Project EverGreen Renovates Youth Soccer Field Complex

In a consumer education effort on the benefits of green spaces, Project EverGreen worked with soccer players and their parents to renovate the fields for the season.

Published August 31, 2005

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Michael Currin, president of Greenscape, helped lead the "PE Workday" where landscape contractors, soccer parents and players worked together to help prepare the fields and surrounding areas for the upcoming season. All photos: Project EverGreen

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Soccer parents stopped by the Project EverGreen booth to learn more about the organization and the field renovation project. One lucky dad won "The Gift of Green" - a year of free lawn care service from Weed Man.

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Local sponsors donated more than $12,000 in labor and materials to improve the playing fields for CASL. Pictured from left to right are: Will Zweigart, Project EverGreen; Charlie Slagle, CASL; Michael Currin, Greenscape; Ken Heltemes, Weed Man; Bill Klutho, John Deere; Mark Burgess, TruGreen. (Not pictured: John Deere Landscapes and Smith Turf & Irrigation.)

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Thanks to Project EverGreen's hard work, kids like these, as well as teenage athletes will be able to play on newly renovated soccer fields in the coming season.

NEW PRAGUE, Minn. – As part of a nationwide effort to educate consumers about the benefits of well-maintained green spaces at home, work and play, Project EverGreen (PE) recently partnered with the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) in Raleigh, N.C., to provide renovation support for its 25-field soccer center.

Members of the non-profit group donated more than 150 man-hours and $12,000 worth of labor and materials to enhance the playing fields of one of the largest amateur youth and adult soccer leagues in the country. Contributions include landscaping support from Greenscape; maintenance equipment from John Deere; sod, plant and irrigation materials from John Deere Landscapes; irrigation system consulting from Smith Turf & Irrigation, fertilizer; weed control from TruGreen ChemLawn; and aeration from Weed Man.

On Aug. 19, sponsoring companies and CASL Chief Executive Officer Charlie Slagle led a “PE workday” where participants including landscape contractors, soccer parents and players rolled up their sleeves, fired up the string trimmers, and worked together to help prepare the fields and surrounding areas for the upcoming season.

The PE team was on hand to kick off the first games of the fall season on Aug. 27 as they spent the day talking with families about the benefits of well-maintained green spaces.  Hundreds of soccer parents and players stopped by the Project EverGreen tent to receive an ice-cold PE water bottle, sunflower seeds to plant, and a handout featuring tips for maintaining their own turf at home. Additionally, one lucky dad won the “Gift of Green” – free lawn care service for a year from Weed Man.

“This is a pilot partnership we hope to expand to several more cities across the country next year,” says Den Gardner, executive director of Project EverGreen. “Through community outreach programs like this, Project EverGreen can speak directly to consumers about the benefits of well-maintained green spaces and the significance of those who preserve and enhance them.”

Other Project EverGreen consumer education initiatives taking place in 2005 include a partnership with Habitat for Humanity in Minneapolis, Minn., as well as a sponsorship of America in Bloom.

To learn more about Project EverGreen or to become involved, visit www.projectevergreen.com or call 877/758-4835.

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