Tully Rotary Ecological and Environmental Sustainability

T.R.E.E.S. Initiative

Program Overview

Summary

The TREES Initiative will be a major effort focused on improving the environment in the Southern Hills and around the world.

It will create a central theme for a range of additional future projects, and it will help Tully Rotary connect with the community.

Our main fundraiser is our golf tournament on May 18th 2024.

Club of Tully, NY

2024 GOLF TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

Vesper Hills Golf Club, Octagon Road, Tully NY

$400.00 Per Foursome Shotgun Start 10 am Captains Mee4ng 9:30 am

Captain ___________________ Address _____________________ Phone______________ Email _____________________ Company/Organiza;on_____________________________ Player_____________________ Player ______________________ Player _______________

✓ $100.00 per hole for sponsor with sign
✓ $200.00 Sponsor will receive one complimentary play towards your foursome.

o Balance for the foursome will be $ 300.OO
✓ $350.00 Sponsor will receive two complimentary plays towards your foursome.

o Balance for the team is $200.00
✓ $600.00 Sponsor will receive a complimentary foursome.

ALL SPONSORSHIPS WILL RECEIVE ADVERTISING OF YOUR BUSINESS OR PRODUCT SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND EMAILINGS.

Check Number________ (Payable to: Tully Rotary) In the amount of $_________

Use PayPal: PayPal.me/tullyrotaryclub

Mail Completed Forms to: Tully Rotary Golf P.O. Box 91

Tully, NY 13159

Proceeds from the golf tournament will help fund the
Tully Rotary Ecological and Environmental Sustainability (T.R.E.E.S.) project. Donations and raffle prizes are appreciated.

✓ No individual payments accepted. All teams must be paid prior to the Tournament
✓ FORMS TO BE RETURNED WITH FULL PAYMENT BY May 6th

These projects include:

-Operation Pollination

It is simple to do, and costs nothing. Basically all we need to do is come up with a pollinator resolution, which is just our pledge to protect and encourage pollinators in our area. A project like this can provide interesting and engaging PR for our project, as well as working towards our goal. https://operationpollination.net.

-Adopt-A-Highway. We have adopted a section of Route 11 in Tully. We meet periodically at the United Community Church to care for our section. Check our calendar for dates and times.

-Earth Day Clean up will be on April 20th this year.

-Global Grant Project-

Bamboo farm project: Living Hope High School cuts 2-3 trees a day, 7 days a week. During the past 7 years that we have been here, the trees have gotten smaller, farther away, and more expensive. The expense for firewood is almost as much as food! It is their second biggest expense. We have been in search of a solution and Bamboo seems to be a possible solution. The community is in the same predicament. The rate of deforestation is very alarming. Soon there will be no trees and other sources of fuel will be far beyond the budget of the local people.

-In the future, a project to create and maintain hiking trails, especially around Friendship Falls on Woodmancy Road, may be an option. The DEC will likely require several years to acquire the land from Honeywell and so this is not an immediate project.

Progress

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Our Pledge

We pledge to plant 1,000 trees over the next 5 years (2021 start) in the Tully area. Each tree will represent a thing of beauty as well as a way to improve the environment by improving air quality, drinking water and more. Update! We are well past our original goal but will continue in this important venture.