ADVISORY/ExxonMobil and the Dallas Arboretum Kick Off Arbor Day Celebration With Tree Dedication Ceremony.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant (April 26) --(BUSINESS WIRE) ExxonMobil Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), a multi-national American corporation and a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company[2] Provides Tree Saplings to 2,000 Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. Visitors During Science Education Program
WHAT: To kick off ExxonMobil Arbor Day at the
Dallas Arboretum, ExxonMobil will donate a
historical Sam Houston Kissing Burr Oak to
the Dallas Arboretum. Representatives of
the City of Dallas, ExxonMobil, Dallas
Arboretum and elementary school children
from Brentfield Elementary and Peeler
Elementary will dedicate the tree.
During the Arbor Day celebration, visitors
will receive a tree sapling donated by
ExxonMobil. Educational activities for
visitors to the Dallas Arboretum will
include tree exploration tables where
children can create rubbings of bark and
leaves; expert guidance from Master
Gardeners and Dallas Trees and Parks
Foundation; demonstrations by professional
tree climber Steve Houser, and wagon rides
in the Texas Pioneer Adventure exhibit.
WHO: Mary Brinegar, President, the Dallas Arboretum
Edward F. Ahnert, President, ExxonMobil Foundation
Dallas Councilmember Veletta Forsythe Lill
Special guests include community leaders and over 200
elementary school children
WHEN: Friday, April 26, 2002
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Dallas Arboretum
Texas Pioneer Adventure Exhibit
8617 Garland Road
Dallas, Texas
214/327-8263
BACKGROUND: As part of its ongoing support of the Dallas Arboretum,
ExxonMobil is sponsoring a daylong celebration of Arbor
Day.
ExxonMobil is the lead education sponsor
for the Dallas Arboretum. Since 1991,
ExxonMobil has provided more than $500,000
in grants to the Dallas Arboretum to
support several educational programs. In
2002, ExxonMobil continued its support with
a $50,000 grant.
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