Parents, toddlers, au pairs, park commissioners, arborists, a Daily News photographer, Mayor Holaday and Friends of Newburyport Trees gathered for the First Annual Arbor Day TREE PARTY! A great time was had by all and the weather even cooperated.
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As Mayor Holaday read the city's proclamation, children slowly made their way towards the first annual Arbor Day Tree Party at Atkinson Common! |
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A newly planted memorial Gingko tree provided a perfect gathering spot for everyone. Echo, the beloved lab of Parks Commissioner Jeanine Murphy, was the proud mother of 66 puppies throughout her lifetime.
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Jeanine Murphy shares Echo's story and pictures with the kids |
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Mayor Holaday teaches the sign for tree while Stephanie Pellegrini reads a poem. |
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Interactive poetry engages everyone |
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The closing activity was an elimination game around the Gingko Tree. |
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Tree-Shaped lollipops for all upon elimination! |
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Jack from Bartlett Trees was on hand to distribute Red Oak and White Dogwood saplings to each guest.
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Tranquility before the arrival of the tree partiers |
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The main activity of the event was finding one's favorite tree in the park, naming and describing it. Here is Red Dino, a 100 year old tree that is as high as a bird can fly. |
For more info about Friends of Newburyport Trees, visit www.fontrees.org
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Other publications by Kim Kudym:
From The Outside, Looking In: Middleton Prison
Letters From Apizaco, young adult memoir of my experience as a high school exchange student in Mexico as told through letters home and journal entries in 1976.
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