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Every day alumni around the world contribute to the communities they work and live in.<br clear="all"></p> <p><strong>April 30:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://www.toronto.ca/parks/engagement/tat">Trees Across Toronto</a><br/> Spend a morning planting trees, helping to double Toronto’s tree canopy. Join <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://alumni.utoronto.ca/alumni-groups/utaa/">UTAA</a> President, Carl Mitchell, at Milliken Park as he and fellow board members pitch in at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://www.toronto.ca/parks/engagement/tat">Trees Across Toronto</a>.</p> <div class="factbox"><strong>We are pleased to announce that alumni t-shirts are now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://www.uoftbookstore.com/online/merchant.ihtml?pid=2228318&step=4">on sale</a></strong>.<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://www.uoftbookstore.com/online/merchant.ihtml?pid=2228318&step=4"><img style="float:left;margin:21px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811im_/http://alumni.utoronto.ca/assets/2011/04/alumni_tshirt.jpg" alt="Alumni T-shirts now available at the U of T Bookstore" title="Alumni T-shirts now available at the U of T Bookstore" width="180" height="120" class="alignleft"/></a><strong></strong><br/>You can purchase them <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://www.uoftbookstore.com/online/merchant.ihtml?pid=2228318&step=4">online</a> or in person at the UofT Bookstore at 214 College Street.</div> <p><strong>When:</strong> Saturday, April 30, 10-noon<br/> <strong>Where:</strong> 3 sites across Toronto</p> <ul> <li>Milliken Park (McCowan and Steeles)</li> <li>McCowan District Park (McCowan, south of Eglinton) </li> <li>Col. Samuel Smith Park (Lakeshore and Kipling)</li> </ul> <p><strong>April 23:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614081811/http://www.nourishingnyc.org/">The Nourishing Kitchen</a><br/> Join fellow alumni and our hosts for a volunteer day helping community members plant small mobile gardens, helping distribute free local produce and working with low-income children learn about leading a healthy lifestyle. 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