We couldn’t be more excited about our new partnership! Earlier this year we put in a request to partner with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and their Adopt-A-Highway program. The Raleigh team recognized this partnership as a great opportunity to support of our mission to work with the community, and keep both Raleigh and North Carolina beautiful. This is just one more outlet we now have to help this cause.
With Adopt-A-Highway (AAH), we signed on to clean up a stretch of road that is about 3 miles long, at least 4 times per year. Since acquiring our road in late April, we have already completed 21 hours in two work days (May 1 & June 19). Our road way is not too far from our store, and when we get our sign, we will have another spot to give our store exposure in the city.
Seven associates have participated in our 2 clean up events. Both times, we have brought the Angstrom 25 and 30 along to carry water (for hydrating), work gloves, orange trash bags and blue recycling bags. The packs have been a great help. They were easy to carry, and acted as a light extension of the team member carrying it. The waist strap made it easy to pick up litter without the entire pack spinning around. This was great since we have, unfortunately, picked up a LOT of trash. To date we have collected about 3 bags of recycling and 8 bags of litter.
This has been a great project so far, and we look forward to helping NCDOT and Adopt-A-Highway in keeping Raleigh litter free! Check out some of the highlights from our first two cleanup efforts!
TNF Raleigh
Chris Rief
Carol Cashen
Mary Peck
Tara Kendrick
Makana Dumlao
Geoffrey Brown
Brad Muszalski
May 1, 2011
June 19, 2011
Never Stop Exploring
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