Yonkers Insider: City of Yonkers: MAYOR MIKE SPANO & YONKERS STUDENTS CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY WITH TREE PLANTING AT PITKIN PARK - Fri., 4/29 @ 11:30 A.M.

 

MAYOR MIKE SPANO & YONKERS STUDENTS CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY WITH TREE PLANTING AT PITKIN PARK.

 

Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation Observe Arbor Day with Tree Plantings Across City.

 

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, along with the City’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 29 at 11:30AM at Pitkin Park (87 Locust Street) with a tree planting with students from Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy.

 

The Yonkers Parks Department also will plant trees throughout the day across the City at the following locations:

§  9:30 am at Edith P. Welty Park (Mile Square Road & Barton Road)

§  10:30 am at Cedar Place Playground (20 Cedar Place)

 

Yonkers has been honored as a “Tree City USA Community” for the 35nd consecutive year. Tree City USA distinction is earned by meeting standards set by the Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters.

 

April 29^th marks the 150th celebration of Arbor Day, which has been observed throughout the nation, with the main purpose of encouraging the planting and care of trees for the benefit of our urban, community, and rural landscapes.