Dear Friends & Supporters:

The Women's Tree Climbing Workshop® has grown into a genuine workforce development program provider.  We are proud to continually witness how WTCW impacts the face of Arboriculture. We build career paths, create network opportunities, and develop training for new and existing arborists.

Since 2009, WTCW—a women owned and led organization—has trained thousands of people. We champion that 10% of our participants have entered and/or enhanced a career in Arboriculture.

In 2024 we embraced an outpouring of requests to host more classes and workshops—not just for women.  We hosted our second ever all-gender workshop and received overwhelmingly positive feedback.  We also facilitated many trainings for private companies to support their employees’ professional development.  WTCW offers 2.5-day tree climbing workshops, chainsaw safety classes, aerial rescue and gear inspection trainings, First Aid/CPR/AED certification courses, electrical hazard awareness training, and leadership development programs as well as individually tailored training & education.

In 2024, we supported over 450 people in continuing their personal growth, and we are proud to have collaborated with a growing network of organizations and companies. Our 2025 kickoff Tree Climbing Workshop for Women is scheduled for February 21-23 as we proudly work with the ISA Texas Chapter. Our other scheduled workshop locations include Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Colorado.  We are also working on taking WTCW to Missouri, New York City, New Zealand and Costa Rica!  

Collaboration with generous supporters like you allows us to keep enrollment to our workshops open and to keep costs sustainable.  While our workshop fees cover instruction, equipment use, food, lodging, and CEUs; your support allows us to stay focused on our mission by making workshops more widely accessible: creating scholarships, funding travel expenses, enabling the procurement of equipment, and so much more.

Our goal is to raise $100,000 to make the plans for 2025 a reality, and we want you to be part of it!

Your investment impacts people’s lives forever.  You will strengthen education in the profession of Arboriculture; and you will help foster an expanding tree community!

Feel free to contact us for more information or to discuss how you would like to be involved. On behalf of the WTCW team, thank you for your generous support.

With Gratitude,

Bear

Bear LeVangie

Executive Director, Owner & Co-Founder, Lead Instructor