Tree Canada and CN invite Canadian communities to apply for $25,000 greening grants
March 23 2018 - 9:00AM
CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) and Tree Canada are pleased to announce
today the launch of CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up, an annual
initiative that provides more than a half million dollars in
funding for community greening projects across Canada.
This year, 25 communities will be awarded
greening grants of up to $25,000. Canadian communities of all types
and sizes, from large urban centres to small towns to indigenous
communities, are encouraged to submit their proposed greening
projects for consideration before April 18, 2018.
Thanks to CN’s environmental leadership, this
year’s CN EcoConnexions initiative will help improve communities
along CN corridors with sustainable, environmentally responsible
greening projects. Through its various tree planting programs,
including From the Ground Up, CN has planted more than 1.8 million
trees since 2012.
Tree Canada experts will be working closely with
communities to assist with logistics, species selection and to help
make each planting project into an opportunity for community
members to come together and celebrate the benefits that trees
provide our communities.
Interested groups can learn more about the
application process for the CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up
program here.
“CN remains committed to making a positive
impact on the communities along our network, and are proud to be
part of a program that helps to make these communities better
places to live, work and play. We’re not only helping beautify
these communities, we’re positively contributing to a sustainable
future one community at a time, as planting trees improves air
quality and offsets carbon emissions.”
– Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President, Corporate
Services and Chief Legal Officer for CN
“Tree Canada, Canada’s leading national
tree-planting charity, is excited to continue our partnership with
CN to bring CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up to 25 deserving
communities across Canada. With this program, CN is creating a
lasting legacy of sustainability for present and future
generations, providing funding and much-needed awareness to the
value of trees and green spaces to our health and wellbeing as well
as the environment.”
– Michael Rosen, President of Tree Canada
About Tree Canada:Tree Canada
is a non-profit charity dedicated to improving the lives of
Canadians by planting and nurturing trees. Since 1992, we’ve
planted more than 80 million trees, greened more than 600
schoolyards, helped restore places hit by natural disasters and
brought together urban forestry experts greening cities all across
Canada. Get involved or learn more about us at treecanada.ca.
About CN:CN is a true backbone of the economy
whose team of approximately 24,000 railroaders transports more than
C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business
sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to
consumer goods, across a rail network of approximately 20,000
route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National
Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries –
serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C.,
Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the
metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary,
Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.
For more information about CN, visit the Company’s website at
www.cn.ca.
Contact:
For Tree CanadaPaul JorgensonManager of
Communications and Marketing, Tree
Canadapjorgenson@treecanada.ca819-208-8230 (cellular)
For
CN
Patrick WaldronSenior Manager, Media Relations,
CNpatrick.waldron@cn.ca 514-399-8803
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