Corporations Celebrate Earth Month at the Trinity
The Trinity River Conservation Corps’ 2nd Annual Corporate Day of Service was held recently and corporate leaders and teams worked alongside each other to clean up the Trinity River corridor and provide “helping hands” with restorative work. This area along the Trinity River is one of Dallas’ unique and wonderful natural resources. The day of volunteer work was made possible through a partnership with Southwest Airlines Co., The Trinity Trust Foundation and the City of Dallas.
Three 15 yard dumpsters were filled with trash and debris as it was removed from the corridor, invasive species were pulled, and volunteers also made seed balls for sowing and future planting events.
Southwest Airlines Co. formed the Trinity River Conservation Corps (TRCC) in 2013 and donated $150,000 for a three year program. The vision and purpose of the TRCC is to coordinate and manage annual volunteer events for the conservation and upkeep of the Trinity River corridor and the Great Trinity Forest.
City officials and founding event corporate representatives joined the volunteers:
-Mayor Pro Tem Monica R. Alonzo, District 6
– Councilmember Carolyn Arnold, District 4
-Bobby B. Lyle, SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering and The Trinity Trust Board
-Ginger Hardage, Retired Senior Vice President Southwest Airlines Co. and the Trinity Trust Board
-Debra Benton, Southwest Airlines Co. Director of Community Programs and Engagement
-City of Dallas
The corporate volunteers represented the following corporations and organizations: AECOM; Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas DFW, BCL of Texas; BNSF Logistics; Connectrac; Create USA/Southwest The Store; Dickie + Associates; Ebby Halliday; Ernst & Young; Groundwork Dallas; Halff Associates; Hayden Consultants; HDR; Hunton & Williams LLP, JC Penney; Hilti Team DFW; HLR; LandDesign; Newcrestimage / AC Hotel & Residence Inn by Marriott; NovaCopy; Omni Dallas Hotel; Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett, & Moser, P.C.; Southwest Airlines; State of Texas; Stream Realty – Construction; The First Tee of Greater Dallas, The Trinity Trust Foundation, Ultimate Ventures, Wells Fargo, Lyda Hill Foundation, and Westin Dallas Downtown.
Sponsors were: Southwest Airlines Co., Quilling Selander Lownds Winslett & Moser P.C., Garrett Boone, Connectrac, HDR, Trinity Commons Foundation, AECOM, Hayden Consultants, Salcedo Group, Southwest The Store. In-kind and supporting sponsors are: Groundwork Dallas, Kind Healthy Snacks, Kroger, and Starbucks.
