On Monday, April 28, 2003 at 12 noon, starting in the Small Gymnasium of the James Henry Community Center, Theodore Jamerson Elementary School (TJES) and the North Dakota Forest Service will work together to plant trees on the campus of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota.

A traditional Native American Tree Planting Ceremony will be conducted by Lakota Sioux Tribal Member, Tom Red Bird. This project is part of Greenworks!, an environmental education and community action program of the American Forest Foundation's Project Learning Tree (PLT). PLT coordinators and their students survey the needs of their areas and design action projects. GreenWorks! Action projects offer opportunities for people of all ages to work together to enhance their surroundings and share in the rewards of an improved environment.

Join the students and staff of Theodore Jamerson Elementary School, as well as United Tribes Technical College representatives, the Mayor of Bismarck, and representatives of the North Dakota Forest Service for lots of fun. As we celebrate our native heritage and campus environment with a Native American Tree Planting Ceremony.

GreenWorks! has received financial support from Phillips Petroleum Company and the National Fish and Wildlife Service Foundation. This Native American Tree Planting Ceremony is sponsored by United Tribes Technical College with additional support from the American Forest Foundation. Project Learning Tree is an award-winning international environmental education program that focuses on teaching children how-not what-to think about complex environmental issues.

For more information please contact Hank LaBore, PLT Coordinator, Theodore Jamerson Elementary School at 701 255-3285 Extension 295.

Project Learning Tree^® (PLT) is the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation. PLT uses the forest as a "window on the world" to increase student's understanding of our complex environment and to help students learn the skills they need to make sound choices about the environment. Developed in 1976, PLT has a network of more than 300,000 trained educators using six curricula covering the total environment. The American Forest Foundation, a nonprofit organization, works for healthy forests, quality environmental education, and to help people make informed decisions about our communities and our world.