Rotary Loves Trees (RLT), a project by the Rotary Club of Belleville helped lead a great community effort September 23th to support the local environment. Rotary Loves Trees and its planting partners, the City of Belleville Green Task Force, Quinte Conservation and TD Tree Days planted 500 trees in Township Park. In total over 100 volunteer planters helped with the planting. Supporting the environment is one of Rotary International's Areas of Focus for its efforts to Create Hope in the World. Rotary Loves Trees was launched in 2020 to help celebrate the 100th birthday of the Rotary Club of Belleville with the goal of planting 50,000 trees in the City. Todate RLT has directly planted just over 6,000 trees and its planting partners have contributed almost 5,000 more.
The Rotary Club of Belleville was founded in 1920 and is an integral part of the local community and connected to more than 1.4 million, dedicated and proud Rotarians doing incredible work in the name of positive peace who create hope in the world. Rotarians are people of action who love fellowship and fun and look to make a positive impact in the community and around the world. Interested in becoming a member? Visit www.rotary-belleville.org.