The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

Save the Planet, One Fruit Tree at a Time!
Time and again, we are asked in various ways to support charitable institutions. We want to give, because of our love for the planet and fellow human beings, but above all else because there is a sense among us that the time has come for all of us to put our money where our hearts are. Too often, we find band-aid, stop-gap measures that do not provide permanent solutions. Amazingly, a new charity has arrived just in time, where the simplest solution is the best of all—plant a fruit tree and help save the world.
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) operates on the principle that where there is a fruit tree, there is no hunger and the air, water and soil are clean. In order to expand our innovative programs, FTPF needs your help. Our goal is to raise $5000 this month to expand our groundbreaking programs that are described below. Please make a generous donation today by visiting www.ftpf.org .
Background
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) is an international nonprofit charity dedicated to planting fruitful trees to benefit communities, combat global warming, and improve the surrounding air, soil, and water. Our programs strategically donate orchards where the harvest will best serve individuals for generations to follow, at places such as homeless shelters, drug rehabs, public schools, low-income neighborhoods, international hunger relief sites, and animal sanctuaries. Our programs have been supported by major corporations such as Starbucks, Visa, and Lowe’s, and have been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Hindu, Food & Wine Magazine and on network television. FTPF’s unique mission benefits the environment, human health, and animal welfare—all at once!
Our Programs
“Fruit Relief” projects involve donating orchards and harvest to alleviate hunger in low-income areas, at homeless shelters, and during emergency conditions. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, FTPF made a large donation of fresh produce to a hunger relief organization serving displaced hurricane victims. FTPF also launched an innovative program to distribute tens of thousands of fruit trees, free of charge, to needy families and charitable institutions, such as schools and orphanages, in the Tana River Delta Region in Kenya. The trees will provide essential nutrition for struggling families for decades. FTPF has similar fruit tree distribution programs in Northern India, where we donated a 260-tree orchard to a hunger relief group which serves 1200 free meals every day! The director of the group wrote: “For us and for our children, FTPF’s orchard donation to supplement our hunger relief efforts will literally save lives.”
“Fruit Tree 101” donates fruit tree orchards at public schools of all levels, across the country, to provide generations of students and teachers with healthy nutrition options and environmental education opportunities. Some schools use the orchards as outdoor classrooms to teach concepts in botany and ecology. One school district official wrote that they expect the orchards “…to last for decades, giving our students the opportunity to receive environmental education that would not otherwise be available to them.” Another school recently presented FTPF with a “certificate of appreciation” for contributing to “life skills” development for students. The orchards also provide a source of organic produce for improved nutrition in school lunch programs. In 2008, FTPF is launching an expansion of the program and will plant orchards at dozens of schools across the nation.
“Roots of Recovery” involves planting fruit trees at facilities where the harvest will help patients and residents—places such as drug rehabs, hospitals, and health centers. FTPF recently made a 72-tree orchard donation to a world-renowned nonprofit healing center in Arizona that has helped patients recover from debilitating illnesses through diet and lifestyle choices. FTPF has also donated trees to drug recovery centers for women in Santa Rosa and San Diego, California, including banana, mulberry, loquat, grapefruit, jujube, and stone fruit trees.
“Reservation Preservation” provides fruit and nut tree orchards to low-income communities on Native American reservations. FTPF donated hundreds of trees and created two community orchards for the Havasupai tribe, located near the base of the Grand Canyon. The reservation has no roads leading in and is thus difficult to supply with a consistent source of fresh produce. The village is often referred to as the most remote in the country, requiring that the trees be airlifted down via helicopter. In conjunction with the tribal administration, FTPF established community fruit tree orchards open to all members of the tribe, and planted the remaining trees in residential backyards to provide a healthy source of improved nutrition for decades to follow.
“Orchards for Animals” helps animals on sanctuaries with shade, shelter, foraging opportunities, and healthy fruits to supplement their diets—allowing sanctuaries to use resources normally spent on purchasing fruit in other ways to improve their animals’ lives. FTPF planted an orchard at a farmed animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania and is planning to expand the program across the country.
Join us!
FTPF has planted thousands of fruit trees across the world and helped others do so as well. Orchard recipients are raving about how our programs are improving communities on multiple levels: environmental, humanitarian, and animal welfare. With your generous financial support, FTPF will be equipped to expand its programs and resulting benefits—brightening the outlook for countless individuals along the way. All contributions are fully tax-deductible. Please make a donation today by clicking here .