Pittsburgh Sakura Project was honored at the May 20th Regular Meeting of the Allegheny County Council by the recommendation of Council Members Futules and Rea. First, Councilman Futules read the proclamation. Then the director of the Parks Department, Mr. Andrew Baechle, talked about the planting party on April 25th and explained about the 20 trees from the Tree Vitalize Program and the 20 trees from the Sakura Project.
Reiko Nakajima, Sally Schurko, Satoshi Goto from Japanese High School and Yoko Motoyama attended the proclamation.

２００９年５月２０日の郡議会にて、 さくらプロジェクトが Futules議員とRea議員の推薦で、感謝状を授与されました。
まず Futules議員が感謝状を読み上げ、 つぎに公園課のAndy Baechleさんが４月２５日の植樹会での、 Tree Vitalizeの２０本とさくらプロジェクの20本の木を植えた様子を説明しました。授与には中島玲子、Sally Schurko、留学高校生の後藤聡、本山陽子が出席しました。