THANK YOU!! We are halfway there!

Nearly 3,000 trees have been removed from Milwaukee County Parks within the last ten years due to infection, infestation, and weather conditions. More than 80 were removed from Humboldt park alone.

In 2019, The Humboldt Park Friends, the neighborhood non-profit focused on park preservation, began the 100 For Humboldt fundraising campaign to build awareness and raise funds to fund the purchase and planting of 100 new trees in Humboldt Park.

We are thrilled to announce that we are halfway to our goal of planting 100 trees at Humboldt Park! 

We are so thankful to everyone who donated to the 100 For Humboldt tree planting program. During the Thanksgiving holiday, we will celebrate the program’s success by tying bows on the 50 new trees planted so far. 

Click here for more information about the trees, acknowledgment of all of the donors, program updates, and a map charting the first 50 trees that have been planted. 

We hope you all can walk through Humboldt park this Thanksgiving to celebrate the trees we will enjoy for many years. 

We want to thank the 154 individual donors, the people involved in the Bocce Tournament fundraiser, raffles, and Deanopalooza 2021 (in honor of Dean LaGrow.)  

Thanks also to Boy Scout Troop 108, Myron Thomsen, Jane LeCaptaine, and Laureen and David Stirmel, who watered the first group of trees during a month of drought, ensuring the trees’ survival.  

Working in cooperation with the Milwaukee County Forestry Department, we plan on getting the remaining 50 trees planted within the next two years! 

Thank you to all, and Happy Thanksgiving!

The Humboldt Park Friends Board