ADVISORY/Houston Mayor Bill White Leads Arbor Day Celebration at Houston Habitat SuperBUILD Locations.

City Desks/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Friday (April 30)

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Who    Tree Town U.S.A., Houston Habitat for Humanity and The National
       Arbor Day Foundation, with special guest speaker, Mayor Bill
       White.

What   Arbor Day Tree-Planting Events and Ceremony to launch a Texas
       Tree-Planting Program.

When   Friday, April 30, 2004
and
Where  Morning tree-planting event:
       9:00 a.m. at 11718 Greenmesa, in the Greensbrook subdivision

       Ceremony with Mayor Bill White and afternoon tree-planting
       event:
       2:00 - 2:30 p.m. at 9710 Shive Drive, in the Wood Glen
       subdivision

Why    To celebrate Arbor Day and launch an exciting Texas
       tree-planting partnership between Tree Town U.S.A., Houston
       Habitat for Humanity and The National Arbor Day Foundation.
       Thanks to a generous donation from Tree Town U.S.A., two trees
       will be planted at each Habitat for Humanity home built in
       Texas in 2004. Sixteen homes built by Houston Habitat for
       Humanity during SuperBUILD XXXVIII will receive trees during
       these Arbor Day events.