I am going to start a tree planting not for profit fund to replant California, would you donate? yes or no?

Question

This would be a fund to hire people to plant trees, water them weekly to ensure growth for a year and provide a website to show locations and pics for each tree planted. A $10.00 donation gives access to your tree, a weekly update if possible(weather permitting) and a gps location of your tree.

Answer 1

Yes, I'd donate.

Answer 2

No!

I already plant trees in California. I've planted hundreds actually. I don't see any need to pay someone else to do the work I've been doing for free and for the joy of it.

By the way, unless you're planting these trees in a fairly confined area, there's no way you'll be able to come up with a valid cost justification for weekly updates, irrigation, etc. on the trees to potential donors. You'll also need access to cheap land, cheap drip irrigation supplies, and cheap seedlings. Also, you'll not be able to reliably ID each tree via GPS unless you're using Survey Grade equipment. Very few "non-profits" can absorb that cost. Garmin and Magelin aren't remotely accurate enough to deal with the planting densities you'll have to hit.

Lastly, this is pretty iffy as non-profits go. More of a paycheck generator for you by the looks of things (it's essentially identical to many others, mostly scams that have come and gone over the years). The only twist you have is the GPS and Web image...but similar stuff has been done before on other projects.

Answer 3

We donate to a lot of non-profit groups that do tree planting. If you are interested in helping trees get planted in California, check out our Yahoo Group "urbanforest".

Also look at www.californiareleaf.org to get a list of nonprofit groups that do tree planting. They can also help you start your own group!

Answer 4

I'd want to know something about your organization. How much of donations go to your programs and what percentage to administrative costs. What experience you have in the work you're trying to do, and how well you're coordinating efforts with other organizations or with the people you're trying to help. Basically all the stuff I want to know about any organization I'm giving money to.

Answer 5

No.

A web site for a picture of a growing tree?

No

To much like watching paint dry.

Answer 6

Nope. How about planting fire resistant ground cover that doesn't require the water that California is growing increasingly short of?

Answer 7

I would, definitely.