Tree Canopy Growth Fund

Several months back, our friends at the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne reached out with an idea to use available funds to plant trees on school campuses around the community. We looped in key stakeholders at Fort Wayne Community Schools then spent time collaborating to identify planting locations that could benefit students throughout the city. That work resulted in the planting of 60 new trees at seven FWCS school campuses this past November. We were proud to play a supporting ro

This past weekend, we partnered with Friends of the Parks of Allen County and Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation for the 2025 Great Tree Canopy Comeback. Over 60 volunteers came out to plant 50 trees at Bob Arnold Northside Park. The Tree Canopy Growth Fund also provided 40 native trees to volunteers to plant on their own property. Thanks to the volunteers and various partners who helped coordinate this event!

Several months back, the residents of the Oak Borough neighborhood decided they wanted to plant more trees in the community green spaces around their clubhouse and ponds. They connected with the Tree Canopy Growth Fund and through that collaborative partnership, nearly 50 native trees were planted by neighborhood volunteers in community green spaces and private yards. At the May tree planting event, we were able to demonstrate the best way to plant a tree and the neighborhood

We conducted a third tree planting project with Southwest Allen County Schools.

We were thrilled to donate a handful of native trees to the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne campus as part of an educational planting...

This past weekend, we completed a second round of tree planting as part of the Shading Our Children Project in partnership with...

Thanks to our friends at The Local for covering our recent tree planting event at Covington Elementary School! We appreciate their help...

We tackled our pilot planting event for the new Shading Our Children Project in partnership with Southwest Allen County Schools!...

We are incredibly thankful for the year-long partnership with Reusser, a local digital agency. The great team at Reusser provided in-kind...

We celebrated Earth Day and Trails Day planting native trees with a wonderful group of volunteers from the Iota Chi Omega Chapter of...

The Tree Canopy Growth Fund was recently included in a story about local efforts to grow vibrant tree canopies. The story also included...

We were thrilled to partner with our friends at Headwaters Church (2000 N. Wells Street) for our first tree planting project. Ten new oak...

Tree Canopy Growth Fund co founders Derek Veit and Kody Tinnel spent part of their Arbor Day planting a tree alongside Fort Wayne Mayor...

Thanks for the great folks at Input Fort Wayne for including the Tree Canopy Growth Fund on their recent list of "8 ways Fort Wayne is...

Thanks to our friends at The Waynedale News for their recent story about the Tree Canopy Growth Fund, our recent launch, and what we are...

We are excited to officially launch the Tree Canopy Growth Fund, a new initiative to foster community health through urban tree planting...