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Timeline
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast and
the levees give way in New Orleans.
September 2005
New Orleans loses over 100,000 trees in
Katrina's aftermath.
April 2006
Monique Pilié hikes the Appalachian Trail
in order to raise money to plant a tree for each mile
she hikes.
October 2006
Monique completes the 2175-mile hike.
Late 2006
Hike for KaTREEna begins planting trees in
New Orleans.
October 30, 2008
We plant the 2175th tree.
October 30, 2008
Hike for KaTREEna announces its new goal -
to plant 100,000 trees in the Greater New Orleans area
Over 100,000 trees lost...
New Orleans suffered many losses in Katrina and its aftermath.
One of the major casualties was the city's trees. Over 100,000
were lost, including most of the beautiful magnolias and many
live oaks.
In 2006, lifelong New Orleans resident Monique Pilié hiked the
2175 miles of the Appalachian Trail, starting in Georgia and ending in Maine.
Her goal was to raise awareness of the storm's impact on the city's treescape
and to raise enough money to plant one tree in New Orleans for every mile she
hiked. To that end she started a non-profit organization called "Hike for
KaTREEna".
On October 7 2006, after six months hiking, she
finished the Appalachian Trail, arriving at Mt Katahdin in
Maine. During the hike she raised thousands of dollars.
Monique, together with hundreds of Hike for KaTREEna volunteers
and local and national groups has continued that fundraising effort and planted
thousands of trees. But to reach our new goal of 100,000 trees, we'll need a lot
of support. Will you be one of our sponsors?
View our video: Hike for KaTREEna - A Potted History
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about Hike for KaTREEna.
Thanks to Bonnie Raitt, Capitol Records, Randall Bramblett, Davis Causey,
Blue Ceiling Music and Last House Music for permission to use "God Was in the Water" as the soundtrack.
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Hike for KaTREEna is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
All donations and sponsorships are tax deductible.
