The Raanana Municipality will mark the Tu Bishvat holiday with the planting of thousands of trees across the city.  The tree-planting is part of the extensive municipal activity in the field of sustainability and environmental protection.  Trees absorb carbon dioxide, which is known to be an important means of reducing greenhouse gases.

Tuesday, 26.1.10, 15:00:  Joint tree planting ceremony for the city’s youth organizations and movements at the corner of Weizman and Yair Stern Streets in the Lev Hapark Neighborhood.  The ceremony will be attended by Mayor Nahum Hofree and Deputy Mayor Ronit Weintraub (Culture, Youth and Leisure Division).  As part of the ceremony, 30 different saplings will be planted in the open area near the Agam School.
  
Wednesday, 27.1.10, 17:00:  Tu Bishvat Event for the Special Needs Community at the Municipal Youth Center in Gan Hanesi’im.  The event will be organized by youth active in a volunteer project and it will include contests, arts and crafts and dancing, in the spirit of the holiday.
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Wednesday, 27.1.10, 17:00:  Tu Bishvat activity at Meir Hospital, with medical clown trainees.
 
Thursday, 28.1.10, 19:00:  Tu Bishvat Seder at the Municipal Youth Center, initiated by the ‘Entertainment Troup’ volunteer project.   The youth will play instruments and sing and participate in special tasks for the holiday.

Friday, 29.1.10:  Planting ceremonies will be held at all the city schools and preschools.  During the day, students at Ziv Elementary School, together with a group of people with special needs, will organize a tree planting ceremony in the Small Forest, where they will plant 70 saplings.
 
Monday-Thursday, 25-28.1.10:  Intergenerational planting for students and seniors.  The Rasco neighborhood golden age club will host students from Miftan School ,the senior citizens daycare center and the Hashachar and Migdal Golden Age Clubs will host students from Yeshivat Bnei Akiva and Yachdav School will host the Kiryat Sharet Golden Age Club.