Adding tree canopy at Pennypack on the Delaware

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Riverfront North Partnership’s Emma Schad assists Dylan Benson and Daria Benson in planting a tree. Dylan is a sophomore at Franklin Towne Charter High School. His sister is a senior.

Riverfront North Partnership, in tandem with the Arbor Day Foundation, on Saturday planted trees at Pennypack on the Delaware, a park at 7801 State Road.

Jim Fries and Emma Schad, of Riverfront North Partnership, taught volunteers how to plant the trees.

Others who took part included Stephanie Phillips, executive director of Riverfront North, which had a goal of planting 80 trees. 

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