1. Kids4Trees provides kids and young adults an opportunity to enrich their lives through art, music, conservation awareness and action – all through an academically supported program.
2. Kids4Trees reaches all levels of the educational community and strives to instill an appreciation of the natural environment. Equally important, Kids4Trees reaches into the community as the conservation message is extended to parents, families and friends.
3. Kids4Trees is truly a collaborative effort to provide the best learning experience that also results in meeting the land management agencies and the educational institutions targets and goals.
4. The schools see an important aspect of their mandated curriculum being met by satisfying requirements for outdoor environmental education.
5. The program incorporates art and music while focusing on environmental awareness
6. The Forest Service works towards accomplishing its goals in reforestation as well as community relations.
7. The Kids4Trees format allows for the formative growth of kids and young adults who may not be familiar with forest or natural landscapes.  Studies reveal that children who spend more time outdoors have less stress, more social interaction and higher levels of self-awareness.
8. Kids4Trees offers an opportunity for youth to work with and assist in teaching or mentoring younger kids. There is a direct connection to future employment and/or educational opportunities. An education and career ladder will be developed within your organization starting with orientation to the younger ages, providing mentoring opportunities to high school age, and then opening up potential employment or educational opportunities for young adults.
9. Other measurable benefits to initiating a Kids4Trees program include:

a) A change in the students and their families’ behavior when they return to the area for recreation resulting in more care and maintenance;
b) Students become a “shareholder” and knowing there is a responsibility to protect and take care of the land – particularly as future voters dealing with environmental issues;
c) Students will become less apt to litter, graffiti, or damage natural landscapes – again resulting in more care and maintenance (litter and graffiti often results in others leaving trash and being destructive;
d) Students will become protective when viewing the land damaged, becoming more environmentally aware and being a messenger of this awareness;
e) Students will comprehend the interconnectivity of trees, nature and humans, and the roll trees play with respect to CO2 absorption and global warming.