Committee looking to preserve Batavia Arboretum seeks donations

BATAVIA – An anonymous donor has offered to match funds raised for the Batavia Arboretum project by the Batavia Women’s Club Value Our Trees Committee. The anonymous donor is a person who lost a sibling that was a freshman at Batavia High School, and two trees had been donated to the arboretum at the time.

“We’ve waited over 50 years to see her name on a plaque, and it’s our intent to make certain that [the committee] has the funds to accomplish this,” the family said in a news release from the Value Our Trees Committee.

The family is offering a dollar-for-dollar match up to $1,250 toward a plaque that will memorialize those for whom trees were planted in the arboretum. Donors will be recognized at the dedication of the plaque and also in a news release before to the ceremony. Contributions need to be clearly marked “Arboretum Plaque Fund” and can be mailed to the Batavia Women’s Club, P.O. Box 967, Batavia IL, 60510.

For information, call Rosemary Henders at 630-406-9269 or email rosemary.henders@comcast.net.