"Elementary School has it made in the shade."

ORLANDO, FL - April 26, 1999 - Pinecrest Elementary School has been selected as the Central Florida site for ZOM’s annual Arbor Day tree planting celebration. ZOM, a local real estate development and propertymanagement company will install 60 trees on school property, in return for the school's promise to care for and enjoy the trees. Students and teachers will participate with ZOM volunteers in the schoolyard tree planting celebration on April 30. The festivities will include interactive discussions about the importance of trees to our planet’s ecosystem and instruction on tree planting and care.

According to Sally Kobylinski, ZOM’s Central Florida Arbor Day chairman, "The school was selected based on the need for shade trees and landscaping on school grounds, and the enthusiastic encouragement from the school’s principal, Barry Liebovitz."

This represents the fourth year that ZOM has celebrated Arbor Day by planting trees on a Central Florida schoolyard. Previous beneficiaries include Arbor Ridge Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary and Lake Weston Elementary. In addition to Central Florida, ZOM will celebrate Arbor Day at elementary schools in other communities where they do business, including Boca Raton and Tampa. President and CEO Steve Patterson explains, "The company strives to plant more trees than it removes through its development activities, and schoolyards seem to be an ideal place to plant those trees and set positive civic and environmental examples."