Youngkins and Kindergarteners Plant Trees for Earth Day

Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady of Virginia Suzanne Youngkin planted two Eastern Redbud trees with the help of Patrick Copeland Elementary School kindergarteners in a Friday Earth Day celebration. Glenn Youngkin told the students the trees would help filter water, impacting the James River.

“One of the things about Earth Day that’s so exciting is it reminds everybody how important the earth is, and that it’s our job to take good care of it. And so, in taking good care of it, we’re going to plant a tree, and this tree will actually make it more beautiful, but this tree also does something really interesting. This tree, because it has roots, actually filters water as it runs through the ground,” Glenn Youngkin said. Students were excited (and scared) by a frog and a centipede near the hole for one of the trees. The students shared facts about bluebirds with the governor, including that they can swim… (Excerpt from the Virginia Star)