MEDIA ADVISORY: SNOOPY AND NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS BRING TREES AND GREEN COMMUNITY SPACE IN CALUMET HEIGHTS/SOUTH CHICAGO

CHICAGO, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -

WHAT

In anticipation of Earth Day and Arbor Day, local volunteers, along with one world-famous gardener—Snoopy!—will work together to plant fifteen 6- to 10-foot tall trees, providing vibrant green space a newly developed community garden where once was a vacant lot.

Available for Interviews On-Site and by Phone

• Shannon Jerram, Arbor Day Foundation
• Trinity Pierce, the Chicago Region Trees Initiative at The Morton Arboretum

For Photo Ops

• Snoopy costume character, working arm-in-paw with neighbors

Wednesday, April 13
1:00pm to 4:00pm

2888 E 94th St
Chicago, IL 60617

• In a Chicago neighborhood with little access to fresh food and a very low tree canopy—resulting in increased risk for low air quality, flooding, and high temperatures—local volunteers are creating a green community and vegetable garden on a previously vacant lot.
• Adding new trees can help remedy environmental issues while supporting local agriculture and resident health among vulnerable populations in the largely BIPOC community.
• The event is inspired by environmental themes found throughout Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strips.

• Snoopy shoveling as he helps arborists and tree lovers plant 10-foot trees.
• On-site activities: schlepping wheelbarrows, unloading tall trees, carrying buckets of water, and lots of digging!
• Clips from the new Peanuts special "It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown," debuting on Apple TV+ this Friday.
• Vintage clips from the 1976 classic "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown."
• Environmentally themed Peanuts comic strips.

Alison Hill for Peanuts Worldwide, 714.287.2015, [email protected]
Tyler Prich, The Morton Arboretum on behalf of CRTI, 937.286.0496, [email protected]

Please note the event is not open to the public.

SOURCE Peanuts Worldwide