| "Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day | | | | as you want. However you decide to contribute it up |
| proposes for the future." These are the words of | | | | to you. I have found a great way to get people |
| Nebraska resident Julius Sterling Morton about the | | | | involved is with custom t-shirts. I've come across a |
| holiday he initiated in 1872. Although the actual day of | | | | great website that you can design your own custom |
| celebration varies from state to state, all 50 state | | | | t-shirts inexpensively. has many different name brand |
| have recognized Arbor Day as a national holiday. On | | | | styles to choose from and an array of colors. Also, |
| this day we all have the opportunity to come | | | | they have a lot of clipart and you can add your own |
| together as a community to make the world a | | | | text. You can hand them out for free, or set up a |
| better place. Planting trees is an act of kindness and | | | | booth to sell them at your local Arbor Day |
| optimism that not only impacts us and our neighbors, | | | | Celebration along with small trees for people to plant. |
| but also future generations. The trees we plant not | | | | You will have so much fun designing your own |
| only beautify our neighborhood which is great, but | | | | custom t-shirts especially knowing it is for a great |
| also cleans the air, provides homes to wildlife, | | | | cause. I have already designed and received the |
| conserves energy and topsoil and keeps the | | | | shirts for this coming Arbor Day, and they didn't |
| atmosphere in balance. | | | | even charge me a penny for freight, also I received |
| For homeowners, Arbor Day is an excellent | | | | them in less than two weeks. They came out looking |
| opportunity to take sock of the trees on your | | | | great. I plan on handing out a few and selling the rest |
| property and plan for the future. You can inspect | | | | between planting a few trees and cleaning up the |
| your trees and note any broken branches or | | | | local park with other volunteers. Custom t-shirts are a |
| evidence of disease or infection. After taking care of | | | | lot of fun to wear and share with others who are |
| these problems you can then plant some new trees | | | | working together for one purpose, our future. |
| to improve the look of your property and save some | | | | "To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to |
| on your energy costs. | | | | live as a people, we must have trees. |
| Your Arbor Day celebration can be as large or small | | | | |