Project EverGreen is supporting sponsorship of the PLANET Day of Service on April 22. The Day of Service is a new volunteer effort of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) that will allow PLANET members and partners to create volunteer landscape, lawn care, or tree projects that benefit their communities. The PLANET Day of Service is a perfect fit with Project EverGreen's nationwide outreach program, GreenCare for Troops, which connects local green industry professionals with military families who have a member serving away from home and offers them free lawn and landscape services.
GreenCare for Troops is in an ongoing project that has matched more than 2,000 volunteers with more than 7,000 military families nationwide. The cost to manage the GreenCare for Troops program is underwritten by Cub Cadet Commercial.
"The tremendous support the green industry continues to show our military families by volunteering through GreenCare for Troops over the past three years is nothing short of phenomenal," says Den Gardner, executive director of Project EverGreen. "By teaming with PLANET's Day of Service, we hope to meet the needs of even more military families."
"PLANET has a great partnership with Project Evergreen and the GreenCare for Troops program and many PLANET members already participate," said PLANET President, Jason Cupp, CLP. "However, the PLANET Day of Service will provide a platform for many more members to get involved and help military families."
For more information about the PLANET Day of Service, visit planetdayofservice.org. To volunteer for GreenCare for Troops on the Day of Service or year-round, visit www.projectevergreen.com/gcft/.