Raven Team members from the National Civilian Community Corps (AmeriCorps) based in Maryland plant sugar maples and other trees to restore the understory in Carpenters Woods Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The effort is in conjunction with PhillyRising Collaborative and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. These college age youth college, from high school to college grads, spend ten months traveling to four different sites in the Northeastern U.S. working on projects as diverse as cleaning up back alleys in North Philadelphia's Swampoodle section to weatherizing old homes in Maine. Above: High school grad Sam, planting a tree. Watch video here.
