aldrich Mansion in Warwick Neck. On October 30th there will be a demonstration of the educational presentations offered to schools and organizations. The presentation will be held at the NEC-ISA Annual Conference in N. Conway, NH. On November 7th the second educational presentation was given at Naugatuck Community College in Waterbury, CT The STW Arboriculture presentation at the NEC-ISA went really well. It was the first pilot presentation to be given to an audience. The response was overwhelmingly positive. As of October 13th - Two schools from last week's Construction Career Days have scheduled school presentations. - Connections with Eagle Eye Institute and Youth Build USA have been made to Spread the Word Arboriculture with these like minded organizations promoting career opportunities to urban youth. |
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