TD Canada Trust Goes Green
Essex Region Conservation Authority employees teach volunteers how to properly plant a tree along the manmade lake off Florence Avenue in Windsor Sept. 15, 2012. (PHOTO BY/Madison Jean)
by Madison Jean
TD Canada Trust employees are giving back to the environment one tree at a time.
On Sept. 15, 55 volunteers, including TD employees across Windsor, family members, friends and customers, got together and planted trees. With help from Essex Region Conservation Authority, everyone planted a total of 388 trees along the manmade lake off Florence Avenue.
Nancy Synnott, Manager of Financial Services, was accompanied by her husband Norm. Synnott said they planted around 20 trees together.
“The best part of the tree planting is that we were doing something good for the environment and the community and it was fun doing it with people we work with,” said Synnott.
Manish Trehan is a financial advisor with TD. He said the experience is great and he loved giving back to the community. Trehan is also acting as a Green co-coordinator for his branch.
“I make sure that the branch adheres to TD’s policies and commitment towards various environmental initiatives. As a Green co-coordinator I am also responsible for organizing annual TD (Friends of the Environment) Campaign which raises money for various green initiatives within Windsor (and) Essex County,” said Trehan.
With help from the FEF, TD Canada Trust is trying to make them known as the “Green Branch” where they give back to the community and help the environment, said Trehan.
ERCA helps manage the natural resources of the Essex region. They helped TD by supplying all 388 trees that are indigenous to the area, as well as a truck load of mulch. ERCA has many events and education classes that help the community get out and make the environment healthier. Their goal is to achieve a balanced environment, by 2020. They will do this with the help from healthy watersheds, emphasized by clean creeks and rivers, growing natural areas and agricultural lands.
Brooke Wilson, a volunteer and employee of TD Canada Trust, said she’s never experienced anything like this, where a “bunch of people get together and make the environment a better place.”
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