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Veterans Green Jobs gets vets work planting trees in Denver
Veterans plant a tree | Credit: veteransgreenjobs.org
If you wanted to plant a million trees, you’d need a small army to do it — which is why Denver’s getting the help of veterans, according to the Denver Post:
The initiative was recently launched by Veterans Green Jobs, a Denver nonprofit that helps homeless veterans get the skills and experience to join the green-jobs economy.
The program has a contract to plant free shade trees in homeowners front yards as part of Greenprint Denver’s The Mile High Million program, which aims to plant 1 million trees by 2025. Over the next five growing seasons, 35 vets will plant 4,600 trees that will shade homes to reduce energy usage and lower energy bills.
Veterans Green Jobs adds,
While homeowners will receive the benefit of shaded, cooler homes and lower utility bills in summer, veterans gain an opportunity to prepare for career opportunities in urban forestry.
“I studied soil sciences and forestry at Ohio State,” says Frederick Sales, a Veterans City Canopy program crew member. “Here I am today at 55 years of age. This work is making me feel youthful again because it’s what I intentionally wanted to do in school. As for the future, I would like to have my own crew some day.”
Read more from Denver tree program trains veterans to be urban foresters at the Post.
