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Penn
Charter Digs in to Help Plant Trees in East Falls
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Penn Charter students joined
a group of volunteers to plant 38 trees along the 3100 and
3200 blocks of Midvale Avenue and Queen Lane as part of a
citywide effort to increase Philadelphia's tree canopy.
Cynthia Kishinchand of Tree
Tenders, quoting statistics from Gov. Rendell's office, reports
that the five-county Philadelphia region has lost more than
5 million trees over the last 15 years. Kishinchand says that
the tree canopy in East Falls is 11 percent; Mayor Nutter's
goal for the city is a 30 percent tree canopy.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society coordinated Saturday's city wide effort, which was
designed to plant approximately 580 trees throughout Philadelphia.
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A
Quaker Tenet
Penn
Charter's campus is graced with banners that encourage individuals
in the community to make a difference in the world and specifically
cite seven Quaker testimonies: Stewardship, Peace, Equality,
Integrity, Community, Service and Simplicity
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