> Dear Friend: You are CORDIALLY invited. We hope you can please network this > "tree-mendous" Earth Day event invitation to others. Thank you very much, > Jerry and Marissa Rubin > > > MEDIA RELEASE > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Contact: Jerry Rubin or Marissa Rubin > 310-399-1000 > [email protected] > > > EARTH DAY 'CHILDREN'S TREE OF LIFE' 30TH ANNIVERSARY PUBLIC REDEDICATION TO > BE HELD APRIL 22 IN SANTA MONICA. > PLANTED AT AN EARTH DAY 1983 PEACE CELEBRATION, OFFICIALLY DECLARED A 'LIVING > MONUMENT TO WORLD PEACE', DESTROYED THREE TIMES BUT ALWAYS REPLANTED, THE > TREE FLOURISHES TODAY IN SANTA MONICA PALISADES PARK. > > > Santa Monica, CA- The Children's Tree of Life, which was three times > destroyed and three times replanted since the young sapling was first > publicly planted at a 1983 Earth Day peace celebration in Santa Monica, and > which was officially declared a "living monument to world peace" by lateSanta > Monica Mayor Ken Edwards, will be publicly rededicated 30 years later on > Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2013 at a "Children's Tree of Life 30th > Anniversary Public Rededication" free event from 6:00PM until 7:00PM at the > tree, located in the Santa Monica Palisades Park at Ocean Avenue and Colorado > Avenue, just north of the Santa Monica Pier. > > Santa Monica peace and environmental activists Jerry and Marissa Rubin, with > the support of the City, and with the help of TreePeople and recently retired > City arborist John Aguila, planted the young New Zealand Christmas Tree, and > had a specially designed 'peace plaque' marker secured at the base of the > tree. > > The Rubin's say, "Nobody could have imagined when the young tree was first > planted at that special 1983 Earth Day peace celebration, that the tree would > meet such a vandalized and destructive fate. Over the first few years, the > Children's Tree of Life was literally snapped in half and destroyed by > vandalism, once in 1984 shortly after Mayor Edward's proclamation was issued, > and then again a few years later in the very same violent manner. We actually > felt relieved when, a few years later, we learned of the manner in which the > tree was destroyed yet again a third time, which was accidentally by a City > maintenance vehicle and not another senseless and violent vandalism." > > Each time the tree was destroyed, the City donated another young New Zealand > Christmas Tree for special replanting ceremonies. > > The Rubin's say a number of peace and environmental community events have > taken place over the years at the Children's Tree of Life, including their > own "Public Peace Rally Wedding" on June 12, 1983. > > The Rubin's have requested and received a City Proclamation from Santa Monica > Mayor Pam O'Conner declaring Earth Day, April 22, 2013 in the City of Santa > Monica as a special "Children's Tree of Life 30th Anniversary Public > Rededication Day". > > > > For further information: Call Jerry Rubin or Marissa Rubin at 310-399-1000. > Or email:[email protected] > > ##### > > > > >
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