Following another successful workday in April where volunteers from the
Shades Valley Rotary Club, the Mountain Brook High School Interact Club, and Boy Scouts
Troop 21 planted trees, cleared invasive growth, and prepared new beds along the Shades
Creek Greenway, the Club announced its next public workday set for this Saturday, October
25, 2025 (8:30 – 11:00 a.m.).
Over the past five years, the Club and its youth partners have planted more than 120 trees
along the adopted section of the Greenway, contributing to Rotary International’s initiative to
plant 1 billion trees worldwide.
“What we did in April is the kind of service that teaches by doing,” said Bill Dean, Board
President of the Shades Valley Rotary Club. Now we want to double that impact in
October – more hands means more trees, more learning, and a longer-lasting legacy for
the community.”
The October 25 project will begin at 8:30 a.m. near the soccer field parking area off Columbiana
Road and South Lakeshore Drive. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Gloves, shovels, rakes,
weed-eaters, and willing hands are encouraged.
