Participants in the Teen Urban Tree Corps wrapped up their final week on August 9th. In their final week, the teens completed a last watering day and enjoyed another tree climbing lesson at Franklin Park with Bear and Melissa LeVangie of the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop. The teens also learned from professionals in the field through a professional networking day, where we welcomed professionals from careers across the environmental industry. We are thankful to all the professionals for taking the time to share their expertise with us. And on their last day, the teens celebrated with pizza at Ronan Park. Together we reflected on their accomplishments this summer, distributed certificates, and played a rousing game of kickball. We are incredibly proud of the teens and all they have accomplished over the past six weeks—they are true champions of Boston's urban tree canopy.
You can get a glance into what a day was like with the team in the TUTC Vlog created by our teens and our summer intern, Nora Kelly. Check it out on Instagram (@trees_boston) and on our youtube channel linked below. |