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Last April, the Alliance hosted back-to-back tree plantings in a relay-style event to get 4,000 trees in the ground over a 24-hour period. Known as “Treelay,” the event took place at numerous sites across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and volunteers planted continuously for 24 hours straight. Our team will hold the next Treelay in 2025.
For decades, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has engaged communities in watershed conservation via volunteer tree plantings.
Not only do volunteer tree plantings help accomplish important work and increase awareness about watershed issues, but they also empower communities to take action and can cascade into more locally-led stewardship. This is why we’re on a mission to get as many community members outside as possible.
Every year, the Alliance engages communities, companies, and conservationists to plant thousands of trees in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. We’ve been looking for a big, bold way to celebrate the fantastic tree planting efforts of our volunteers. Hence, The 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay also known as Treelay for short.
Treelay is a series of volunteer tree plantings scheduled back-to-back over a 24-hour period (hence the relay).
Our inaugural Treelay in October 2022 kicked off with 170 volunteers who planted over 3,000 trees in 24 hours. We’re excited to do it again in 2024 at our next Treelay.
Ryan Davis, Senior Forests Projects Manager at the Alliance, chats with Kay Wood, the host of the Planet Philadelphia podcast, about Treelay and, of course, the overall importance of planting trees in our communities.
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Ad Crable, staff writer at the Bay Journal, attended our 2 AM to 6 AM shift in Gap, Pennsylvania, and highlighted a few volunteers along the way.
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Consider showing your support for Treelay by purchasing a shirt with unique artwork for the 2025 event! Multiple colors and style options are available for a limited time.
More details coming soon.
We are seeking sponsors to make this event as impactful, comfortable, family-friendly, and fun as possible! We hope you and your team will consider making an impact on this important goal by sponsoring Treelay and joining us to plant trees!
To learn more about Treelay sponsorship opportunities, download the Treelay sponsorship packet here.
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