 OrganizationsThe Organizations involved with this event:About The Arbor Day Foundation: Founded in 1972, The Arbor Day Foundation is a non-profit organization established to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. With nearly one million members, the Foundation distributes and plants nearly 10 million trees through its membership and reforestation efforts in America’s National Forests. The Arbor Day Foundation works to impact community forests through educational seminars and conferences, collaboration with local tree-planting organizations, and the Tree City USA program, which includes nearly 3,100 designated Tree Cities. For additional information, visit www.arborday.org or contact Dan Lambe at 402-474-5655 or dlambe@arborday.org. About The Home Depot Foundation: The Home Depot Foundation invests in nonprofit organizations that are in the business of building better communities. The Home Depot and many of the suppliers who help fill the company’s shelves contribute to The Home Depot Foundation to help fulfill their shared vision of creating stronger, healthier neighborhoods. The Foundation focuses its efforts in the areas of affordable, efficient and healthy housing production and rehabilitation and tree planting to restore urban and rural forests. See www.homedepotfoundation.org for more information or contact Caroline Counihan at 770-384-2944 or caroline_counihan@homedepot.com. About Trees Atlanta: Trees Atlanta is a non-profit citizens' group dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban environment by planting and conserving trees and educating the public about the value of trees. Trees Atlanta was founded in 1985 by Central Atlanta Progress (a downtown business leaders association), the Atlanta Commissioner of Parks, and the Junior League to address downtown Atlanta’s lack of green space. Over 1500 volunteers actively participate in Trees Atlanta programs, including landscape architects, contractors, public relations, photojournalists, printers, graphic artists, computer experts, and lawyers. Trees Atlanta is an independent non-profit citizens group and receives no financial support from the city. To learn more, visit www.treesatlanta.org or contact Cheryl B. Kortemeier at 404-522-4097 or cheryl@treesatlanta.org. About The Grant Park Conservancy: The Grant Park Conservancy is a non profit organization committed to the restoration, beautification and preservation of historic L.P. Grant Park, Atlanta’s oldest public park (est. 1883). Working in partnership with the city, the Conservancy focuses resources on the park and seeks to implement a multi-phase master plan for a return to the classic landscape envisioned by the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Design firm. For more information about Grant Park or The Grant Park Conservancy, visit www.gpconservancy.org or contact Phil Cuthbertson at 404-521-0938 or pcuthbertson@gpconservancy.org. About Cobb Housing, Inc.: Cobb Housing, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides confidential one-on-one counseling to prospective homeowners in Cobb County, Georgia. Through educational programs, homeowners receive critical training that enables them to make more informed housing decisions and improve their social, economic and housing status. In 2005, Cobb Housing, Inc.'s was one of six winners of the National Association of Home Builders’ Innovations in Workforce Housing Award in recognition of its Mitchell Chase development, which makes affordable housing available to teachers, police officers and other public servants. The organization is a HUD-approved housing counseling agency. For more information about Cobb Housing, Inc., visit www.cobbhousinginc.org or contact Michael M. Miller at 770-429-4400 ext. 239 or mmiller@cobbhousinginc.org. About Keep Cobb Beautiful: Keep Cobb Beautiful is a nonprofit organization established in 1984 with the support of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners for the purpose of "assisting the County and Board in establishing, promoting and maintaining a countywide policy for improved environmental and waste management." Keep Cobb Beautiful supports several environmental programs, one of which is known as Cobb Trees. In its sixth season, Cobb Trees depends on hundreds of volunteers to plant trees in Cobb, continuing its efforts to replenish a disappearing “inventory” of trees and green space in Cobb County. For more information about volunteer or support opportunities, you can visit www.kcb.cobbcountyga.gov or contact Gwen Baldwin at 770-528-1135 or gwen.baldwin@cobbcounty.org. About The Home Depot: Founded in 1978, The Home Depot® is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States, with fiscal 2004 sales of $73.1 billion. The company employs approximately 345,000 associates and has 2,046 stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Home Depot has been recognized by FORTUNE as the No. 1 Most Admired Specialty Retailer for 2005. For more information, visit www.homedepot.com or contact Caroline Counihan at 770-384-2944 or caroline_counihan@homedepot.com. Contact:
Dan Lambe |
