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The Davey Bulletin | September/October 2017
Davey donated a crabapple tree
as a going away present for the
eighth-grade class at Our Shepherd
Lutheran School in Birmingham,
Michigan, in honor of Arbor Day.
Luke Brunner, sales arborist, North
Detroit R/C office, said he enjoyed
"watching the excitement on the
kids' faces knowing they got to plant
something that is going to be there
for a long time."
DAVEY GIVES EIGHTH GRADERS A PRESENT ON ARBOR DAY
Davey sponsored the grand opening
of a nature-themed playground called
Bison Bluff at Spring Valley Nature
Centre in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Nick Broughton, sales arborist at the
Northwest Chicago R/C office, and his
daughter Ely, 7, gave away 50 burr oak
TREES FIND NEW LIFE AT NATURE-THEMED PLAYGROUND
seedlings to families trying out the
new playground.
Davey also donated some of the logs
used for a portion of the playground.
"It's likely those logs came from the
city of Schaumburg," Broughton said.
"So, they have trees that had to
Davey donated these logs for the playground.
be cut down in their city, but they
were able to use the wood to
make the playground."
Broughton said watching his own
daughter get a chance to enjoy
the playground was the best part
of the day.
The eighth-grade students each took
a shovel of dirt and placed it around
the tree during the planting.
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