Carvings Locations:
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - Documentary film about October '06 storm, featuring "the Cause" premiered at Red Carpet Fundraising Event. Plus, special dedication of Tim Russert carving. Read more »

Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Buffalo News, "Smaller items being made from trees downed in storm. Bowls, cutting boards, vases will soon be for sale" Read article »

Monday, October 8th, 2007 - Tree trunk carvings of Jim Kelly and Chris Berman unveiled. Read more ››

September 9, 2007 - Buffalo News, "Miss Nardin takes a bow/ Sesquicentennial gala", Charles Lewis/News Photographer

September, 2007 - project featured on Brian Kahle Show

August-September, 2007 - Buffalo Irish Times article, "Carving Comes to the Buffalo Irish Center", Chauncey Olcott unveiling slated for Saturday, September 15th.

August 30, 2007 - The Sun News (Hamburg, NY), "Carving a Legacy from the Loss:, Trees felled in the October storm given a second life as monuments to Buffalo", by Matthew Chandler

August 21, 2007 - WBFO airs report, "Wooden Statues Carved from October Storm Tree Trunks," by reporter, Eileen Buckley. Click here to listen.

August 21, 2007 - Buffalo News article, "Festival to take wing with carving of local culinary idol" - by Tom Buckham

August 13, 2007 - Radio appearance,
"On Target with Penny Wolfgang"

July, 2007 - Buffalo Rising online features article on Carving for a Cause

May 29, 2007 - Kevin O'Neill of WGRZ Ch. 2 Day Break Celebrates Western New York with Carving for a Cause.

May 25, 2007 - Donn Esmonde, columnist for The Buffalo News, highlights Carvings in article - "Resurrection, Buffalo-style, but at price."

May 21, 2007 - Buffalo News Picture Page features photo of Harold Arlen statue being carved.

May 20, 2007 - Associated Press article "Trees lost in storm finding new life" runs on USAToday.com and Newsday.com (archive is accessible by registering for a paid membership to Newsday.com)

Keep watch for a blog to be appearing soon!!

Thank you for visiting the Carvings for a Cause website! Our initiative is still in its early stages but there is so much yet to come. The next few months promise to be buzzing with activity!

We invite you to visit often to check on our progress. We will be sure to keep you up to date

Thank You!

 

How Carvings for a Cause Came to Be

Carvings for a Cause was born out of need, the need to support Re-Tree WNY in its effort to reforest the public spaces damaged in the recent October storm.

I was in Albany on October 15th at a friend’s home, and he had some incredible art made from wood and an idea came to me! Let’s get as many stumps of wood from our disastrous storm and make them into sculptures. This is not only a great way to use the wood, raise funds, but also a wonderful way for people view something that they will be able to cherish forever from our dilapidated trees, and also a way to donate back to our community rebuilding tree planting efforts.

The pieces that I saw in Albany were made by Rick Pratt of Corfu, NY. You can see most of his work on his website www.Chainsawartist.com He does wonderful work on all sorts of different wood. He does wood art in all different forms from sea life to forest life to angels and hockey players. Rick has been extremely helpful in my quest to obtain the trunks and has gone to the Elma dumpsite a few times to mark the ideal tree trunks for carvings.

Want to get involved? Please contact: Therese Forton-Barnes,
716-886-3711, for more information.

When not devoting time to Carvings for a Cause Therese operates Events to a Tee, her own event planning business, and authors children’s books about her beloved dogs, Zaki and Venus Adventure Books.
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About Our Trees

There over 20 different species of trees selected to be carved including:

Chinese Elm, Red Oak, Norway Maple, Silver Maple, Lanthis "Tree of Heaven", Bald Cypress, Callery Pear, Box Elder, Black Willow, Green Ash, Hawthorn, Black Locust, Scotts Pine, Sugar Maple, European Beech, Hackberry, Red Maple, hophornbeam, American Linden, Austrian Pine, Cornus Mas, Russian Olive, Coffeetree, Ginko, Cherry Spp., Willow Spp.,
Poplar Spp.and Elm Spp.

These trees have come from different public parks in our community, including Cazenovia, Delaware, Martin Luther King, Jr., Riverside, and South Park.

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