Shelly Kruszewski and her brother Richard Hodges, both of ReTreeUS, mark the site for an orchard of 40 fruit trees Wednesday at the YMCA Outdoor Learning and Education Center on Stetson Road in Auburn. Watching are center Director Wil Libby, left, and YMCA employee Bryan Younk. The plantings will be under the guidance of ReTreeUS, which has planted over 70 school and community orchards throughout the state. TD Bank volunteers will help plant the trees and fruit and nut shrubs later this month. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Richard Hodges, founder and director of ReTreeUS, unloads fruit trees Wednesday under the guidance of Wil Libby, director of the YMCA Outdoor Learning and Education Center on Stetson Road in Auburn. With the help of TD Bank volunteers, over 40 trees and 120 fruit and nut shrubs will be planted later this month. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Shelly Kruszewski  and Wil Libby inventory apple and Asian and European pear trees delivered Wednesday at the YMCA Outdoor Learning and Education Center on Stetson Road in Auburn. The trees are being stored in the GaGa pit, an enclosure where the ball game is played. Eventually the trees will be planted in a new orchard under the guidance of ReTreeUS, an organization that has planted over 70 school and community orchards throughout the state. Libby is director of the center and Kruszewski is with ReTreeUs. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal


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