Have you seen a small blue box in various Jewish homes and businesses and wondered what is it? The box, from the Jewish National Fund, is a Tzedakah box, or a donation jar or box where children (and adults) donate spare change. And in this case, the money eventually is sent to Israel to plant trees.
The Jewish holiday, Tu Bishvat, the New Year for Trees (similar to Earth Day), takes place in January but Arbor Day seems like the perfect opportunity to start taking care of trees here in Houston. Houston is lucky enough to have an organization dedicated entirely to planting, protecting and promoting trees. Trees for Houston has planted over 430,000 trees in the past 30 years. This Arbor Day, why not make donating to the tree fund part of your family’s Arbor and/or Earth Day tradition?
We found a couple of great ideas for making your own tree fund piggy bank:
The template for this quick and easy-to-create bank can be found here.
You can decorate an old coffee can for a cute donation bank, as well!
It doesn’t matter what you and your children put the money into, the important thing is that it goes to a good cause! If you made a tree fund bank share it with us on Twitter or Facebook! We may have a sweet reward for the best ones!
If you would like to donate to Trees for Houston, click here and thank you!