PLANET - Arlington National Cemetery Renewal & Remembrance

For 12 years, professional landscapers have volunteered their time and resources for a special day of renewal and remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery. (Read More...)

Anderson County Burgoo Festival Sponsorship
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County Park Ball Field Restoration and Maintenance

In late winter of 2007 we approached the County Judge about donating our time and as much material as we could afford to renovating and then maintaining the small ball field located adjacent the County Extension office in the County Park. After developing a plan and submitting it to the Judge, he along with the county fiscal court approved the purchase of crushed brick for use as a surface material for the field. We then went in with a skid steer loader (donated by Bluegrass Rentals) and removed 9 dump truck loads of material along the first base line to help with major drainage issues. We then came in with the crushed brick. We replaced the decayed yellow fence guards along the top of the outfield fence. We replaced all of the bases and base pegs. Reset all of the bases to league specification. We cut in a warning track with a sod cutter (also donated from Bluegrass Rental) and placed crushed brick there as well. We took the benches and had them pressure washed and painted and then reinstalled them. We overseeded the turf and then provided mowing and dragging on a weekly basis, turf chemical 6 times during the year and Aeration 3 times during the year. Total input was 81 labor hours and several hundreds of dollars. Our ideas for improvement this year include, installation of shrubs around the outfield wall. Under consideration is an irrigation system, block dugouts, gravel or a concrete walkway from the parking lot at the Extension office to the bleacher areas. Concrete or gravel for the area behind the backstop and under the bleachers. Many of these ideas are quite costly so we will have to see what we can do and who else in the community would like to help!  (View Photos)

Green Care for Troops

GreenCare for Troops is a nationwide outreach program coordinated by Project EverGreen that connects local lawn and landscape firms with men and women serving our country in the armed forces away from home. GreenCare has helped over 1,000 volunteers provide free lawn and landscape services for over 4,500 military families nationwide.

We heard about Greencare for Troops at the Professional Landcare Network’s 2006 Green Industry Conference in Columbus Ohio in their Key Note Address. At first we had major concerns because there were no limits discussed. We loved the idea especially since my dad and 2 of my uncles served honorably in 199th Light Infantry, 101st Airborne and Air Force during Viet Nam. I did not have the honor of serving but have enormous respect and am thankful to all who have served. Considering that we are a small company and taking into consideration the number of deployed servicemen and women in the area we tabled the idea. Then in February of 2007 I read an article in Lawn and Landscape Magazine explaining the program better. We learned that you could choose your involvement as far as what services you provide at no charge. We also learned that you could help 1 family or up to 10 families. We decided that we could afford to provide Mowing service for 5 families and the rest is history. We will continue our involvement with this program until there is no longer a need. It has been a wonderful experience and we look forward to helping 5 new families this year!
www.projectevergreen.com/gcft/

Sponsorship of Anderson County Girls
AAU Basketball Teams

Anderson Elite exists to provide low-cost AAU Basketball to the girls of Anderson County.  Due to the generosity from our sponsors to the girls of Anderson County we are able to offer AAU at roughly ¼ the cost of other teams—ensuring that economics are not a factor in whether a child can participate.  This enables our organization to give players the opportunity to maximize their potential as basketball players.  Additionally, Anderson Elite works in cooperation with ACHS and ACMS to standardize the techniques and systems that each child will learn, easing the transition as they advance.  Currently, we have one team of 5^th-6^th grade girls.  In 2008, we will be expanding to a 4^th/5^th team, a 6^th team, and a 7^th team.  Anderson Elite’s vision can be summarized in our slogan:  THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW!