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Tree Planting

JEI was established in 1998 with the goal of planting one tree for each Jewish person in St. Louis.  The purpose is to help the environment and to promote the planting of trees as a religious act, to till and to tend.  To date, trees have been planted in Forest Park, Fairgrounds Park, Hyde Park, Carondelet Park, Ruth Park, Route 66 State Park and Missouri Bottom.

SAVE THE DATE

2010 Tree Planting
co-sponsored by JEI and St. Louis Chapter, Hadassah
Sunday, October 17, 2010, King Park, Dielman Road between Olive and Page at 1:00 PM

FALL 2008 TREE PLANTING  
The 2008 Interfaith Tree Planting took place on Sunday October 19 at 2 PM at Fairgrounds Park in the City of St. Louis.  Over thirty volunteers from different faiths participated.  The event began with a remembrance of Alfred Kahn, founder of both JEI and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, by JEI member Steve Sorkin.  Over forty trees were planted in the Northwestern portion of the Park.  Co-sponsors of this event were Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls,  JEI, the Third Ward Neighborhood Council and the City of St. Louis Forestry Division.


1) Members of Alpha Theta Omega Christian Sorority plant trees
2)Hannah Cropf of JEI checks the soil around the tree she planted

Pictures from Tree Planting on October 29, 2006, Fairgrounds Park:
JEI partnered with Faith Beyond Walls and YPD/M-Pact for a tree planting in the spirit of inter-faith guardianship of the environment. The memory of Alfred Kahn, founder of the JEI, was honored at the tree planting.

1) Diane and Jacob Maier
2) Rabbi Randy Fleisher and Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr.
3) YPD Board member Jeremy Deutsch and his niece Riley Deutsch.


1) Rabbi Randy Fleisher, JEI Chair, speaking to the participants from different faith groups
2) YPD/M-Pact Kids plant trees

JCRC Board member Anna Ginsburg with the Kahn family