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o celebrate and remember local tree lover
David Tate, 10 tree companies and other
volunteers attended the third annual David Tate
Urban Forestry Service Day that took place at
Libby Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia.
Bennett and approximately 200 arborists,
community members, city officials and friends
gathered to perform tree and landscape
maintenance at the park in preparation for this
September's Union Cycliste International (UCI)
Road World Bike Championships in Richmond.
"Part of this huge bike race will go right
through Libby Park," says Mark Bennett,
Davey's Richmond R/C district manager. The
bike championship will bring more than 45,000
spectators to Richmond during the nine-day
event, while millions of TV viewers will tune
into the scene.
Bennett, along with Foreman David Duenas
and Trimmer David Hoff, provided a bucket
truck to prune and mulch at the park to prepare
for the race. Davey helped sponsor the annual
day of service.
"It was a great way for the different tree
companies to come together for a good cause,"
Bennett says.
Tree Lovers Unite For a Good Cause
Idea submitted by: Mark Bennett, district manager, Richmond R/C
Davey arborists David Duenas
and David Hoff work hard to
prune trees in Richmond, Virginia,
for an annual day of service.
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Preserving Respect
Karen Wise, manager of natural resource consulting
for Davey Resource Group (DRG) demonstrates the
proper way to prune young trees during a volunteer
event at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville,
Pennsylvania, in early May. She joined five other Davey
volunteers, as well as other Friends of Flight 93 National
Memorial volunteers to help prune more than 1,500
trees within 40 Memorial Groves on site that are
dedicated to the 40 passengers and crew of United
Flight 93. The volunteer effort improves the trees'
appearance and increases their survival rate. "Our
collective effort gives these young trees a chance to be
healthy, and it leaves a permanent, positive mark on
this special place," Wise says.
