A prince plants trees: Prince Albert announced that proceeds from his 2002 Monte Carlo Invitational--Pro Celebrity golf tournament would go to honor the 9-11 victims.H.S.H. Crown Prince Albert Prince Albert, city (1991 pop. 34,181), central Sask., Canada, on the North Saskatchewan River. Prince Albert is a commercial and distribution center for a lumbering, gold- and uranium-mining, and mixed-farming area. There are wood-products and meatpacking industries. of Monaco will join AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens in planting and caring fur trees to remember the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attack in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The Living Memorial Tree Foundation (LMTF), which was established under Prince Albert's patronage to honor those who died at the World Trade Center, will provide money--through a grant to AMERICAN FORESTS--to sponsor a Manhattan Memorial Tree Grove and to plant other memorial trees in woodland parks around the city. Located near City Hall, the city's Department of Parks and Recreation's Memorial Grove in Manhattan features five trees "Five Trees" in Paradise is a mysterious allegory or concept from famous Coptic Gospel of Thomas NHC 2: (gnostic library from Nag Hammadi in Egypt) 19th saying/logia of Jesus and other sources of religious mythology. that survived at what is called Ground Zero and were moved to the new site as a symbol of America's perseverance. AMERICAN FORESTS will provide a grant of funds from LTMF to sponsor the memorial grove, which will be dedicated this fall. Through AMERICAN FORESTS, LMTF will also sponsor the planting of 2,880 trees in woodland parks throughout New York City. These trees, grown by AMERICAN FORESTS' Historic Tree Nursery, will be planted this fall and next year. The Living Memorial Tree Foundation was established under the direction of Prince Albert with the assistance of the Municipal Arts Society of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The Foundation was the principal charity to benefit from his annual Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. Invitational--Pro Celebrity Golf Tournament. Prince Albert, the son of the late actress Grace Kelly Noun 1. Grace Kelly - United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982) Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, Kelly , was educated in the US. and has strong ties to America. Like his mother, he has an affection for New York City. He announced that proceeds from the 2002 golf tournament would go to honor the 9-11 victims. "On behalf of the Principality of Monaco and all the contributors to the Living Tree Memorial Foundation. I am honored to establish this significant memorial in remembrance of those who lost their lives on September 11th," Prince Albert said. "We're pleased to be part of Prince Albert's plan to honor those who died on 9-11 in New York City," says Deborah Gangloff, executive director of AMERICAN FORESTS. "These trees will symbolize the city's strength and its resilience. Making New York greener is the best tribute we can pay to those who gave their lives." LMTF's trees will join nearly 3,500 trees AMERICAN FORESTS is planting with retailer Eddie Bauer Eddie Bauer (NASDAQ: EBHI) is a clothing store chain. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and a subsidiary of Eddie Bauer Holdings (formerly Spiegel, Inc.), the company was founded in Seattle in 1920 as "Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop" by its namesake, Eddie Bauer (1899 – as part of our Memorial Trees campaign. Those trees, sponsored by contributions from the retailer and its customers, are being planted in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC. AMERICAN FORESTS has long advocated the planting of trees as me, memorials. |
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