The first planting of the Friends of Trees 2006-07 planting season is at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge on Sat., Oct., 14, and the first neighborhood planting in Portland is in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood on Nov. 11. Both are part of the Fun Run for Restoration course. To view a map of the run and walk, visit www.friendsoftrees.org.

For more information about the Fun Run for Restoration, visit www.friendsoftrees.org, or call 503-282-8846 ext. 13. For more information about Friends of Trees, call 503-282-8846 ext. 17.

Friends of Trees will host its first Fun Run for Restoration, a 5-mile run and 3.5-mile walk, on Sunday, Oct. 8th, beginning at Oaks Amusement Park, 7100 Oaks Park Way. Registration is at 8:30am., the run starts at 9am. The Fun Run for Restoration is sponsored by the Nike Factory Store.

Friends of Trees has provided a user-friendly online registration form at www.friendsoftrees.org. The cost for those who sign up up by Oct. 2 is $25 for each adult, $18 for youth ages seven to 14, $50 per family, and free for kids under seven. Registration fees go up $5 after Oct. 2. The first 500 to register will receive free Fun Run T-shirts. All participants will receive a Nike gymsack.

Fun Run partuicipants are encouraged to bring their old athletic shoes for the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program. Nike will contribute $2 per pair to Friends of Trees. Nike uses old athletic shoes to create surfaces for basketball and tennis courts, athletic fields and running tracks.

Funds raised from the Fun Run will support the Friends of Trees Neighborhood Trees and Natural Area Restoration planting program. Last year Friends of Trees planted and cared for 16,000 trees and shrubs in the Portland-Vancouver metro area. Plantings have been scheduled for the 2006-07 planting season in more than 40 neighborhoods and at 17 natural area sites.

The first planting of the Friends of Trees 2006-07 planting season is at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge on Sat., Oct., 14, and the first neighborhood planting in Portland is in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood on Nov. 11. Both are part of the Fun Run for Restoration course. To view a map of the run and walk, visit www.friendsoftrees.org.