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It took a cross-country trip to see that ChariTree is really starting to take root by Andrea Koehle Jones, Founder & Executive Director of The ChariTree Foundation Vancouver — If a seedling is planted in a forest does anybody notice? This summer on a drive back to British Columbia from Ontario with my family I learned the…

(Photos: Children at Tuele Kenya plant fruit trees as part of a Canadian environmental education project.) VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA – September 8, 2014 –  Love Trees (now part of The ChariTree Foundation) is honoured to partner with the orphanage Tuele Kenya again in an effort to give even more children an opportunity to plant fruit…

The executive director of The ChariTree Foundation has just completed a trip from Ontario to British Columbia to visit camps that have received trees for campers in recent years. The purpose of the trip was to see how the trees planted by campers are doing – and they are doing great! Special thanks  to the camps…

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Due to the TREEmendous ongoing success of The ChariTree Foundation’s children’s tree program, Love Trees is hoping to expand this formula beyond Canada to children’s camps around the world. For the last six years, Andrea Koehle Jones, Executive Director of Love Trees and the ChariTREE Foundation, has given thousands of free trees to children at Canadian…

Thanks to Catherine Ross and all provincial reps for your TREEmendous help again this year. More than 15,000 tree seedlings will be delivered to CCA camp reps on Monday June 23, 2014 or Tuesday June 24, 2014. (If provincial reps don’t receive their seedlings by June 25th, please email info@charitree-foundation.org and I will track down…

  “Thanks so much for the opportunity for the kids to plant trees at the camp this year. I never realized how much the kids would enjoy it and feel like they were planting into the future.” – Marie Tubby, Director, Frontier Trails Camp This year, the ChariTree Foundation is sending more than 15,000 children at…

Teachers plant the seeds of knowledge that grow forever. Idea #1: DIY Mason Jar Tree Gifts for Teachers ~ Thanks for helping me grow free printable gift tags & tree tags Here’s a thoughtful and fun gift for the person who taught you children so much. This my kids year they picked-out GMO-free, pesticide-free, hardy dwarf cherry…

Here’s something fun to do with the kids this Earth Day – make eco crafts out of k-cups and t-cups – you know those single-serve coffee discs that can’t be recycled. What you need: K-cups, T-cups, any used single-serve plastic coffee pods/discs. Glue Gun How to make them: Simply arrange your pods in any shape….

Inspired by our concern for the health of the starfish and all the creatures in the ocean, we decided to take on a project to reduce our garbage.

Where have all the starfish gone? Every week I take the kids to the far side of the island to look for sea stars. We have been looking since last fall without success. It feels like the starfish are canaries in the coal mine of the ocean and that’s something to feel sad about and…

Check out some of these fun tree crafts for kids.

“Wenonah has been participating in this program for a few years now, and we love it. It provides our campers with astronger appreciation for the surrounding nature and our site. As well, allows us to regenerate areas of ourcamp that have been depleted by various activity.” – Geoffrey Williamson, Assistant Director, Camp Wenonah. Andrea Koehle Jones, Charitree’s executive director, is a former…

In summer 2013, campers in over 75 camps across Canada planted a total of 20,000 trees!  Once again, for the sixth consecutive year, Andrea Koehle Jones, Executive Director of the ChariTREE Foundation, is offering free seedlings to all Canadian camps. This program is open to all Canadian camps, including those that planted trees in previous…

The Charitree Foundation is grateful for the generous support of Green Inspiration BC Ltd. – our newest corporate partner.  Green Inspiration is a new British Columbia-based company dedicated to collecting, reusing and recycling textile materials. Thanks to Green inspiration BC thousands of children will be receiving trees this year!

Charities are really struggling these days, it makes my job more challenging but it also makes me appreciate all those who have done something to support Charitree even more. I’m sending out a TREEmendous thank you for your support of The Charitree Foundation this year. Thanks to everyone who planted trees, helped coordinate shipments of…

Canada’s Governor General David Johnston is launching ‘My Giving Moment’ –  a national campaign aimed at encouraging Canadians to give back to their community by donating and supporting their favourite Canadian charities and the wonderful people doing so much for others. “This is an honourable and timely initiative,” said Andrea Koehle Jones, Founder and Executive…

2014 Tree Ordering for schools, camps and other children’s organizations will be announced in March 2014 with ordering to commence in April 2014. Right now I need to get some donors so Charitree can pay for trees for children next year. Follow Charitree on Facebook and Twitter for updates.