Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission needs volunteers for planting on Rodi Road

Volunteers have planted more than 300 trees along busy roadways, in quiet neighborhoods and in parks, and now they’re setting their sights on the busy, winding and cluttered Rodi Road, which leads into the heart of Penn Hills’ commercial district.

The volunteers of the Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission and TreeVitalize are partnering to bring the many benefits of trees to the project, which involves planting 13 trees from 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 12.

Volunteers will be placed in teams of three people each and each team will plant two trees.

They will be planting along the right-of-way in front of several Rodi Road properties. Parking is available in the Giant Eagle parking spaces next to Rodi Road and in the Long John Silver’s lot.

The commission will bring coffee and doughnuts for volunteers – and they’re looking for about two dozen of them.

Funding is provided by TreeVitalize Pittsburgh, which is a joint project of Allegheny County Parks, the City of Pittsburgh, Tree Pittsburgh, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.

To sign up for the project, all volunteers are asked to send their name, email address and the message that they will help with the Rodi Road project to Alicia Wehrle at awehrle@paconserve.org. She can also be reached at 412-586-2386.

For more information about the Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission, visit pennhillsstc.org.