Rotary E-Club of Central Texas gave away 650 Virginia Pine tree seedlings as a effort to help save our world. Rotary E-Club members helped give away the trees both in Austin, Bastrop and nearby. Members of Rotary E Club, Bastrop Rotary, Smithville Garden Club and many friends and neighbors took seedlings to plant on their own land. Donations to Rotary E-Club foundation were suggested in order to continue doing good in the world.
And, according to the Arbor Day Foundation, “As trees grow, they help stop climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon in the trees and soil, and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. Trees provide many benefits to us, every day. They offer cooling shade, block cold winter winds, attract birds and wildlife, purify our air, prevent soil erosion, clean our water, and add grace and beauty to our homes and communities.”
Rotary International is an international service organization that has 1.2 million members around the globe and Rotary has recently added the “Environment” as the seventh area of service. The other area of service are peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.
