(North Bay, ON – September 10, 2019) – Chippewa Creek EcoPath gets another boost on Sept 14, when 30 volunteers plant 500 new trees and shrubs as part of the 10th Annual TD Tree Days. This planting will help provide more tree cover for the city, build climate change resiliency and help reduce run-off to Chippewa Creek.
TD Tree Days has been bringing people together since 2010 and is helping to create a more vibrant planet by growing and enhancing green spaces, contributing to TD’s Ready Commitment target of helping plant 1 million trees by 2030. Over 390,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted in communities across North America through TD Tree Days. This fall, 10,000 volunteers will come together to enhance over 100 green spaces with more than 38,000 trees and shrubs.
Together with TD employees, their families and friends, and community volunteers, TD Tree Days helps create green spaces that are critical to building more resilient and livable communities.
In 2018, TD launched a new corporate citizenship platform called The Ready Commitment – a multi-year initiative to help open doors to a more inclusive and sustainable tomorrow by supporting initiatives and programs within four areas: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities and Better Health.
North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority is hosting the TD Tree Days and joins TD in inviting community members to the Sept 14th planting and to help with the greening along Chippewa Creek. NBMCA has been planting trees and restoring shorelines within the watershed for the past five years as part of the Restore Your Shore Program.
WHAT: TD Tree Days planting event at Chippewa Creek (at the end of 1st Ave E., North Bay)
WHO: TD Branch Employees
North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority
Community Volunteers from North Bay and surrounding areas -
Register: https://www.tdtreedays.com/en-ca/events/1198-first-ave-east
WHEN: Saturday, Sept 14, 2019
Photo OP at Opening at 9 am Sharp
Planting 9 am – 12 noon
WHERE: 1st Avenue E at Chippewa Creek, North Bay
About TD Tree Days
TD Tree Days invests in the health of our urban tree canopies, and offers TD employees, their families, and our community partners, a fun, easy and rewarding way to give back and help green the communities in which they live and work. Launched in 2010 as a national employee engagement program in Canada, TD Tree Days has evolved into TD's flagship volunteer program, engaging employees, customers and community partners in three countries. The program is also contributing The Ready Commitment's target of helping plant 1 million trees by 2030 visit tdtreedays.com
Planting Site – 638 First Ave. E., North Bay.
For more information contact:
Melissa Macnabb
TD Branch Manager
705-474-3421
Sue Buckle
NBMCA Manager Communications & Outreach
705 474-5420 ext 2010