Thank You

PTP sincerely thanks all of our volunteers, group leaders, property owners, donors, and other supporters for donating their time and resources to help green our urban forests. We’ve helped to get over 2100 trees planted.

Fall 2023 Thank You list:

  • Our Volunteers!
  • Our Team Leaders!
  • Our Drivers!
  • Our Donors!
  • Our Sponsors!
  • Joe at Tulip Street Garden where we have our HQ
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
  • Philadelphia Brewing Co.
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • Young Involved Philadelphia (YIP)
  • OG Pizza
  • Bagels & Co.
  • Joe’s Steaks
  • Primo’s Hoagies
  • Custom Ink
  • Steven Kempf Building Materials & Employees
  • PJP’s
  • Graybar Employees
  • Custom Ink Employees
  • & many others!

 

 

Fall 2019 Thank You list:

  • All of our leaders, truck drivers and all volunteers for the day!
  • Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD)
  • Philadelphia Brewing: Bill, Nancy, Jim
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • NKCDC landcare team: Noel and Tiffany
  • Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PP&R)
  • Our food crew: Marie, Lori, and Bob
  • Our morning crew: Carlos, Omar, and Maxine
  • Our after lunch crew: Matt and Greg
  • Four Sons Pizza
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA)
  • Olde Richmond Neighborhood Association (ORCA)
  • Somerset Neighbors for Better Living (SNBL)
  • The Fury Family

Spring 2019 Thank You list: 

  • Philadelphia Brewing Company: Bill, Nancy and Jim
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • NKCDC landcare team: Noel and Tiffany
  • Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD)
  • Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PP&R)
  • Penn Treaty High School
  • Adaire Elementary School
  • Hackett Elementary School
  • Brown Elementary School
  • Temple students
  • All team leaders
  • Registration tables: Debbie & Jacob
  • Our food crew: Marie, Lori, and Bob
  • Setup Crew: Carlos, Rob, and youth
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA)
  • Olde Richmond Neighborhood Association (ORCA)
  • Somerset Neighbors for Better Living (SNBL)

Fall 2018 Thank You list: 

  • Philadelphia Brewing Company: Bill, Nancy and Jim
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • NKCDC landcare team: Noel and Tiffany
  • Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PP&R)
  • Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD)
  • Penn Treaty High School
  • Adaire Elementary School
  • Hackett Elementary School
  • Brown Elementary School
  • Temple students
  • All team leaders
  • Registration tables: Debbie & Jacob
  • Our food crew: Marie, Lori, and Bob
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA)
  • Olde Richmond Neighborhood Association (ORCA)
  • Somerset Neighbors for Better Living (SNBL)

Spring 2018 Thank You list:

  • Philadelphia Brewing: Bill, Nancy and Jim
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • NKCDC landcare team: Noel and Tiffany
  • Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PP&R)
  • Penn Treaty High School
  • Adaire Elementary School
  • Drexel students
  • Temple students
  • We Love U Foundation
  • All team leaders
  • Jim McBride
  • Anne Harney
  • Jenn Mastalerz
  • Rob Liholtz
  • Food Crew: Marie Perez, Bob and Lori Frost
  • Morning Crew: Carlos Perez, Fatimah Perez, Omar Abdul-Aziz, Shelynn Perez
  • Debbie Richman and Jacob
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA)
  • Olde Richmond Neighborhood Association (ORCA)
  • Somerset Neighbors for Better Living (SNBL)

Fall 2017 Thank You list:

  • TD Bank Green Streets
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) (Mindy, Bob, Dana and Glen)
  • Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PP&R)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation(NKCDC): Andrew, Noel, Tiffany
  • Penn Treaty High School Youth, Alum and Friends of Penn Treaty
  • Adaire Elementary School
  • Drexel students
  • Temple students
  • Jim McBride
  • All leaders
  • Rob Liholtz
  • Marie Perez
  • Bob and Lori Frost
  • Fatimah Perez
  • Omar Abdul-Aziz
  • Shelynn Perez
  • Jacob and Debbie
  • Monica King
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA)
  • Olde Richmond Neighborhood Association (ORCA)
  • Somerset Neighbors for Better Living (SNBL)

Spring 2017 Thank Yous:

  • PBC: Bill, Nancy and Jim (Leader)
  • PHS: Mindy, Dana, Bob, Glenn (Leaders too)
  • PP&R: Erica Fichman-Smith
  • NKCDC: John Tracy
  • Marie Perez
  • Omar Abdul-Aziz
  • Bob Frost
  • Lori Frost
  • Debbie Richman
  • Paul and Lena, Close at Hand Innovations (Lena’s mom, Mary Rose)
  • Leaders:
  • Carlos Perez
  • Steve McCoubrey
  • Joe Shapiro
  • Aaron
  • Brice
  • Sue Feenan
  • Nick Fury
  • Amanda Fury
  • Rob Liholtz
  • Sue MacQueen
  • Jen Brown
  • All of our volunteers
  • Penn Treaty School Youth, Alum and Friends of Penn Treaty

Fall 2016 Thank Yous:

  • PBC, Bill, Nancy and Jim 
  • PHS, Mindy, Dana, Rosemary, Kaitlyn and Amber
  • PP&R, Luke Jardel and Fran Pillar and the many other street tree inspectors
  • NKCDC, Joel, Tiffany and John 
  • Mercado’s Landscaping
  • Marie and Carlos
  • Bob and Lori 
  • Debbie, Jacob and Nicole 
  • Fatimah and Omar
  • Steve McCoubrey and Joe Shapiro
  • Sue McQueen and Adam Geibel
  • Leaders: Aaron, Troy, Rob, Sue Feenan, Anne Harney, Nick and Amanda, Jim Deegan and his daughter, Bernie, Scott and Ashley McIlvaine, Jason Fowler
  • Friends of Penn Treaty: Brooke Hoffman and Bethany Cann and Youth
  • Adiare Girl Scout Troop
  • Maureen Moore
  • All volunteers

Spring 2016 Thank Yous:

  • DCNR (PA dept of conservation and natural resources) Treevitalize Grant
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society  (PHS) (Dana, Mindy, Glen, TTAC)
  • Philadelphia parks and recreation
  • nkcdc (John this time)
  • property owners who applied for trees
  • FMC for donating $500
  • Jamie Moffett
  • philadelphia brewing company for supporting us for # plantings
  • EKNA
  • ORCA
  • FNA
  • SNBL
  • group leaders, truck drivers, everyone else
  • Penn treaty school
  • Temple University Environmental
  • Marie, Lori, Bob food
  • Rob, Carlos for helping with tree pickup
  • Debbie
  • All volunteers

2015 Thank You list:

  • Thank you to Philadelphia Brewing Company
  • Thank you to our partners
  • Thank you to our sponsors and individual donors
  • Thank you to all volunteers who have come out to plant at our Spring and Fall tree plantings!

2014 Fall Thank You list (We’ve planted 1072 trees!):

  • All of our wonderful volunteers who came out to help in the cold
  • All the homeowners who applied for trees
  • All of our leaders and those who use their trucks
  • PHS: Mindy, Dana for organizing all the applications
  • UC Green, their wonderful employees and volunteers who help us at all of our plantings and pruning clubs. Sue McQueen, Joe Shapiro and Stephen McCoubrey who often volunteer for both our pruning clubs and plantings.
  • NKCDC and Noel-tools, picking up the trees and mulch
  • Rob Lihotz
  • Debbie and Jacob for running the registration table
  • Carlos Perez for helping pick up the trees
  • Marie Perez, Lori, Bob, Judy, Fatimah
  • The North Face
  • Temple’s Environmental Club
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company for always hosting our lunches and helping to plant trees using their work truck.
  • FMC for generous donation
  • Amanda Johnson and Nick Schummer for their donation and helping us on their wedding anniversary!
  • Accenture and KIPP students!

2013 Thank You list:

  • All the homeowners who applied for trees
  • All of our leaders and those who use their trucks
  • PHS: Mindy, Dana for organizing all the applications
  • NKCDC and Noel-tools, picking up the trees and mulch
  • Rob Lihotz
  • Debbie and Jacob for running the registration table
  • Carlos Perez for helping pick up the trees
  • Marie Perez, Lori, Bob, Judy, Fatimah
  • Temple’s Environmental Club
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company for always hosting our lunches and helping to plant trees using their work truck.

2012 Thank You list:

  • FMC Corporation
  • Milton Steele Foundation
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company (PBC)
  • Greensgrow Farm
  • Leotah’s Place Coffeehouse
  • Pizza Brain
  • Little Baby’s Ice Cream
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
  • TreeVitalize
  • Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR)
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • IPAK Printing & Packaging
  • Individual Donations from neighbors and friends

2011 Thank You list:

  • FMC Corporation
  • Milton Steele Foundation
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
  • TreeVitalize
  • Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company (PBC)
  • IPAK Printing & Packaging
  • Individual Donations from neighbors and friends

2010 Thank You list:

  • Thank you to our sponsors and supporters
  • Thank you to Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) for sponsoring our first Fall 2010 Pruning Club event on October 17, 2010.
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
  • TreeVitalize
  • Fairmount Park
  • East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA)
  • New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC)
  • FMC Corporation
  • Philadelphia Brewing Company (PBC)
  • The North Face
  • IPAK Printing & Packaging
  • Individual Donations from neighbors and friends

PTP’s November 2009 Tree Planting Thank Yous:

  • Thank you to all of our volunteers who have made this season amazing and who have helped to make EastPortFishington (East Kensington, Fishtown, Port Richmond, Greater Kensington) even more beautiful. We’ve now helped plant 313 trees in the neighborhood.

May 2009 Thank You Notes:

  • Thank you to all of the friends, family and neighbors who came out to volunteer as part of Tree Planting Teams, as Photographers, as Team Leaders, our Sign In Team, and to our Food Team.
  • Thank you to each and every person, you know who you are, who was able to take a day off from work to help with the pickup, sorting and other necessary preparation of the trees prior to their planting.
  • Thank you to the staff of the PHS (Pennsylvania Horticultural Society)  including the staff of Philadelphia Green, the Tree Tenders program and to TreeVitalize for all of your help, support, and organizing.
  • Thank you to Nancy and Bill at the Philadelphia Brewing Company for donating the use of their space for the tree planting lunch and party.
  • Thank you to Marlene Buck and Noah at the NKCDC for  donating the use of their hand tools for our upcoming planting and for providing us with mulch and NKCDC staff assistance for planting day.
  • Thank you to Traveling Tree Tenders, KSNAC, and Northeast Tree Tenders for coming out to help or lending tools to the effort.
  • Thank you Primex Garden Center for donating soil to PTP and for providing us with an ongoing discount for supplies.
  • Thank you to IPAK for lending their truck so that we could pick up the donated materials and to Carlos R. Perez for driving.

November 2008 Thank You Notes:

  • Thank you to Nancy and Bill at the Philadelphia Brewing Company for donating the use of their space for the tree planting lunch and party.
  • Thank you to Marlene Buck and Noah at the NKCDC for  donating the use of their hand tools for our upcoming planting and for providing us with mulch and NKCDC staff assistance for planting day.
  • Thank you to each and every person, you know who you are, who was able to take a day off from work to help with the pickup, sorting and other necessary preparation of the trees prior to their planting.
  • Thank you to Marie Perez and Lori Frost for managing the food setup for breakfast and lunch again – it was awesome.
  • Thank you to all of the friends, family and neighbors who came out to volunteer.

March 2008 Tree Planting Thank You Notes:

  • Thank you to the Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business for donating water and organizing volunteers.
  • Thank you to Marlene Buck at the NKCDC for  donating the use of their hand tools for our upcoming planting and for providing us with mulch and NKCDC staff assistance for planting day.
  • Thank you to each and every person, you know who you are, who was able to take a day off from work to help with the pickup, sorting and other necessary preparation of the trees prior to their planting.
  • Thank you to Marie Perez and Lori Frost for managing the food setup for breakfast and lunch – it was great
  • That you to IPAK for lending their truck so that we could pick up the trees and to Carlos R. Perez for packing it and driving.
  • Thank you to UCGreen for lending us Tool Leader Bags for our tree planting as well as stake pounders.
  • Thank you to the Port Richmond Thriftway, Located at the intersection of Aramingo Avenue and York Street, for donating 10 cases of water for our tree planting.
  • We received a very generous $1000. donation from FMC Corporation for our groups tree planting efforts on behalf of one of their employees and one of our founding members Dina Richman.
  • Thank you to PhillyCarShare for granting us a $250. Community Improvement grant for Tree Planting.
  • Thank you to Nancy and Bill at the Philadelphia Brewing Company for donating the use of their space and more for the March 16, 2008 tree planting lunch and party.  (Posted: 2/22/08)
  • We’d like to extend a BIG thank you to the members of EKNA who have helped us raise $167.00 for tree related activities in the neighborhood by buying homemade cat treats, dog treats and a few people treats too and to those of you who have donated treat or no treat!!! (Posted: 2/22/08)
  • Thank you to the PHS (Pennsylvania Horticultural Society) for planning to cut all of the sidewalks and properly disposing of the rubble for our neighborhoods for free this year. This was going to be a time consuming task and costly task for our group and the neighbors that had volunteered to lend hand, their equipment and expertise.  Now we have more time to plan the rest of the tasks, details, and the lunch for volunteers that will happen after the trees are planted. (Posted: 2/3/08)