Welcome to Michigan Arbor Day Alliance! The Michigan Arbor Day Alliance (MADA) is a coalition of organizations and agencies dedicated to the promotion and celebration of Arbor Day throughout Michigan.  Our dedication comes from our belief in the importance of trees and their role in community health and well-being. INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR EFFORTS? You can now become a MEMBER of Michigan Arbor Day Alliance.  Memberships are available for individuals, organizations and kids.  Click here, to become a member. We look forward to seeing our program grow through membership support! Check out the celebration stories page to see how communities across Michigan celebrate Arbor Day. Don't see your story posted? Send us an email, miarborday@gmail.com with celebration story as the subject. We will gladly post it! Would you like to learn the history of Arbor Day? Click here. Check us out on Facebook     Online Auction Announcement Eaton Conservation District-Michigan Arbor Day Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of an online auction.  Auction funds will support conservation programs in Eaton County as well as, the Michigan Arbor Day Alliance program.  Due to the extreme funding situation of the State of Michigan, all funding has been cut to Conservation Districts.  The funds raised by the auction will allow Eaton Conservation District to offset this funding situation and continue providing programs for the residents of Eaton County.  Eaton Conservation District has provided residents with wildlife and forestry workshops, a photo contest, river restoration, habitat management, agricultural technical assistance and much more.  Michigan Arbor Day Alliance program is a statewide environmental education initiative housed by Eaton Conservation District.  The program focuses on the importance of trees and their role in community health and well-being.  Auction funds will allow the Michigan Arbor Day Alliance program to grow by sponsoring Project Learning Tree Workshops (environmental education curriculum for K-12 educators), plant trees, free education materials and much more! Eaton Conservation District-Michigan Arbor Day Alliance will open the auction for bidding beginning March 1st, 2010.  The auction will run through the month of March with bidding closing on March 31st, 2010.  The goal of the auction is to raise $10,000!!! Funds raised will be divided 50-50 between the Eaton Conservation District and the Michigan Arbor Day Alliance. Items up for bid may include: ·         Behind the Scenes WILX News Tour with Jason Colthorp ·         Landscape Consultation ·         Civil War Reenactment ·         Framed and Unframed Wildlife Prints ·         1 Week Stay in Grand Marais ·         Gift Basket from Van Atta’s ·         Certified Arborist Consultation ·         Job Shadow a Veterinarian      ·         General Motors Plant and Habitat Tour Items are currently posting on the auction site, check it out! www.biddingforgood.com/eatonconservation Currently, Eaton Conservation District-Michigan Arbor Day Alliance is searching for auction items.  There is no limit to the amount of items or the type of items.  Ideas for items include: gas cards, gift baskets, sports paraphernalia, experiences (tours, tickets to events, cooking lessons, wine tasting, etc.), collectibles, vacation stays and anything you can think of! Supporters of Eaton Conservation District-Michigan Arbor Day Alliance can log on to the online auction and bid on items, make monetary donations, become an auction sponsor and/or provide items for the auction.  If you would like further information about auction involvement please contact Rachael Wood, Michigan Arbor Day Alliance Coordinator at (517) 543-5848 x5 or miarborday@gmail.com.

Michigan Arbor Day Alliance would like to thank Michigan State Federal Credit Union for committing to tree planting in Michigan! Together Michigan Arbor Day Alliance and Michigan State Federal Credit Union planted 69 trees in the Greater Lansing Area. Trees were planted in the City of East Lansing, Delta Center Elementary and the City of Grand Ledge. Over a 50-year lifetime, a tree generates $31,250 worth of oxygen, provides $62,000 worth of air pollution control, recycles $37,500 worth of water, and controls $31,250 worth of soil erosion.  Studies have shown that trees enhance community economic stability by attracting businesses and tourists people linger and shop longer along tree-lined streets, apartments and offices in wooded areas rent more quickly and have higher occupancy rates, and businesses leasing office spaces in developments with trees find their workers are more productive and absenteeism is reduced.  These are just a few of the benefits trees provide to communities.  In the future Michigan Arbor Day Alliance hopes to continue its tree planting efforts! Michigan Arbor Day Alliance is excited to announce the 2010 National Arbor Day Foundation Fifth Grade Poster Contest....Trees are Terrific and Energy Wise! Quick Facts: -Who may participate? Any current fifth grade student residing in Michigan -How do you participate? Contact Michigan Arbor Day Alliance for a contest packet, miarborday@gmail.com -When is the entry deadline?  January 31st, 2010 -Are there prizes?  Yes! Michigan Arbor Day Alliance provides prizes to the teacher, student and school for first, second and third place.  The first place winner goes on to compete in the national contest. -How do I receive a poster contest packet?  Packets are now completely electronic.  In an effort to cut down on waste the National Arbor Day Foundation has made the packets available for downloading.  Packets can be downloaded by going to www.arborday.org or by contacting Michigan Arbor Day Alliance, miarborday@gmail.com.  To learn more about the contest click here.

Explore our website to learn more about us and how you can keep Michigan green. Green tip of the month: In California alone, roughly 5 million elementary age students will hand out 5 million glossy and glittery valentines to their classmates. That's a lot of love, but it's also a lot of paper. Here are a few greener ways for young Kevin to tell young Jane that he thinks she's neat. Keep in mind that your child probably has between twenty and thirty classmates, so the secret is to make it simple. Homemade baked treats are fun, inexpensive and widely appreciated. And no trees are harmed in the process. For take-home valentines, look for printed cardstock you already have lying around at home, like poker decks or baseball cards, that can be reinvented with a little effort. Type up a simple greeting, like "Thanks for being a great friend! Happy Valentine's Day." Copy and paste it thirty times, print it up on a single sheet and cut the printout into fortune cookie size slips of paper. The greeting can then pasted onto a Queen of Hearts or below the grinning image of an unsung sports hero for a funky and original way to express appreciation. Have your child pass them out to his or her friends. If a bit of time is on your side, spend a messy evening making homemade paper with the kids (for a recipe for plantable paper, see www.thriftyfun.com). Use a heart-shaped mold and all the kids will have to do when it's dry is fill out "to's" and "from's." Beautiful. Reference: http://www.thegreenguide.com/fastfact Check out the following GREEN websites: www.greenlivingtips.com www.thegreenguide.com http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/index.htm www.michigan.gov/deq   We would love to see our program grow, but we cannot do it without you! Consider becoming a member today.  Membership funds help provide free education materials, seedlings for the community, workshops and more!!! Click here, to become a member.

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