St. John's University Expands Partnership
with MillionTreesNY to its Staten Island Campus
July 09, 2009
St. John's University is furthering its commitment to protecting
the environment by partnering with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and
New York Restoration Project’s MillionTreesNYC initiative and
extending tree planting to include its Staten Island campus.
In June, 314 new trees were planted on the University’s Staten
Island campus. Twelve different species of trees were planted
including Dogwood, Pear, Oak and Japanese Lilac trees – adding
diversity to the beauty of the verdant campus grounds. One thousand
new trees initially were allocated to St. John's University’s
Queens campus, going a long way to enhance the “greening” of the
University and the sustainability of the City’s environment.
St. John's University joins MillionTreesNYC, a citywide initiative
led by New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and the NYC Department
of Parks & Recreation with the ambitious goal of planting and
caring for one million new trees across the City's five boroughs by
2017. The tree planting on St. John’s campuses was generously
supported by grant funding provided by David Rockefeller and
Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with The Mayor’s Fund to
Advance New York City.
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