As Mrs. Mari Sakaguchi and her husband Mr. Denis Pesavento who live in Villaverla in the province of Vicenza, Italy participated in the tree plating ceremony at the Villa Venier Park in Sommacampagna, held in 2004, they wanted to organize the project in the province of Vicenza. They consulted with Mr. Rosario Manisera who led the project in Brescia and contacted the person in charge of cultural programs at the Villaverla city hall in order to proceed with the project. Their original plan was to plant the tree at one site in the city, however, the matter was even discussed at the provincial assembly and at the end it became a big project with 10 tree planting sites in the province of Vicenza.
Following the tree plantings at Scuola Elementare Sarcedo and Zugliano Elementary School on 21st of April, the tree planting ceremony at the Montecchio Precalcino Library took place from 9 am on the 22nd.
About 250 children from 4 elementary and middle schools near the library participated in the ceremony.
After the speeches given by the principal of the school, the mayor and Mr. Ebinuma, children of Montecchio Elementary School sang a song as they waved colorful scarves accompanied by their teacher on guitar. The “child mayor” introduced the lyrics of the peace song of Israel and the middle school students performed the song with instruments such as guitar, recorder and drums. The tree planting took place in the courtyard and children held the shovel in turns to cover the seedling with soil. The ceremony was attended by a lot of children and was full of energy.
