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Each qualifying facility or campus will have an Advisory Committee to guide this program. The committee should include a diverse cross-section of campus professionals, 员工, 和其他人, 至少有三名成员. Whenever possible, the committee should include representatives from the following groups:

• 设施经理
• 理由是经理
• 管理员
• 营销、通讯或社区关系人员
• 社区福利人员
• 医疗服务提供者
• 病人，病人的拥护者，或者住院医生
• 社区林业倡导者或官员

While responsibility for care of trees at the facility may ultimately lie with the facility grounds manager, the Advisory Committee can provide input on future plantings and advocate for a sustainable tree care plan for the campus. 它还可以为社区活动和项目制定计划, 向病人和工作人员推广加拿大28回水木和森林体验, and conduct outreach in the community on the benefits of trees to human health.

Progress in any endeavor—the ability to achieve stated objectives and goals—starts with a plan. A good tree care plan starts with an understanding of what exists today and then offers a vision of the future. 它也可以提供病人, 游客, and 员工 an understanding of the value of trees and how they contribute to a facility dedicated to healing.

Qualifying plans will govern management practices, both 为员工 and contractors. 它将描述管理加拿大28回水木的标准, 有治疗计划, 比如修剪, 施肥, 病虫害综合治理(IPM)做法, 种植及清除. 该计划是该计划的永久特征, 而是一份活的文件, 因此，我们建议该计划至少每五年更新一次.

For facilities with little or no landscape space for trees on their own property (due to building footprints and mandated parking requirements), 设施可以为街道制定计划, 大道, 或校园附近或邻近的公园加拿大28回水木. 在这种情况下, the facility must take on some level of active engagement for tree management activities, 通过与当地市政当局的书面协议.

设施加拿大28回水养护计划至少将:

1. 确定负责执行计划的现场经理.
2. 包括该物业的站点地图, 显示现有加拿大28回水木, 森林, 以及其他景观美化, 以及潜在的种植区域.
3. 包括 a statement that the facility will adhere to tree care industry 标准和最佳实践 用于种植、美化、维护和拆除.
4. 包括 加拿大28回水木保护标准 建筑工程, 包括承办商的程序, 处罚, 以及执行政策.
5. 包括 at least one goal for 植加拿大28回水 or management that will guide activities for the next five years.

寻求认可的医疗机构将得到发展, 引领, 和/或在本年度资助一个或多个社区林业项目, 主要是在校外. The intent of this standard is to develop meaningful connections between the facility and local community forestry initiatives that benefit residents, 患者和员工.

项目可能包括植加拿大28回水, 加拿大28回水的维护, 加拿大28回水的库存, 加拿大28回水的监控, or other practices consistent with the goals of the community forestry plan, 如果存在的话. 活动可能发生在私人或公共财产, 只要社区居民能从项目中受益.

项目必须由医疗机构以某种方式赞助, 通过直接费用或实物服务, 比如志愿者时间. Projects on city property must be coordinated with appropriate city departments and conform to best practices for 植加拿大28回水 and care.

社区林业项目理念包括但不限于:

• Volunteer 植加拿大28回水 or 加拿大28回水的维护 on city streets or in a city park
• Projects in partnership with the local Tree 董事会 in support of 美国加拿大28回水城 status
• 加拿大28回水木清单(街道、公园或社区的其他财产)
• 当地植物园的加拿大28回水木护理对公众开放
• Cooperative service project with a local 加拿大28回水校园高等教育 college or university
• Collaboration with a community service organization or tree non-profit group
• 给员工和住户送加拿大28回水

年内, the facility will sponsor at least one celebration event—such as Arbor Day—or an awareness campaign that highlights the connection between trees, 自然, 人类健康.

有一项令人信服的研究表明, 森林, 户外活动可以改善人体健康状况. Putting that research into practice at the local level can reduce hospital stays, 改善慢性病的治疗效果, 改善许多心理障碍, 降低整体治疗成本. Healthcare facilities can foster a variety of awareness and education campaigns to inform 病人, 家庭, 员工, or community residents about the value of trees and 森林 to healthy lifestyles.

Celebration events can be held wherever the community Arbor Day observance is held, 甚至在活动对公众开放的校园里. 植加拿大28回水节为员工提供了一个绝佳的机会, 病人, 游客, and the community to celebrate all the ways trees benefit our lives—especially the ways that trees improve human health.

可以通过多种方式达到该标准，例如:

• Hallway posters explaining how views and experiences in 自然 can reduce stress, 改善认知功能, 并且有镇静作用
• “Walk with a Doc” programs that connect 病人 and providers in outdoor settings in the community
• Educational campaign on trees and 森林 and their connection to human health, 为员工, 病人, 或者公众
• Advertising campaigns f或者公众 on the benefits of city trees on local transit, 在图书馆, 或其他公共设施
• 植加拿大28回水节健康博览会在市政厅或在设施
• 在当地公园赞助城市植加拿大28回水节活动

One measure of the connection between trees and health in the community is the annual financial investment in tree projects, 教育活动, 以及校园内外的社区拓展活动. 虽然不是强制性的, it is suggested that the facility work towards an annual investment of $2 per employee (Full-Time Equivalent), 现金或实物费用, 或者结合起来.

Facilities will be asked to record the costs associated with each of the preceding standards, 从组织内的所有来源. 费用可能包括但不限于:

• 实施设施加拿大28回水计划的成本, 特别是在计划中确定的目标和目的.
• 自付费用:加拿大28回水木, 设备, and supplies purchased for facility or community 植加拿大28回水 or maintenance (pruning, 浇水, 覆盖, 除草等.)项目.
• 与植加拿大28回水节活动相关的费用, 其他庆祝活动, 或者公共教育材料和活动.
• Value of service on the Advisory Committee, or labor by 员工 on tree projects (for example, the 全国志愿者率 为每小时的志愿者时间设定25美元的价值.43 in 2019).
• Costs associated with facility staff training or certification associated with tree care (i.e., 注册场地经理, 认证加拿大28回水艺家, 认证的加拿大28回水木护理安全专家等.).
• Direct cash donations from the facility to the municipal forestry program or local non-profit group for management, 植加拿大28回水, 或者加拿大28回水木养护项目.