During its annual plantings, 10,000 Trees places special emphasis on youth. Nearly 400 high school students turned out for the 2018 planting event, as did dozens of kids and teens from the Scouts and Girl Guides organizations.

As 10,000 Trees prepares to celebrate its 30^th birthday in 2019, organizers are still on the hunt for five to seven acres of land every year to host their massive annual one-day public tree-planting event.

Currently, "a five-year overall survival rate (for trees) typically exceeds 75 percent—and where there are failures, we’ve been able to go back and replant," remarks Robert Roszell, chairman of Markham, Ontario-based 10,000 Trees for the Rouge.