Charitable Giving in 2018
As we approach the end of the year, we know many of our readers are considering giving to Tree Trust and other worthy causes and non-profits. At the same time, all signs would indicate the 2018 tax code will be significantly different , which is likely to affect charitable giving in 2018 and beyond. 

We'd like to encourage our readers to learn more about , as well as share a tool to help you calculate how the tax bill might affect your household. Finally, we'd like to encourage you to do your 2017 giving before the end of the year! You can donate to Tree Trust online, or mail a check to Tree Trust at: 
2231 Edgewood Ave S
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
A Letter from Our Director
As I sit here mere days after announcing the news of my retirement from 40 years of serving Tree Trust, I contemplate the word CHANGE and the various meanings it has in my life.
 
As a young college student studying education, I took my first job with Tree Trust as a summer youth counselor determined to change the world and make youth and the environment "better" in whatever ways I could. What I didn't realize at the time, was how much that first job would help to change me, and affect the person I have become in the last four decades.
 
After that first summer at Tree Trust, I never worked for another organization. Please read that again - I have never worked anywhere except Tree Trust for my entire adult life (and I was born in the 50s!) This might lead one to think I have seen very little change over the years, but that is simply not true.
 
Of course I experienced many of the same life changes that others do... marriage, children, divorce, single parenting, care for a parent/loss of a parent. And as a baby-boomer in America, I have seen plenty of change in our country and our culture over that time as well. But the place I experienced the most change is at the employer that I never left. Read more...
When you donate to Tree Trust, you positively impact environmental health and the lives of thousands of people in your own community. It is through the essential support of our donors and volunteers that Tree Trust has been able to transform lives and landscapes for more than 40 years.