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Policy last updated:
September 3, 2009
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Educating Detroit Students through The Greening of Detroit
Detroit, MI – September 29, 2008 – Esurance, the
online car insurance company, and The Greening of Detroit recently announced a partnership
on the Adopt-A-School Tree Planting Program. Ten Detroit Public Schools (DPS)
will benefit from this unique program that provides educators and students with
plant stock, tools and guidance to plant five to ten trees on their campus.
The Greening of Detroit's Adopt-A-School
Tree Planting Program will kick off fall planting activities at ten new schools
beginning:
- October 2, 2008 at Cooke Elementary located at 18800 Puritan Avenue Detroit, MI 48223
- October 3, 2008 at Rutherford Academy
located at 16411 Curtis St.
Detroit MI
48235
- October 9, 2008 at Pulaski Elementary located at 19725 Strasburg St. Detroit, MI 48208
- October 24, 2008 at Golightly Education
Center located at
5536 St. Antoine Detroit, MI 48202
- October 28, 2008 at Priest Elementary located at 7840 Wagner St. Detroit, MI 48210
- November 5, 2008 at Dixon Elementary located at 19500 Tireman St. Detroit MI 48228
- November 7, 2008 at Durfee Elementary located at 2470 Collingwood St. Detroit MI 48206
Additional plantings will be held at Phoenix
Elementry, Glazer Elementary and Joyce Elementary.
For sixteen years, The Greening has worked
with 34 DPS schools annually, training 507 educators using environmental
education curricula, and impacting approximately 16,800 children. One of the
first programs The Greening uses to introduce schools and their students to
environmental stewardship is the Adopt-A-School Tree Planting Program. Through
this program students are given an opportunity to learn about their environment
and the important role trees play in having a healthy environment in a thriving
city. Students see first hand how the appearance of their barren schoolyards that
once looked unsafe and unwelcoming are transformed into an inviting and safer
campus to learn and grow.
"We are grateful for Esurance's support of
the Adopt-A-School Tree Planting Program. Our primary goal is to strengthen
students' science skills, while fostering our youth to become environmental
stewards." stated Rebecca Salminen Witt, president of The Greening of Detroit "Furthermore
we know trees create a safer environment in which our children can learn and
grow."
Concluded Kristin Brewe, Esurance Director
of Brand and Public Relations, "American children need more science education
to stay competitive in the global economy and more environmental education to
help protect our natural resources. Through the Adopt-A-School Tree Planting
Program, Esurance helps Greening of Detroit ensure that the youth of today
become the informed, proactive environmental leaders of tomorrow. We are very
proud to work with Greening of Detroit to make this essential program happen."
ABOUT
ESURANCE - Esurance, a subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group,
Ltd. (NYSE: WTM), provides personal car insurance direct to consumers online
and through select online agents. Because of Esurance's virtually paperless
online customer experience, Esurance car insurance customers have saved
thousands of trees since the company's inception. Through the second quarter of
2008, Esurance has also helped plant and maintain over 30,000 trees by
supporting a variety of urban reforestation programs. Esurance is also committed to safeguarding
the environment through its own operational practices, including a hybrid
claims fleet and investment in renewable energy sources to augment the
electricity used in each of its permanent office locations. For more
information about Esurance's environmental efforts, visit: http://www.esurance.com/home/environment.asp
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