CONTECH Earth Month 2011
Contech is committed to making the communities we serve a better place and are proud of the amount of participation we had for Earth Month 2011. More than 250 CONTECH employees across the United States volunteered their time on projects benefiting: Keep Irving Beautiful, City of Irving Parks and Recreation, Scarborough Marsh, Habitat for Humanity, Pinellas Trail, Lower Columbia River Restoration, Portland Elementary School, 4 Mile Canyon, Blue Water Organization and Orange Beach Coastal. We are excited to see not only our products - but also our people - making a difference in our environment.
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Some of our Earth Month volunteering adventures...
Scarborough, Maine
Employees from the Scarborough, Maine office helping the Friends of Scarborough Marsh cleaning trash and debris, an event they take part in every year. Other events during Earth Month included two days of helping Habitat for Humanity build energy-efficient affordable housing and a clean-up of the Portland Trails.
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Portland, Oregon
The Portland, Oregon office helped the Lower Columbia River Restoration plant new vegetation and stream clean-ups. They also assisted the Portland Elementary School with their spring clean-up.
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Irving, Texas
In Irving, Texas, employees partnered with the Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center for a spring clean-up and fence painting. They also worked with Keeping Irving Beautiful, the City of Irving Parks and Recreation and the Code Enforcement Department.
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Denver, Colorado
Denver employees helped with restoration on 4 Mile Canyon after recent forest fires. Other volunteering events included helping to teach kids the basics of the environment and why it is important to keep it clean at Discovery Days and a spring clean-up at the Botanical Gardens.
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Pinellas Park, Florida
In Florida, employees helped clean up litter along 2-3 miles of the Pinellas Trail, a 47-mile walking/biking trail in Pinellas County. They also helped their local Habitat for Humanity build an energy-efficient house.
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Baltimore, Maryland
In Baltimore, the group picked up 1,000 pounds of trash at a stream clean-up project along the coast line for the Blue Water Organization.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
The Charlotte team volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and worked on roofing, framing, and building a shed.
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Long Beach, California
The long beach office planted native vegetation along the Orange Beach Coastal coast line.
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