Cessnock Multi-Purpose Children’s Centre and Cessnock Toyota came together last week to show their support for Australia’s largest annual community tree planting initiative, National Tree Day.
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Approximately 70 children were involved in planting activities at the centre last Tuesday in preparation for Schools Tree Day, which has the goal of inspiring Australia’s next generation to become more involved with nature and help preserve the environment.
The centre has made a number of eco-friendly moves to educate children and improve sustainability in recent times.
They have invested in chickens for their schoolyard and last week extended their sustainable garden with plants including mandarin and passionfruit trees.
Cessnock Toyota has supported the Planet Ark initiative for 15 years in 2014 and this is the third year that they have partnered with a local community school for the event.
Staff assisted in planting vegetables in the centre’s sustainable garden, which contributes to the ingredients for the children’s meal breaks.
Centre director Nicole Morris said that work on the garden would stretch across the rest of the week to ensure that all of the centre’s children would have a chance to participate.
“Toyota has been a great help in organising donations for the school,” she said.
More than 200,000 people participate in National Tree Day at approximately 3000 planting sites every year.
