Trees have been around for many thousands of years. Not everybody knows that trees are an important componant of the earth. They help produce oxygen, while reducing carbon dioxide.

I would like to start a sand volleyball tournament and cook out at the Band Shelter on 23rd Street in Bettendorf, Iowa this summer. There are two courts there, so we could have two pools of teams playing at once. The champion form each bracket would play in the end. ALL MONEY EARNED WOULD GO INTO BUYING TREES, which would be planted around the city. I am going to try to see if Wallaces Garden Center (or some other local garden center) will sell us trees for a discounted price. If possible, I also would like to hold a barbeque for any hungry people nearby.

I first found out about streetscape about a year or so ago. My family has always been eco-friendly, so it was no surprise that my father was looking to add some trees to the neighborhood. He found that an organization called Streetscape, which partnered Orange County and the University of Florida, planted trees for free. Our neighborhood, after an uphill battle, was able to finally plant trees. During the past year, as a senior in high school, I began to really take a look around my school. There were no trees and the ones that existed were dead or had gum and litter all over them.