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Pacific Tree Care
Celebrates 25 Years
Of service in the Community
with a Student Essay Contest!

Pacific Tree Care is celebrating twenty-five years of excellence in arboriculture in the Napa Valley. To show commitment to community and promote environmental awareness, an essay contest was sponsored for students in Napa and Sonoma counties. Trees will be planted in the fall to award winners and their schools.

Read the winning essays below!

Essay Topics

4th grade: Why trees are important to my community.
by Fiona Day
Teacher
Veronica Smith
School
St. Francis Solano
342 West Napa Street
Sonoma, CA 95476

5th grade: Trees
by Carter Ortiz
Teacher
Mrs Vega
School
Fitch Mountain Campus
520 Monte Visa Avenue
Healdsburg, CA

5th grade: Why trees are important to Planet Earth.
by Katherine Greenan
Teacher
Lorna Hayman
School
St. John Catholic School
217 Fitch Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448

5th grade: Trees
by Sofia Lanzafame
Teacher
Mrs. Sawicki
School
St. Francis Solano
342 West Napa Street
Sonoma, CA 95476

6th grade: How I can make a diffrence for my planet.
by McKenzie Schaffner
Teacher
Mrs Osborne
School
St. John Catholic School
217 Fitch Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448

“Young trees and young children require special attention. Children are born with a strong curiosity for natural things. We must encourage this curiosity, not dull or destroy it.”
-Dr. Alex Shigo

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