Hardwood Forest Foundation

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Hardwood Forest Foundation

• Understanding the Forests and the Trees

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Vision and Mission

• Vision
• Give the public a new pair of eyes to see and
  understand the forest and the trees.
• Mission
• Provide science-based truthful messages about
  the benefits of multiple-use forestry to
  educators.

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Infrastructure

• Executive Committee
• Education Committee
• Scholarship Committee
• Communications/Membership Committee
• Finance Committee

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Executive Committee

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary/Treasurer
• Committee is composed of
• three elected officers from the
• Board of Directors

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Education Committee

• Explores, expands and develops all educational
  programs produced by and associated with the
  Foundation
• Truth About Trees
• Spotlight On

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Truth About Trees

• Created in 2006, Truth About Trees is an
  educational kit that is distributed free of
  charge throughout the United States, Canada and
  Mexico
• One kit, plus one day, plus one classroom
  equals 20 children

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Truth About Trees

• Children love the program because it teaches them
  the importance of trees and allows them to relate
  the lesson to things they learn at home
• My Papa taught me that trees give us
  oxygen
• Ana Grace Ashe, First Grader

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Truth About Trees

• Forest products industry members appreciate the
  program because it is designed to eliminate the
  misconception that harvesting trees is bad for
  the environment
• Many of my students dont really understand
  North American forests are better off than they
  were decades ago and that the number of
• trees planted in North America
• actually exceeds the number
• harvested.
• Christina Carota, Fifth Grade Teacher

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Spotlight On

• Five minute PBS television documentary
  highlighting the forest products industry
• Funded by the Foundation and its donors
• To be televised at least 500 times
• Potential viewership of at least three million
  people
• Will be complete Fall 2007
• Airdates to be released shortly before completion

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Scholarship Committee

• Oversees the scholarship process and allocates
  funding for grant distribution
• Future Educator Scholarships
• Project Learning Tree
• Grant Funding

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Educator Scholarships

• The Foundation is committed to distributing
  college scholarships to aspiring teachers and at
  the same time providing these teachers with
  knowledge and teaching tools concerning the
  forest products industry
• Recipient must meet the following criteria
• 2.5 Cumulative GPA
• Enrolled in a senior level college education
  program
• Scholarship applications are taken on a
  continuous basis and are available at
  www.hardwoodforest.org

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Project Learning Tree

• To date, the Foundation has awarded approximately
  80,000 in grant funding to state Project
  Learning Tree programs
• Project Learning Tree is the environmental
  education program of the American Forest
  Foundation
• Programs are delivered at state level

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Communications/ Membership Committee

• Oversees all public relations issues and develops
  and nurtures membership program
• Communications Tools
• Revised Membership
• Program

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Communication Tools

• Focus on the Forest, Foundation Newsletter
• Designed to serve as a mouthpiece for the
  Foundation
• www.hardwoodforest.org
• Serves as an instant, at-your-fingertips form of
  communication that provides educational
  information. In addition, it houses all
  Foundation documents
• Other industry publications
• Word of Mouth

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Revised Membership Program

• The Foundation recently revised its membership
  program to allow for corporations and
  organizations to join, in addition to individual
  members
• Alumni
• Chancellor
• Professor
• Deans List
• Student Participant

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Finance Committee

• Oversees all financial aspects of the Foundation,
  including grant writing, grant distribution,
  fundraising events and scholarship programs
• Maintains a working budget that keeps the
  Foundation in compliance with all 501(c)(3)
  regulations

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What Can YOU Do?

• The success of the Foundation relies on its
  support from the forest products industry
• Become a member
• Sponsor fundraising events
• Give a Truth About Trees presentation
• Be informed about what the Foundation is doing by
  subscribing to its e-newsletter, Focus on the
  Forest
• Continue spreading the message to your peers
  about the efforts of the Foundation

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Hardwood Forest Foundation

• 6830 Raleigh LaGrange Road
• Memphis, TN 38134
• 901.507.0312
• www.hardwoodforest.org