TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, has
selected TreeStewards Of Arlington and Alexandria to participate in TD Tree
Days, a community-based program that expands urban forests and green spaces in
low- to moderate-income neighborhoods.
Staff and volunteers of TreeStewards and
partnering organization Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation will join local
employees of TD Bank to plant 40 trees at Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria on Thursday,
October 5.
"We're proud to partner with TreeStewards during TD
Tree Days to nurture the community and the environment from the ground
up," said Joseph Doolan, TD Bank's Head of Environmental Affairs.
"Trees do much more than beautify our communities – they produce oxygen;
improve air quality and slow climate change by reducing carbon emissions, airborne
pollutants and smog; provide cooling shade to reduce energy costs; and enhance
the quality of life."
Now in its seventh year, TD Tree Days will bring together
more than 1,000 community members and TD employees from September through early
November to plant approximately 850 trees in 21 communities across the United
States. TD
Tree Days will be managed with support from The Arbor Day Foundation. Founded
in 2010, the program has made a significant positive impact for communities and
the environment as TD's flagship volunteer and urban greening program, planting
more than 285,000 trees and shrubs, primarily in Canada and the U.S.
TreeStewards is one of 18 organizations in the United
States that was chosen to participate in TD Tree Days through an application
process. "We are excited to participate in TD Tree Days because it
supports our goal of enhancing tree canopy, with native fruit and nut trees
that will benefit the community as a ‘food forest’," said Kurt Moser, the
TreeSteward coordinating the project.
In
addition to Alexandria, TD Tree Days events are scheduled in these communities
this fall: Delray Beach, Miami and Tampa, Florida; Mattapan, Massachusetts;
Auburn, Maine; Detroit, Michigan; Asheville and Wilmington, North Carolina;
Camden, Jersey City, Newark and Westampton, New Jersey; the Bronx and Brooklyn,
New York; Chester and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Warwick, Rhode Island;
Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina; and Alexandria, Virginia.
Follow TD Tree Days on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TDBank_US
#TDTreeDays and on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/TDBank.
About TreeStewards
of Arlington and Alexandria
TreeStewards are volunteers who take the lead within their
communities to enhance a sustainable urban forest through volunteer activities
and public education programs. Our volunteer activities include: planting,
pruning, mulching and watering of street, park and school trees; staffing
informational booths at farmers’ markets and local festivals, in conjunction
with Virginia Cooperative Extension; leading neighborhood Tree Walks and
speaking at community gatherings; and advocating for trees wherever and
whenever needed. To learn more, visit www.treestewards.org.
About the
Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation
The Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation is non-profit
volunteer organization formed in 2016 following years of community efforts to
foster the preservation, beautification, improvement, maintenance, and enjoyment
of Four Mile Run Park. Its mission is to engage and educate the public, and to
maintain the trail system and natural lands around lower Four Mile Run to
improve Four Mile Run Park, and to foster respect and stewardship for this
unique urban ecosystem and its natural, historic, and recreational resources.
For more information, visit www.fourmilerun.org.
About TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®
TD Bank, America's Most
Convenient Bank, is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., providing more
than 9 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and
commercial banking products and services at more than 1,200 convenient locations
throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Metro D.C., the Carolinas
and Florida. In addition, TD Bank and its subsidiaries offer customized
private banking and wealth management services through TD Wealth®,
and vehicle financing and dealer commercial services through TD Auto Finance.
TD Bank is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J. To learn more,
visit www.tdbank.com.
Find TD Bank on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TDBank and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TDBank_US.
TD Bank, America's Most
Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Group and a subsidiary of The
Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services
company in North America. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the New
York and Toronto stock exchanges under the ticker symbol
"TD". To learn more, visit www.td.com.