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THE GIVING TREE
Through the Central Park Conservancy, a nonprofit group that manages New York City's Central Park, Douglas and Anki Leeds were able to endow the very cherry tree their only child Victoria, now 10, played under as a little girl. "It's something real that will be growing with me," says Victoria, who has a framed picture of the tree hanging above her bed. Endowments range from $1,000 to $25,000, with all the money going toward the care of the park's 26,000 trees. The gift is tax deductible.
THE TREE TRUST PROGRAM can be reached by phone at 212-310-6613 or online at www.centralparknyc.org