In the first quarter of 2013, AAHLRSA launched a campaign to support The Canopy Project lead by Earth Day Network. For every new sponsor in the Adopt/Sponsor-A-Highway programs, AAHLRSA committed to a donation to The Canopy Project. As first quarter came to an end, we were surprised to see so many socially responsible businesses joined in on our campaign. Our new sponsors were excited to contribute to this great project to protect natural land and preserve the environment. We want to take a moment to thank our sponsors for their support.

• Ramada Inn – Yonkers
• Snoqualmie Casino
• Delano Marketplace
• Batteries Plus
• Jefferies & Company
• Chick-fil-A Foothills Ranch
• Waterford Mobile
• Reproductive Medicine Assoc -New Jersy
• Prosperity Advisory Group
• Waterville Valley Resort
• Red Towing Inc
• Dime Bank
• Morongo Band Of Mission Indians
• Captain Lawrence Brewing Co
• Massage Envy – CT
• The Staenberg Group
• Devan Acura of Norwalk
• Rye Radiology Associates
• Don Sebastiani & Sons
• Rouge Fine Catering #3
• Green Energy lawn Care
• Ring Ring Marketing
• Pacific Marine Mammal Center
• Atlantic Shower Door
• P Morrissey Contracting
• AAA Hoosier Motor Club
• Indianapolis Concrete
• Grand Lux Realty

As part of its mission to protect natural lands and preserve the environment for all people, Earth Day Network developed The Canopy Project. Rather than focusing on large-scale forestry, The Canopy Project plants trees that help communities – especially the world’s impoverished communities – sustain themselves and their local economies. Trees reverse the impacts of land degradation and provide food, energy and income, helping communities to achieve long-­‐term economic and environmental sustainability. Trees also filter the air and help stave off the effects of climate change.

With the reality of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and more frequent and violent storms and floods, tree cover to prevent devastating soil erosion has never been more important. That’s why, earlier this the year, Earth Day Network made a commitment to plant 10 million trees over the next five year. A select group of valued partners and sponsors have joined us to help make this commitment a reality.

Over the past three years, The Canopy Project has planted over 1.5 million trees in 18 countries. In the US, projects to restore urban canopies have been completed in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Flint, and Chicago. In Haiti alone, where earthquakes caused landslides on deforested hillsides, leading to horrific devastation, Earth Day Network planted 500,000 trees. In three high-poverty districts in central Uganda, The Canopy Project recently planted 350,000 trees to provide local farmers with food, fuel, fencing, and soil stability.

Our tree plantings are supported by corporate sponsors and individual donors and carried out in partnership with nonprofit tree planting organizations throughout the world and in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme’s Billion Trees Campaign. Each tree planted is counted toward A Billion Acts of Green®.

Thank you to our Sponsors for Adopting/Sponsoring-A-Highway and for your support of the Canopy Project!!!

Adopt-a-Highway Litter Removal Service of America, Inc. (AAHLRSA) is partnering with Earth Day Network to support A Billion Acts of Green®. Your business can join the effort and make everyday Earth Day!

Highway sponsorships provide business communities with an opportunity to fund the removal of litter and to be recognized for their contribution to safer highways and a cleaner environment.

Commit to an Act of Green and join the Sponsor a Highway Program with AAHLRSA. Your business will receive an outdoor sign that is visible to millions of motorists in one of America’s largest cities. Recognition signage displays your business logo to potential customers day and night, all year long.

Sponsor-A-Highway.. it is “Your road to a cleaner America”. Pledge now and proudly display your corporate citizenship.