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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.aspx
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