Metro - April 29, 2013
by Meredith Engel

"Staten Island’s horticultural hot spot will give away trees in partnership with the New York Restoration Project and the MillionTreesNYC initiative on Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Throughout the afternoon, there will also be an orchid sale, live music, workshops on composting and hourly guided garden tours. If you can’t make it on Saturday, the sales continue on Sunday."

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PBS - April 25, 2013
by Elizabeth Ponsot

"Members of New York Restoration Project were on the scene shortly after Sandy hit to assess the damage, but not before Sharon Keller, a resident of the Rockaways for the past 20 years who has been a volunteer “grower” at the garden since 2008.

“I was the first one on the scene to get over here and actually see the aftermath of Sandy,” she said. “Everything was just a mess… It was like a scene out of some kind of war zone. I didn’t have high hopes at all.”

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News 12 Brooklyn - April 20, 2013

"As part of Earth Day Weekend, hundreds of volunteers helped plant trees at Highland Park to replace the thousands the park lost due to Superstorm Sandy.

More than 30,000 trees were lost throughout the city because of last October's storm. Volunteers say their goal this weekend is to plant more than 2,400 trees in Highland Park, which borders Queens and Brooklyn.

The project is sponsored by JetBlue Airways and the New York Restoration Project."

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Queens Gazette - April 17, 2013

"The Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club sponsored its second annual Tree Giveaway on Saturday, April 13 at A&S Nursery in Whitestone. In a partnership with New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and Million Trees NYC, the Bayside-Whitestone Lions distributed over 175 trees to local residents."

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Bushwick Daily - April 15, 2013
by Robin Tripp

"The New York Restoration Project, in partnership with JetBlue, will be hosting the sixth annual One Thing That’s Green day on Saturday, April 20th. Volunteers will be planting over 2,400 trees in the park, part of the larger goal of the MillionTreesNYC project of planting a million new trees in the city by 2017. Whether you’re interested in giving back to the Bushwick community, protecting the environment, or even winning free JetBlue tickets (they’re giving away four pairs of JetBlue travel vouchers to raffle winners) then you can register to volunteer here."

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