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We have some new additions to our school grounds! Some of our McKinley Captains, our school leaders, stayed after school yesterday to plant 8 new trees on our c...ampus! This project is part of the Re-Leaf initiative which will plant 275,000 trees, one for every person living in Erie County! BIG thanks to Ms. Rosa and the team at LEAF - Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park for coming to McKinley! #CommunitySchoolsInAction #MCKALLDAY

Today’s the Day! Celebrate our big beautiful planet by taking action and planting trees in your local community. Head over to www.releaferie.org to join!

Looking for a great way to celebrate Earth Day? Join ReLeaf and plant trees on Friday, April 23 at Camp Fitch YMCA at 9 AM. We will be planting over 200 new trees at this location. Please contact [email protected] to sign up

Not only are these Girl Scouts expert cookie saleswomen... they are tree planters and environmentalists in the making! #girlscouts #releaferie #keystone10mtrees #treeplanters

Thanks to Edinboro SEED @StudentsofEdinboroforEnvironmentalDefense and Goodell Gardens & Homestead for taking part in the ReLeaf initiative!

Spring has sprung (sort of) and we are busy as ever planting trees throughout Erie with our volunteers! Visit www.ReLeafErie.org to learn more!

Looking to purchase trees to plant on your property? The Erie County Conservation District (ECCD) Seedling Sale is open until this Friday, March 26th! The seedling sale offers a variety of trees and plants, including, but not limited to: fruit trees, berries, evergreens, and deciduous trees. Check out the online store and website for details, or call 814-825-6403. All proceeds directly benefit ECCD’s environmental education programs, Headwaters Park, and the middle and h...igh school Envirothon events! The ECCD has partnered with ReLeaf in our mission to plant trees throughout Erie County! Trees purchased from the Seedling Sale will count towards ReLeaf's goal of 275,000 trees. ReLeaf can also offer you support when choosing species, where to plant and how. Visit the ECCD website here: https://www.erieconservation.com/seedling-sale

To kick off our busy tree planting season, we planted 3 trees in the cold with the brave boys and girls from Pack 59 Erie, PA - Our Lady of Peace! We also studied the leaves and flowers of a dogwood tree and painted what we saw on rocks that we left at the base of their new trees! Our outdoor tree planting lessons are unique to you and your group’s needs. Sign up for fall planting lessons today: www.releaferie.org

Trees and art... two of the finer things in life! Come check out a tree-themed art exhibit at Glass Growers Gallery tomorrow and through May 4th. Purchases from the exhibit receive a free dogwood sapling - and 10% of all proceeds benefit ReLeaf, our tree planting initiative.

We're so excited that our friends at Glass Growers Gallery are hosting a tree-themed art exhibit starting March 20th! 10% of exhibit sales will benefit ReLeaf, our tree planting initiative. Also - with each purchase on March 20th, you will receive a complimentary flowering dogwood sapling for you to plant at home! For more information on our tree planting project, visit www.releaferie.org

Check out this awesome virtual event from Feeding Minds. Learn about great science and scientists here in Erie and Pennsylvania! This event is free and for young and old!

Hello Teachers! Looking for an engaging, outdoor activity for your students? ReLeaf would like to plants trees with you. Contact [email protected] to learn more about the Seedlings for Schools Program offered by the PA Game Commission’s Howard Nursery and the Wildlife for Everyone Foundation. The program offers FREE trees to students to plant at home. ReLeaf can offer additional learning experiences, teaching your students about the benefits of tree planting. Contact [email protected] today!

We had so much fun planting with Mother Theresa Academy today!

Big thanks to Meg Loncharic for the great write up on our tree-planting initiative, ReLeaf https://www.goerie.com//meg-loncharic-releaf-i/6179910002/

We are looking for someone to help us track our trees! This is a really unique and cool opportunity to help an environmentally forward organization track and collect data on the trees we are planting. This is a flexible task and can be done on your own time/remotely. You do not need to be a data-driven scientist to fill this volunteer position! We will train you on how to use the application. We anticipate this being a task that takes anywhere from 30minutes - 2 hours, weekly.... Some weeks will require little to no data tracking, while Spring time may require more. You are: able to use/have access to a Mac or PC computer efficient in microsoft excel willing to occasionally collect data on-site in Erie County Perks: you can have your hand in a large, community-based initiative that is sweeping through Erie County! free LEAF merch flexible & secure volunteer position feel good making a difference in your community! Please DM us or email [email protected]

For anyone that wanted to pick up saplings today but could not due to weather - we will be available tomorrow (Monday, November 16th) between 3-5pm to hand out some more. Thanks!

We spent Monday at Inner City Neighborhood Art House talking about the importance of trees while studying leaves, composition, and color! We are so excited to plant 25 trees in their backyard with the students help.

We had a great day yesterday talking with the students at Inner City Neighborhood Art House about how to care for trees! We studied tree rings and discussed living vs. non living, and why it is important to properly nourish our trees, and ourselves. We know it's not quite Thanksgiving time, but we still found time to reflect on what we are thankful for while drawing our tree trunks! Thank you NAH for having us We're so excited to plant 25 trees in your backyard next week!

We're putting a hault to the tree giveaway due to weather! We have plenty more, so please reach out to us this week if you would like some saplings to plant at home.

Rain or shine! First come first serve. See you today from 12-5! A friendly reminder that this is a drive up event. Masks are required and we ask that you stay in your car. For more information: www.ReLeafErie.org/treegiveaway

Art House students did some hands-on learning about trees and leaves with the help of Jamie Keim and Rosa Showers of the LEAF Education Center on Monday. Students painted vibrant fall leaves this week and they'll help plant trees next week :)

We have a few crewnecks and reusable canvas bags left over from our market! First come, first serve! $20 for crewnecks $10 for bags... Please direct message us if you would like to purchase!

Lost stroller found near the playground at Frontier Park! Please contact 814-453-5323 if you have any questions or think this may be your stroller. Thank you!

We wanted to quickly thank all of you - vendors, volunteers, customers, and more - for coming to our final Open Market of the season! We are so grateful for our amazing community that came out to support us in so many ways. Our goal was to provide a safe, enjoyable space for local businesses to get their name out there and for the citizens of Erie to safely shop their necessities outdoors. You all helped us do just that. We know many of you have asked about our future market... schedule, or are interested in being a vendor yourself, so we want to clarify some things! We plan on having a more consistent market schedule this upcoming spring, summer, and fall and hope to start as soon as the warmer weather breaks! We will have a schedule in place well before the season starts and will share that with you all as soon as we can. Our vendors who have stuck with us and shown up throughout the planning of these pop-up markets with the uncertainty of Covid will have priority with us next season. Unfortunately, due to Covid, we simply cannot include everyone, so we ask that you are patient with us while we do our best to include as many vendors as possible while still adhering to strict guidelines from the Department of Health! If you are interested in being a vendor with us next season, or you have any general questions, please email us at [email protected].

We’re good to go! So many awesome vendors currently setting up! See you all from 10-2

Thank you to the Erie Reader for the awesome write up! See you tomorrow from 10-2 :)

We're so excited for the market tomorrow! We know there is some concern about the weather, however, after looking at the forecast and seeing that the chance of rain is only 30% until 10am, we are STILL ON! We definitely don't want to cancel due to grey skies in the morning and subsequently have it clear up to be a great day by 10am! If anything, we will just push back the market hours a bit, if need be. We are feeling confident that it will end up being a beautiful day - we ...hope you feel the same! Everyone is so excited for tomorrow, so we expect a really great turn out like all of our past markets. Should the skies truly open up and we find the need to reschedule entirely, we will tentatively plan for next Saturday, the 10th. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

We spent the morning digging holes at Inner City Neighborhood Art House to prepare for a tree-planting day in October! We are so excited to teach a small group of students about the importance of trees and give them the opportunity to plant, nourish, and watch the trees in their own backyard grow

Our last market of the season! We're doing things a little different this time. We've added some local non-food vendors & artists and the time is now from 10am-2pm. We will also have live background music. Social distancing and mask wearing is still a must. Thank you for helping us make this a safe event under very weird circumstances! Hope to see you all there.

We’re interested in hearing from you! Feel free to comment, DM us, or shoot an email to [email protected]. Please understand that we may not be able to respond to each and every one of you. Our markets are well thought-out and follow our local health department’s guidelines and recommendations. We would love to include everyone that reaches out, but we simply cannot at this time. Thank you! LEAF

Thank you Erie Reader! Can't wait for this weekend!

Hope to see you all there! Vendors include: Blooming Valley Farms Majestic Baking Company... Wild Field Farm Sundae Buona Cucina oils and more Post Apples CSA Allburn Florist Ember+Forge Cafe 7-10 No Dirt Farms The Juice Jar Honey & Greens by Connie Walker & more! See more