On Saturday, April 19, Cypress community members and City officials celebrated Arbor Day at Evergreen Park located at 9300 Moody Street.
In attendance was Cypress Mayor Leroy Mills who also served as the Master of Ceremony. Other dignitaries in attendance included Mayor Pro Tem Rob Johnson, Councilmember Prakash Narain, M.D., Councilmember Doug Bailey, and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva.
On Saturday, April 19, Cypress community members and City officials celebrated Arbor Day at Evergreen Park located at 9300 Moody Street.
In attendance was Cypress Mayor Leroy Mills who also served as the Master of Ceremony. Other dignitaries in attendance included Mayor Pro Tem Rob Johnson, Councilmember Prakash Narain, M.D., Councilmember Doug Bailey, and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva.
As part of the celebrations, trees were planted in recognition or in memory of a loved one. In 1990, the Friends of Cypress Recreation and Parks, a non-profit corporation, created the Tree Donation Project. Mayor Mills thanked and recognized Brian Sunley, President of Friends of Cypress Recreation and Parks for his organization’s efforts.
A total of 12 trees were donated for the 2014 project. To date, the tree donation project has planted 351 trees throughout the City. Tree donors this year included: Mary Kay, Inc., USHIO America, Inc., the Basham family, Cypress Church, Woman’s Club of Cypress, Do Your Part, Cypress & La Palma Youth Action Committee, Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., Soroptimist Cypress, Kiwanis Club of Cypress, and the Cypress Police Officers’ Association.
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva presented the City with its Tree City USA award. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National Association of State Forestry program and USDA Forest Services. This program is a national program that provides the framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across America.
Communities achieve Tree City USA status by meeting four core standardsof sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day. The City has been awarded the honor of Tree City USA for 25 years.
For information regarding the City’s Recreation Programs visit www.ci.cypress.ca.us, or call 714-229-6780.
