Crowdfunding Campaign for Trees

$6,000 crowdfunding goal to receive matching grant from Sustainable CT’s Community Match Fund

The Trees for Suffield Initiative is Planting for Tomorrow by replenishing Suffield’s historic tree canopy through a 10-year planting plan. Continuity relies on the replacement of the old trees with new young trees. With a consistent effort to Plant for Tomorrow our tree-lined town center will remain the shaded and beautiful scenic roadway we know today. We are raising funds to plant more trees next year.

Resident Chris Childs remarked “I am so excited to be supporting

and benefiting from this effort. As a boy, I remember driving up and down Main Street on dry summer days with my grandmother, Bird Alcorn. In the trunk of her Camaro, which she bought at age 66, were buckets of water. We would pour these on the freshly planted dogwoods that had been planted by the Suffield Garden Club. When we travel Main Street today, we see the efforts of people from 60 years ago, and revel in the beauty they planted for us.

The project’s organizers are calling on the community to join this initiative by donating to the crowdfunding campaign. If the campaign reaches its $6,000 goal by its fundraising deadline of 10/31/2025, the project will receive a matching grant of $6,000 from Sustainable CT’s Community Match Fund, which is an innovative funding resource for public, community-led sustainability projects. For project details and to donate, please visit: www.Patronicity.com/welovetrees

This Community Match Fund provides a dollar-for-dollar match to donations raised from the community, doubling local investment in projects. “We’re thrilled to support the Trees for Suffield Initiative that puts residents at the forefront of creating positive, impactful change,” said Jessica LeClair, executive director for Sustainable CT. “Like all Match Fund projects, this initiative is community led and community funded, demonstrating the power of people working together to make change where they live.