Our mission is to promote and plant trees

to enrich Oklahoma communities.

This newsletter is sponsored by OG&E.

Board Members

Fenton Rood, President

Janice Segell, Vice President

Kurt Atkinson, Secretary

Matt Largent, Treasurer

Cynthia Brindley

Dana Childress

Jeff Ebbs

David Edwards

Kathryn Gant

Leigh Martin

Mari Medley

Robin Spaeth

Chris Ward

David Yost

The Tree Bank Foundation

3535 N. Classen Oklahoma City, OK 73118

405.702.4050 NLargent@TheTreeBank.org

Board Champions To help expand our reach and extend our resources, the Tree Bank’s Board of Directors adopted the “Board

Champion” approach, where individual members take the leadership for one of twelve interest areas. So far Board

members have volunteered for the following categories: Tornado Releaf – Robin Spaeth; STOP – Dave Edwards;

Grants – Leigh Martin; Newsletter – Kurt Atkin-

son; Media – Mari Medley; Education – Cynthia

Brindley; Fundraiser – Matt Largent; Campaign –

Kat Gant; Great Tree Giveaway—Jeff Ebbs. Catego-

ries without a Champion as of today are Oklahoma

Orchards, Special Projects and Board Development.

We welcome your involvement!

The Tree Bank Turns 30 in 2017!

The Tree Bank will celebrate its thirtieth year in April of 2017. In that time

we have conducted hundreds of planting and pruning classes, assisted 65

communities with their tree needs and planted 220,000+ trees. With your

help, we can continue our mission “to promote and plant trees to enrich

Oklahoma communities.” Donate today!

Educating youth in 1995 (above) and in

2016 (below). The Tree Bank has

distributed trees to 65 communities (left).

The Tree Bank

planted trees in

Campbell Park in

1987 (above). Same

site in 2015(right).

The Tree Bank

planted trees at

Sacred Heart

Church in 1989

(left). Same site in

2015(below).

Platinum Sponsors Ann Alspaugh

Arbor Day Foundation

Colton & Associates

Hudiburg Auto Group

Jean I. Everest Foundation

Medley Equipment Company

Meinders Foundation

Larry Nichols

UPS Foundation/Keep Oklahoma

Beautiful

W&W Steel

Gold Sponsors Cynthia and Jerry Brindley

Davey Tree

Dell

Fred Jones Family Foundation

Tanya Keck-Smith

Nancy & George Records

RMS Consulting

Bob & Lynne Rowley

Lee & Janice Segell

C.M. Zeeck

The Tree to Table Benefit took place on Tuesday, October 25 at the OKC Farmer’s

Market in Oklahoma City. Eleven dishes that highlighted ingredients from trees, like

chestnuts, apples or chocolate, were created for our guests and judges. Dave Cathey, Marc Dunham and Kurt Fleischfresser

selected the Best Sweet and Best Savory Dish, and Tree to Table Champion. Mark and Mari Medley of Medley Equipment

Company sponsored cash prizes and trophies for the chefs.

Competitors included Barbara Mock of Kam’s Kookery, Kevin Lee of Vast, Josh Partain of Rococo, Jonathan Groth of Slaugh-

ter’s Hall, Dustin Dunaway of C2 Catering, Ryan Parrott of Picasso Café and Teresa Walters of Running Wild Catering.

The Best Savory Dish was awarded to Kevin Lee of Vast for a roasted chestnut-filled tamale with avocado sauce. Kevin Lee

also won Best Sweet Dish for a coconut pistachio pudding. The Fan Favorite dish was a citrus civeche served by C2 Catering.

The Tree to Table Champion is Kevin Lee of Vast.

The event raised enough money for 75 trees, which will provide more 2,000 pounds of

food annually to organizations that feed the hungry. Trees will also be planted as part of

the Tornado Re-Leaf effort.

Memorial Trees Kevin Barnett

Anita Basinger

John Beasley

Regina Bennett

Eunice Bisbee

Sydney Boyd

William Brazle

Edwin Butler

Jeanette Cecil

Alys Donovan

John Eddleman

John Ellis

Lorean Graham

Iris Harrell

Bob Harrison

James Hill

Mildred Janz

Charles Johnson

Dan Johnson

Rubel Jones

Kathleen Kincaid

Carol Jo Kitchen

Carrie Lane

Eileen Marshall

Jacque Miller

Sue Nix

Marlin Pepper

Grace Ryan

Kathleen Saks

Dale Sanders

Billie Jo Schoonover

Charles Seeney

Jack Smith

June Smith

Curtis Tidwell

Margene Walker

Joyce Ware

For a suggested donation of $35 you can have a tree planted in honor of a loved

one. To arrange for a tree planting, contact Nicki Largent at 405.702.4050. You

can also go online at www.TheTreeBank.org and click “Give Now”, then select

the option for making your donation in memory or honor of someone. We are

glad to send an acknowledgment of your gift to the recipient.

Plant a tree in honor of a loved one

The 2016 Tree to Table Benefit a Success

Support our 2017 Fundraising Campaign

2016 Tree Grants

The results from this year’s application period for the Tree Bank’s 2016 tree grant programs indicate that the interest in tree planting hasn’t diminished despite recent droughts and persistent economic challenges. By the August 31 deadline, 41 communities, agencies and organizations had re-quested 4,908 trees for planting in parks, around playgrounds, in orchards and in neighborhoods across the state. In September, the Board of Directors allocated 60 trees to establish a fruit tree orchard in Tulsa; 150 trees to five communities for Ice Storm and Fire Releaf; eight trees to two communities under the Shade Trees on Playgrounds (STOP) project; and 750 trees to six-teen communities in our Great Trees Giveaway. The Tree Bank continues to seek major sponsorships for these programs to replace the incredibly effec-tive and popular program funded by the Apache Petroleum Foundation that allowed the Tree Bank to distribute as many as 10,000 free trees annually. To help us fulfill our primary mission of planting trees in cooperation with our partners in Oklahoma, the Tree Bank needs your help—join us today!

To help us fulfill our primary mission of planting trees in cooperation with our partners in

Oklahoma, the Tree Bank needs your help and the support of Tree Giveaway sponsors willing

to rely on our established track record of success to meet their own tree-planting goals.

Consider donating to us today!

Platinum Sponsor ($1,500 and Greater):

Tree Bank membership, newsletter subscrip-

tion, website listing as Platinum donor,

acknowledgement & 4 reserved seats at the

Tree to Table Benefit, listing in newsletter,

two social media ads

Silver Sponsor ($250 to $749): Tree Bank

membership, newsletter subscription, web-

site listing as Silver donor, acknowledgement

at Tree to Table Benefit

Gold Sponsor ($750 to $1,499): Tree

Bank membership, newsletter subscrip-

tion, website listing as Gold donor,

acknowledgement & 2 reserved seats at

the Tree to Table Benefit, listing in

newsletter

Bronze Sponsor ($249 & Below): Tree

Bank membership, newsletter

subscription, website listing as Bronze

donor