Tree Care Days During COVID-19

The Board of Directors of the Benicia Tree Foundation has reviewed the guidance provided by the Solano County Public Health Department to determine how it can safely re-initiate Tree Care Days as the Shelter-at-Home order is relaxed for the COVID-19 public health emergency.  Using this guidance, we will begin recruiting volunteers for our 2^nd Saturday and 3^rd Thursday Tree Care Days beginning in June.  These Tree Care Days will be held outdoors at one of our project sites and will be conducted according to the following practices:

• All volunteers must wear a mask (we will have masks available if you don’t have one).  If everyone is wearing a cloth face covering, then everyone is safer.
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue or a sleeve instead of your hand.
• To avoid large crowds, no more than 10 volunteers will be allowed at a Tree Care Day (we ask volunteers to register at our website so we can track attendance).
• To support social distancing, all volunteers will be asked to work individually, unless they are from the same household.
• All shared tools will be disinfected before and after each Tree Care Day.
• Latex gloves will be available to use underneath work gloves.

If you’re experiencing the following symptoms, please don’t volunteer and seek the advice of your doctor: 

• Fever
• Cough 
• Shortness of breath
• Chills
• Repeated shaking with chills 
• Muscle pain
• Headaches
• Sore throat 
• New loss of taste or smell

If you have other ideas on how the Benicia Tree Foundation  can make your volunteer experience safer, please email your suggestions to info@beniciatrees.org