<FONT face=Tahoma><BR><B>To:</B> Sustainability Issues in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1208446707_2 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oklahoma</SPAN>; <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1208446707_3 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">OKLAHOMA-CONSERVATION@lists.sierraclub.org</SPAN><BR><B>Subject:</B> [ok-sus] The Great OKC Tree Giveaway<BR><BR></FONT> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="MARGIN-LEFT: 7.5pt; WIDTH: 6.25in" cellPadding=0 width=600 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1.5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1.5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 1.5pt"> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN class=style3style4style5style6><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Great OKC Tree Giveaway </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR:
windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT></div></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1.5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1.5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 1.5pt"> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </div></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1.5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1.5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 1.5pt"> <div class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The City of Oklahoma City is partnering with the Tree Bank Foundation to provide 1,000 trees to citizens free of charge. The project is being funded through a grant from the Houston-based Apache Foundation through its One Million Tree initiative. </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A href="http://www.okc.gov/releaf/giveaway.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">The Great OKC Tree Giveaway</SPAN></FONT></A> is being implemented through the City’s NeighborWoods Program, which provides free trees for planting in residential neighborhoods. </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Registration is open to all citizens within the corporate limits of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1208446707_4 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oklahoma City</SPAN>. Registration runs April 15 to April 21. Trees are available while
quantities last. Only one tree per household. </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16.8pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A href="http://www.okc.gov/releaf/giveaway.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#003399><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1208446707_5>Register for a tree</SPAN> </FONT></A><BR><A href="http://www.okc.gov/releaf/giveaway_faq.pdf" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#003399><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1208446707_6>Program details FAQ</SPAN> </FONT></A><BR><A href="http://www.okc.gov/releaf/species.pdf" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#003399><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1208446707_7>Information about the tree species available in this program.</SPAN> </FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></div></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV>