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PENNY PINES - NGC DIGS IN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR DISASTER STRUCK FORESTS
Since launching a partnership in 2004 with the United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Garden Clubs Inc. and its affiliates across the nation have raised funds on the local and state levels for Penny Pines, which is dedicated to sustaining our national and urban forests.
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“...approximately 200 replacement seedlings can be planted with a $68 donation.” |
This conservation effort entails the planting of replacement trees that are indigenous (not only pine trees) to forested areas damaged by insects, fires or natural catastrophes. The plantations provide soil protection, watershed protection, soil stabilization, as well as beauty and shade for recreation.
Penny Pines began in California in 1941 as a statewide conservation program but expanded to all 50 states. Early on, seedlings could be produced for one cent each and approximately 680 seedlings could be planted in a typical acre, with 10 acres of seedlings costing $68. That amount has been retained as a minimum donation through the years. Today, approximately 200 replacement seedlings can be planted with a $68 donation.
Under the conservation agreement, the U.S. Forest Service does the planting, using your donation together with federal funds and offers the plantation the same protection from fires, insects and disease provided to other forested areas.
The above three photos show a Penny Pines Youth Plantation Project. Youth working to replant trees in an area devastated by fire.
Please consider participating in this unique project by contributing $68 (or multiples of $68) to the NGC Penny Pines Program. You may designate an individual, club, organization, or event/theme (Plant America, Arbor Day, National Garden Week, Support Our Troops) or in memory of someone special. Donors will receive an NGC Penny Pines certificate. A donor also may designate the planting of seedlings in a U.S. state or a specific national forest.
Download the donation form on the NGC website, www.gardenclub.org under “Ongoing Projects” and select “Penny Pines.”
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Janice Clem
Chairman, Penny Pines
Photos courtesy of San Bernardino National Forest, Calif., United States Forest Service.
Articles and photos reprinted with permission by The National Gardener, Winter 2018.
3 Comments
GC Member
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Mary Scheitler
on Fri, 01/22/2021 - 07:23
Janice, our club, Boynton Beach Garden Club in Florida, donates to Penny Pines and one member asked if plantings are done only in US National Forests.
You can email me at mfs33436@gmail.com
Thank you.
Chairman for donations for Native Dsughters of the Golden West
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Leona M. Sunseri
on Wed, 06/23/2021 - 14:06
Need contact Info for Penny Pines. Since the forestry closed the donations during COVID, we need update on starting the donations and forms to send our funds
NGC Penny Pines Chairman
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Heather
on Fri, 06/25/2021 - 06:57
Dear Leona,
I'm sorry that you have not been given correct information. National Garden Clubs, Inc. and the USDA US Forest Service have an ongoing Memorandum of Understanding regarding Penny Pines. NGC Headquarters has been accepting donation forms and money throughout the COVID 19 period and the funds have been distributed according to donor requests under my administration since 2019 by sending payments out to the various Forest Supervisors by Headquarters Staff - thank you Chris Schmidt!. I was the Penny Pines Chairman under Former Pres. Gay Austin, and am the current Penny Pines Chairman under Pres. Mary Warshauer. The form and information are readily available on the NGC website, go to Ongoing Projects and then Penny Pines. The US Forest Service didn't shut down during COVID 19 - the Forestry Management continued and the Rangers continued their work with maintenance, forest fire containment, and restoration when possible. However, most National Forests were not open to the public. I always recommend that organizations and garden clubs do their donations through the NGC website, www.gardenclub.org, as some State organizations are not aware of the National Garden Club program or its status. I hope this answers your question. I would love to see a donation from your organization - the forests need your help with ongoing drought, forest fires, and hurricanes.
Heather White, M.D.
NGC Penny Pines Chairman 2019-2023
heathermwhitemd@aol.com
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