COBB >> The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport has purchased 2,500 tree seedlings for planting in the Cobb area. These forest trees will be provided free of charge to the community on Saturday, March 5 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Cobb Mountain Elementary School. The distribution will last until 1 p.m. or until all of the trees have be given out. These trees are appropriate for planting in the Cobb Mountain area.
The Club will provide up to ten seedlings per person (maximum of 20 per family, please). According to Kiwanis project coordinator and forester, Jim Harvey, “These trees are fragile and should be planted immediately. Planting instructions will be provided with the trees.”
The Saturday distribution will culminate a week of activity at the Cobb Mountain Elementary School. The Kiwanis Club of Lakeport in conjunction with members of CalFIRE will be on campus visiting the Gardening Classes to discuss the need to reforest the community and provide a hands-on tree planting demonstration. At the end of the school day on Friday, March 4, each student will receive two seedlings to take home along with planting instructions.
This is the third project of the Kiwanis Club of Lakeport to assist those impacted by the Valley Fire. The first project distributed 124 back packs filled with school supplies at each school in the county where students displaced by the fire were in attendance. The second provided 50 fleece jackets to students at Coyote Valley Elementary in Hidden Valley and Cobb Mountain Elementary.
The Lakeport club received financial support for all of these projects from Kiwanis Clubs in Oakland, Alameda, San Jose and Petaluma as well as the Kiwanis Cal Nev Hi Foundation.
