 This
picture is worth a thousand . . . elms? Gillet Ave., in Waukegan, IL, as
it appeared in the Summer of 1962, and the same street, same spot, ten
years later, with its avenue of elms wiped out by Dutch elm disease.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
We don't have a magic wand to turn all the Gillet Avenues
in our country back into graceful green archways overnight, but we do have
a preventive treatment that works against Dutch Elm disease and
a disease-resistant AMERICAN LIBERTY ELM for replanting. It will take effort
and funding to put these tools to practical use. Your membership check
will help. Your active participation in the following programs will get
the job done.
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MEMBERSHIP
PROGRAMS -You, as an individual can join in the re-elming effort
with an individual or family membership. Click here to see the benefits.
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THE RE-ELMING
OF ROUTE 1- Bring back the glory of elms to America's first great
highway - from Maine to Florida!
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LIBERTY TREE
MEMORIAL -Your town can establish a Liberty Tree Memorial, a green
and growing replica of the famed Liberty Tree of the American Revolution.
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CONSCIENTIOUS
INJECTOR PROGRAM-A group of devoted people who take time from their
busy lives to insure the preservation of the elms on their own property,
an entire street or an entire city. Why not join them?
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JOHNNY ELMSEED
REGIONAL NURSERY PROGRAM - A community service project that will
restore elms to cities and town and at the same time provide funding for
organizations such as Boy Scouts and other non-profit volunteer groups.
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SPONSORSHIP
PROGRAMS- Your business, organization or civic group can sponsor
a program that will benefit and beautify communities in your area, restore
stately elms and raise funds for your organization. Click here to learn
about ERI's matching grant offer.
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If we all work together, the American elm will once
again take its rightful place on our landscape for future generations of
Americans to cherish. |
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