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Tualatin issues spring proclamations, announces youth poster and photo winners
Summary
At its March 23 meeting the Tualatin City Council proclaimed April Arbor Month, National Library Week, Transgender Day of Visibility and Month of the Military Child; parks staff announced winners of the city’s youth poster and photography contests and promoted volunteer tree-planting events.
The Tualatin City Council on March 23 issued a string of spring proclamations and recognized youth contest winners, highlighting a slate of community events tied to Arbor Month and library celebrations.
The council proclaimed April 2026 as Arbor Month and noted that Tualatin has been designated a Tree City USA community for the 39th consecutive year. Adam, a representative of the Parks Advisory Committee, described planned activities including a tree-photography contest, a kids’ poster contest, volunteer planting days, a scavenger hunt in local parks and library storytimes. Contest winners were announced: a young student (K–2) for a poster titled “Tualatin trees are tall and give us shade” and three photography winners including Mary Ritter for first place.
Library staff and volunteers were also recognized: the council proclaimed April 19–25, 2026 as National Library Week and praised recent facility improvements and increased visits while a nearby library is closed for renovations. IDEA committee members presented a packet and the council proclaimed March 31, 2026 as Transgender Day of Visibility, with speakers emphasizing local inclusion efforts and Oregon’s civil-rights protections. Separately, the council proclaimed April 2026 as Month of the Military Child; youth representatives described the frequent moves and unique challenges military-connected children face.
Why this matters: The proclamations and youth awards highlight volunteer-driven outreach and local cultural initiatives that feed into Tualatin’s seasonal event calendar and community-engagement work. The announcements also served to spotlight partners — the Friends of Trees, library staff and school groups — and to recruit volunteers for upcoming planting and community events.
Councilors encouraged public participation in the volunteer plantings and library events; the meeting packet lists times for the volunteer tree-planting and related Arbor Month activities.
