Clarksville, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) The Clarksville Rotary Club and around 70 volunteers from the community spent their Saturday morning planting 100 trees at Rotary Park.
Jeff Sherman with Rotary said that the Rotary International President challenged every Rotarian to plant a tree this year and internationally there are more than one million members. Saturday was also 250K Day in Tennessee and the Tennessee Environmental Council encouraged 25,000 volunteers to plant 25,000 trees across the state.
The trees that were planted were Tulip Poplar, Persimmon, Red Oak, Loblolly Pine & Red Bud.
Volunteers that helped with planting trees included members of the Montgomery County Master Gardeners, students from APSU, Clarksville High JROTC, FFA, Key Club and Interact, Clarksville Academy Interact, Rossview High, Northeast Middle, Boy Scout Troops 365, 521,522 and Cub Scout Packs 509 & 522.