Parents with kids below 3 years old, you might be interested in this! Recently NParks launched a FamilyTrees initiative to give Singaporean families the opportunity to plant a tree with their little one to commemorate the child's birth.
To qualify for tree planting under FamilyTrees:
- Either one or both parents must be a Singapore Citizen, and;
- Families should have a child under 3 years of age, at the point of event registration, i.e., upon the birth of the child, families will have a 3-year time frame to register for a tree planting opportunity under FamilyTrees.
For those who followed us, you would know this is not the first time we have planted a tree. (You can read about it here.) We more or less knew how it would be like - sweat, potential bug bites with lots of help from the workers so don't worry about not having enough strength to dig a hole.
The only difference was that the tree we previously planted was very far from home. We wanted a tree that could grow with the kids and had better visibility. With a stroke of good luck, we found a location pretty near our house and because it was under-subscribed, we managed to plant 2 trees - 1 for each kid.
The perk about being closer to home is that we can invite more family members along and bring our own props (elephant watering can is our own!) :P Just so you know, the website is quite cui and you must really monitor yourself. Don't ganchiong and grab the first slot you see because when it was first launched all the locations were extremely far for me.
I would have panic-snatch if we haven't went for the first tree planting. Transport cost and far visibility, it is not worth it. So have patience and wait, I am pretty sure this is not an one-off project.