Press Releases
2012/ 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004
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TreePeople Gives Away 1,100 Fruit Trees in Northeast San Fernando Valley
2012
December 15, 2012
NATIVE OAK TREES TRANSFORM BLACKTOP SCHOOL YARD
October 20, 2012
SOUTH L.A. SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE SCHOOLYARD TRANSFORMATION
September 15, 2012
TreePeople Selected to Receive Starbucks™ Youth Action Grant
August 16, 2012
TreePeople Offers Tree ID Walk in Griffith Park
July 25, 2012
Fire Prevention Action: Santa Monica Mountains
March 21, 2012
Volunteer Tree Planting in Station Fire-Burned Area
January 27, 2012
Harvest Forecast: Tons of Fresh Fruit in Inglewood
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2011
May 10, 2011
TreePeople Hosts 1st Annual Green City Fair on June 4
January 4, 2011 Charity Navigator: TreePeople Outperforms Most Charities in U.S. - 4-Star Rating Given for Second Consecutive Year
2010
December 11, 2010 Angeles Forest Gains 49 New Volunteer Leaders - Restoration Supervisors Trained with TreePeople
November 24, 2010 TreePeople and Olive View - UCLA Medical Center Volunteers Replant Sylmar after 2008 Sayre Fire
November 23, 2010 TreePeople’s Final 2010 Full Moon Hike - December 21, Winter Solstice
November 10, 2010 Help Heal the Angeles Forest this Holiday Season - Dedicate a Tree
June 25, 2010 10 Years of Outdoor Summer Theatre at Its Best! - Alfred Hitchcock Radio Play Kicks Off TreePeople’s 10th Season
April 6, 2010 TreePeople and 140hours Announce Partnership for Earth Day 2010
March 10, 2010 Charity Navigator Awards 4-Star Rating to TreePeople
February 24, 2010 $50,000 Sempra Gift for San Bernardino Wildfire Restoration
February, 2010 9,000 Fruit Trees Given Away in Los Angeles in Jan. and Feb - TreePeople brings food and hope to underserved communities
January, 2010 Collect the Rainwater - TreePeople Captures more than 70,000 Gallons from Three-Day L.A. Storms
2009
SB 790 Passes – A Step Forward for California’s Water Future
April 25, 2009 Volunteers Plant 150 Trees At Fire-Damaged Stetson Ranch Park in Sylmar - Adjoins Oakridge Mobile Home Park Devastation
March 1, 2009
12,000 Fruit Trees Given Away in Los Angeles - TreePeople brings food and hope to underserved communities
February 9, 2009
Rescue the Rainwater - TreePeople Captures 216,000 Gallons from Recent Storms
2008
Andy Lipkis to be Inducted Into International Ashoka Fellowship
November 18, 2008
Forest Aid Launches in San Bernardino Nat’l Forest Nov. 18 - Volunteers needed to team with U.S. Forest Service and nonprofits in fire devastated areas
November 10, 2008
Designers Learn from Nature to Achieve a Platinum-Perfect Building USGBC Awards LEED Platinum to Los Angeles’ Center for Community Forestry
October 12, 2008
The Walt Disney Company Grants $1.5 Million to TreePeople to Reforest Fire-Ravaged Areas Surrounding Los Angeles
October 10, 2008
Green Hollywood Supports L.A.’s Urban Forest Oct. 11
October 2, 2008
Annette Bening Launches TreePeople Center - $10 Million Public Education Resource Serves Youth and Adults
June 5, 2008
$1 Million So. Calif. Wildfire Grant Awarded to TreePeople by Boeing
March 19, 2008
Used Box Company Increases Donation to TreePeople
January, 29, 2008
Jewish Community Foundation & TreePeople Partner to ‘Green’ L.A. County Schools
2007
November 29, 2007
Griffith Park First Tree Planting with TreePeople, L.A. City Recreation and Parks and Teen Stars Tyler Neitzel and Blake Neitzel
November 2, 2007
Tree Jamboree: TreePeople and Girl Scouts Partner in Granada Hills Nov. 11, 400 Girls Scouts to Plant 95 Trees in L.A. City Park
September, 6, 2007
TreePeople Publishes Report on Innovative Rainwater Projects, Three Los Angeles Demonstration Sites Featured
August 3, 2007
Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11th Hour Documentary Features TreePeople's Andy Lipkis
April 2, 2007
Unique Way to Celebrate Mother’s Day & Mother Nature
Presidential Honors to Andy Lipkis for a Lifetime of Service
Greening Hollywood One Tree at a Time, Feb. 4 Planting in Runyon Canyon for Tu B’Shvat
2006
Stuff Global Warming in Your Stocking – Dedicate A Tree, Send a Gift That Fits Everyone on Your List!
November 4, 2006
Million Trees LA and TreePeople 'Green' Northeast Valley's Hansen Dam Regional Park: 200 Volunteers Plant Trees
October 5, 2006
Join TreePeople for Three Spooky-Themed Halloween Hikes!
September 28, 2006
Slain Community Watchdog Honored at Oct. 7 Tree Planting
September 27, 2006
TreePeople & the Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks to Plant 300,000 Trees on City Parklands
May 8, 2006
Celebrate Mother’s Day and Mother Nature at TreePeople’s Family Forest Festival & Tree Care, Saturday May 13
April 16, 2006
TreePeople Volunteer Full Moon Hike Leaders Needed
March 30, 2006
Leonardo DiCaprio Dedicates a Tree for Mother’s Day
January 21, 2006
Help Green Griffith Park!
2005
October 29, 2005
TreePeople to Celebrate National NeighborWoods Month
September 24, 2005
Celebrate National Public Lands Day and Mother Nature
August 20, 2005
Preparation for Free Fruit Trees Begins Early
July 2, 2005
First Day in Office, Mayor Villaraigosa Shares “Green Vision” of
April 28, 2005
Turning Point for
March 3, 2005
Flash Flood Demonstration Turns Rain into a Resource
February 19, 2005
Fruit Trees to be Given Away in Environmental Justice Area
January 15, 2005
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2004
December 2, 2004
Green is the New Black, TreePeople Launches Enrvironmental Makeover Ad Campaign
October 22, 2004
Join TreePeople for Three Spooky-themed Halloween Hikes
October 21, 2004
TreePeople Names Tom Hansen New Executive Director
October 7, 2004
Simplify Your Gift Giving This
September 30, 2004
September 12, 2004
Driving from Extinction: Oil, Air & Automobiles
July 18, 2004
Our Ecological Footrprint: The
June 29, 2004
Fruit Tree Giveaways Bring Food, Shade and Hope to
January 11, 2004
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