CANOPY
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Direct beneficiaries per year: In 2009 we cared for 2,292 trees, engaged over 400 volunteers and reached 2,189 residents through educational activities!
Geographic areas served: Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Peninsula, Menlo Park
Mission:
Canopy is an environmental, volunteer-based urban forestry nonprofit. Canopy plants and protect trees to improve local communities.
Because we believe trees are a critical element of a livable, sustainable urban environment, Canopy’s mission is to educate, inspire, and engage residents, businesses, and government agencies to enhance local urban forests.
Because we believe trees are a critical element of a livable, sustainable urban environment, Canopy’s mission is to educate, inspire, and engage residents, businesses, and government agencies to enhance local urban forests.
Results:
In 2009 Canopy worked with over 2,189 students and residents during over 90 educational tree activities to preserve, protect and care for our urban forests. Canopy volunteers cared for 2,292 area trees, including Canopy’s 1,200 newly planted trees in East Palo Alto. We have an unheard of 98% survival rate for newly planted trees. Canopy also advocated for our urban forest with local and state governments.
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martydeg
04/19/10
I've volunteered for Canopy for over 10 years and keep coming back because of the benefit they provide to the community and because of the quality of the people associated with the organization. Their efforts to enhance the urban forests of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto are widely recognized ...
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roy-leggitt
04/17/10
My involvement with the Canopy Board has been very rewarding. The Board members are dynamic and creative with good communication skills. Canopy has grown considerably since my involvement, not so much in dollars or volume, but in savvy and wisdom. We are really fortunate to have Catherine ...
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npete
04/17/10
Canopy has something for everyone, and everything it touches is superbly organized. It provides turnkey volunteer activities such as tree plantings and monitoring young tree health for people who want to spend a few hours. It presents accessible educational programs such as neighborhood tree walks...
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