Landscapers invited to join National Day of Service effort April 22
16 Feb, 2009 LM Direct!Do you already conduct or participate in a green service project in your local community? Maybe you're interested in getting involved but aren't sure how to get started. PLANET's Day of Service is a new program designed to unite the green industry nationwide for a day dedicated to giving back, April 22, 2009. Projects can be large or small in scale, and by participating, you will help raise awareness about the landscape/lawn service profession and demonstrate your environmental stewardship.
The day will be devoted to projects that focus on lawn, landscape, lighting, tree care or interior plantscape and benefit the chosen venue. Members and state associations will register their service projects with PLANET and unite across the country for one day of giving back to their local communities.
If you already have a service project in place or you conduct projects throughout the year, you could simply reschedule one of them to happen on April 22, and register the event with PLANET.
Service projects come in many different shapes and sizes and vary in the amount of time they require. Some projects may only involve a few people sprucing up a small park for only a couple of hours, while others may involve a large number of people doing something on the citywide scale.
Small or large welcome
Some projects are sponsored by single organizations, while others may involve wide-ranging partnerships of suppliers, contractors, and state associations.
Whatever the project, each is connected to our industry and unites around a common goal. Sample projects may include cleaning/enhancing a local landmark, planting trees in parks or neighborhoods, preserving a hiking trail, or illuminating a point of interest in a public viewing area.
To access a toolkit designed to give you ideas for projects, help you plan and run a successful event, connect with partners, and promote your project to the media and the public visit http://planetdayofservice.org
10 reasons to participate
• Join your fellow green industry professionals for a day of giving back to local communities around the nation.
• Raise awareness about the lawn care and landscape profession.
• Be a charter participant in this inaugural event.
• Show your commitment to a great cause.
• Foster teamwork among your comrades.
• Be recognized as a leader in community service.
• Demonstrate goodwill and environmental stewardship.
• Revitalize the places where people live, work, and play.
• Become part of the foundation that builds a national movement to improve the country's green spaces.
• Impact the quality of life in your community.
Become a sponsor
Lead sponsors for the event are Shindaiwa, Lawns by Yorkshire, Inc., John Deere, American Profit Recovery and Agrium Advanced Technologies. As of mid February, nine state landscape associations and 28 companies, mostly landscape companies, had signed on as sponsors.
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