Come grow with ACT! Join our vital coalition of organizations dedicated to the same cause - restoring community forests for the benefit of all people. ACT is the only national organization solely focused on the needs of nonprofit and community organizations engaged in urban forest protection. Our work is improving the environment where 86% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from 450,000 volunteers.
Membership Benefits
ACT is a membership association. Our independent, community-based members are planting, preserving, and maintaining the tree canopies of all major metro markets and many towns in between.
Influence: ACT serves as a collective voice in urban forestry.
Education: ACT provides formal training seminars and workshops.
Networking: ACT is the perfect venue for giving advice, making new contacts, and sharing ideas.
Nonprofit marketing can be thought of as exchanges of one value for another. Instead of exchanging $2.00 for a meal deal, nonprofits exchange critical community programs for funding or referrals, knowledge and information for community support and recognition, or a feeling of good will for donations. Typically nonprofits waste valuable resources and opportunities in substituting promotion activities for marketing strategy. A good urban forestry marketing plan can leverage even a minimal marketing budget to effectively focus on county legislators, a specific neighborhood, or a specific zip code- not the general public. A target audience of soccer moms may want to know how trees help improve their property values, while business owners may want to know about economic impacts of trees.
College Park, MD (September 15, 2008)- Alliance for Community Trees joined 47 national conservation leaders in urging Congress to find a better solution in how the nation funds its fire fighting efforts. For years, federal agencies have funded catastrophic fire fighting by borrowing funds from programs and projects that are necessary for long-term forest stewardship.
Win a trip to Washington, D.C. for one of your volunteers!
College Park, MD (September 15, 2008)- The Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for Volunteer of the Year. This is an opportunity for ACT members to share inspirational accounts of volunteers in action and have them gain national recognition for their local contributions! This award is open to any individual (board member, community organizer, pro bono consultant, etc.) whose volunteer efforts have made a contribution to urban forestry by improving community trees and the neighborhoods which they are in.
