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

About The Canopy Project:

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.

Canopy Project Accomplishments:

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!!!

After three years with the Adopt-a-Highway Program, Subaru/KIA of Stamford continues to support clean highways in Connecticut. The team at Subaru/KIA of Stamford understands the value of social responsibility, devoting corporate budget to giving back to local communities. Their signs can be seen at Exit 8 on I 95 N and Exit 18 on I 95 S.

Located in Stamford, Connecticut, the staff at Subaru Stamford will help you find the Subaru vehicle you want. Subaru Stamford offers a searchable online inventory of new Subaru cars in Stamford, along with well-maintained used cars by today’s top manufacturers. Come on in and take a test drive! Their sales staff will help you find that new Subaru or quality used car that you have been searching for.

I truly feel that the Adopt A Highway program gives maximum exposure to my businesses on our busy highways for a fraction of the cost of billboards.  In addition, the goodwill that comes along with the program is a huge bonus and important to the local communities.

Join Subaru/KIA of Stamford and adopt a highway in Connecticut. Contact Joyce Urman at (800) 551-8576  or email her for more information.

 

Looking to bring green into your office space? Our new sponsor of Missouri’s Sponsor-A-Highway Program, Color Art Integrated Interiors has the answer for you. Color Art Integrated Interiors is a full service corporate interiors company.  Furniture, construction, flooring, technology, facility management, and healthcare services are all part of an ever growing list of products and services we offer to our customers.  Color Art has a long history of social responsibility and giving back to the St. Louis community.  Their Green Team is always looking for ways to improve efficiencies within the office and extend the mission to the area.  This message is delivered from the top down as CEO Gary Mindel states, “Being socially and corporately responsible for all of our actions is, in our opinion, a part of how every Company should conduct their business.  With respect to sustainability, our efforts to minimize our footprint on the environment will impact future generations, our planet, and the legacy we leave.  I have tasked our Organization to develop and measure or sustainability efforts to achieve our goals in this area.”

All of us at Color Art Integrated Interiors live and work in a way that minimizes our impact on the environment.  To lead and educate our team and our community through the examples we set and raise our voices together to encourage sustainability and reductions of our footprint for the benefit of future generations.

Color Art Integrated Interiors is sponsoring a highway in St. Louis. You can see their sign on Interstate 270 northbound near Olive Street. To join Color Art Integrated Interiors in the Sponsor-A-Highway Program in Missouri, contact Sarah Parkes at 800.540.8694 or email her.

January is almost over. Yes, you made your new year’s resolutions. You are hitting the gym, eating well and feeling great. Good for you! But what about your business? Did you make new year’s resolutions for your business? Is your business striving to contribute back to the community in 2013? Maybe you read an article or two about businesses becoming more socially responsible. Maybe you are realizing that businesses, like individuals can make a difference. No matter your reason, 2013 is the year to be green. Let’s explore some different ways a business can step up to lead the community to a greener environment and build customer relationships at the same time.

• Abandon Paper Advertising. First, we need to cut down on commercial waste. Have you done an ROI analysis on your paper advertising recently? Businesses are becoming increasingly aware that flyers, post cards, door hangers and other paper advertisements are not cost effective. Customers find these types of advertisements more of an annoyance than informational. So why not cut your cost and save a tree. Stop the plastering of unwanted flyers and postcards. Your customers will appreciate not having to deal with the annoying pieces of paper waste.

• Spread the Word. Perhaps you are not yet aware of the power that your business holds in shaping the opinions of your customers. This thinking should be dashed by Chick-Fil-A’s political stand last year and the swift actions and reactions caused by it. Your customers support you because they have a certain trust in your business. This kind of trust is powerful in bringing a positive change in our society. So tell your customers that you care about the environment and be a part of this positive change.

• Build Your Green Brand. Take the step above a bit further. Build an advertising campaign around your message of being green. Let your customers know that you are contributing back to the communities that support you. Your customers will subconsciously associate your brand with being responsible and wholesome. This subconscious association can make the difference when your customers have to choose between you and your competitor.

• Bring It All Together. Adopt a Highway. How exactly can a business do all of the above at the same time? By adopting a highway! Adopt a Highway Programs allow you to put your business name & logo in front of millions of motorists that drive the busy highways in the largest cities of America. The exposure your business will receive is unrivaled. When you adopt a highway, you are displaying corporate citizenship to your current and potential customers. Your business is contributing to a cleaner environment while bringing your brand to your customers. Your green advertising will give back to the community that supports your business. See what others say about Adopt a Highway Programs.

So what are you waiting for? Let 2013 be the year that your business commits to being green! Take the steps and bring positive change to your community. To find out more about Adopt a Highway Programs in your city, contact Adopt a Highway Litter Removal Service of America, Inc for pricing and information at (800) 499-2367.

While you are hard-hitting the gym and starting the new diet, Weight Watchers is hard at work in cleaning up the highway. In line with the company’s mission to bring you healthy living, Weight Watchers is also bringing green to your environment. Partnering up with Adopt-A-Highway Litter Removal Service of America, Inc., Weight Watchers sponsored two signs on Highway 60 and Highway 17 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Rated #1 Best Diet Plan in 2011 and 2012 by U.S. News and World Report

Weight Watchers has once again nabbed the top spot in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for #1 best weight-loss diet as well as the new Easiest Diet to Follow category in its newest Best Diets 2012 review.

The news organization cited flexibility and the fact that no foods were off limits as main perks of the Weight Watchers program.

Weight Watchers can fit into the most active of lifestyles. You don’t need to count calories or eliminate the foods you love from your diet. Every food and drink is assigned a single number (a PointsPlus® value), which gets subtracted from a PointsPlus budget when you eat it. Activity can even earn you activity PointsPlus values, which you can swap for extra foodPointsPlus values if you like.

We believe the PointsPlus program is easy to follow because it provides the balance of enough structure to produce weight loss at the recommended rate with enough flexibility to live your life, says Karen Miller-Kovach, Chief Scientific Officer of Weight Watchers International.

Support companies that care about our environment. If you are looking to get back to healthy living in 2013, look into starting a program with Weight Watchers. And know that your new year’s resolution is helping a business that cares.

To adopt a highway in Arizona, please contact Andi Robertson at (800) 499-2367 or send her an email.

As the holiday season approaches, we would like to share the story of our new Sponsor, Michael and Son Services. It is the story of an immigrant family, through perseverance and hard work, reaching success in their business. Remembering those that supported them, Michael and Son set out to give back to the community.  They have joined the Adopt a Highway program in both Maryland and North Carolina. You can see their signs in 18 locations in Maryland and five locations in North Carolina. In addition to the Adopt a Highway Program, Michael and Son established the “Michael & Son Cares Program” to help disadvantaged families with essential home repairs they can not afford. To date, the Cares Program has helped dozens of families in DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Norfolk and Philadelphia.

Your business can join Michael and Son Services in their effort to provide the residents of Maryland and North Carolina with cleaner and safer roads. Contact Paige Woods for more information on the Adopt a Highway Programs in Maryland and North Carolina. You can email or contact her at (800) 792-4452.

 

 

A big welcome to our new sponsor of the Adopt a Highway Program in Seattle, Talus Solutions Group. Talus has sponsored segments on I-5 and on State Route 520. Talus Solutions Group is a Seattle based, veteran owned business that specializes in Business and IT solutions and services. The team at Talus believes that the clients deserve the best solutions and best consultants that the service industry has to offer. The goal as a company is to bring each client the brightest minds, best practices and the highest performing solutions that are available in the world of Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing and Utilities.

In addition to industry specific solutions, Talus also provide solutions and services that meet the needs of most business and IT departments such as:

 

• ERP Strategy and Solutions
• Business Intelligence Solutions
• IT Strategy and Transformation
• Accounting and Audit Services
• Infrastructure Solutions
• Enterprise Architecture Solutions
• Outsourced IT Solutions
• Nearshore and Offshore Solutions
• Development and Testing Solutions
• Microsoft Solutions
• Oracle Solutions
• SAP Solutions

Talus Solutions Group delivers a wide range of practical and cost savings business and IT solutions to a broad range of clients. Their approach harnesses a global network of delivery centers, industry expertise and deep technology and outsourcing skills to deliver cost-effective business and IT solutions.

To join force with Talus and help clean up Washington’s roadways, please contact our Territory Manager Lisa Goode for more information. You can reach Lisa by email or at (800) 665-4821.

Commercial Office Environments is committed to creating attractive, healthy, and productive environments for their community, whether that is through their many services they provide for creating work environments or through their numerous community outreach programs including the Sponsor-A-Highway Program of Indiana.

Established in March of 1987 by Sara Cook, COE is proud to be a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and is celebrating 25 years of business, growing to a company filled with an experienced staff providing professional services for the planning, management, installation and maintenance of attractive and productive work spaces.

COE is the largest dealer in the State of Indiana to represent Haworth, the second largest office furniture manufacturer in the industry.  Haworth is an award winning leader in the development of ergonomic and environmentally sustainable office furniture. Along with Haworth, COE represents over 450 other commercial manufacturers, consisting of commercial furniture, architectural products and interior products, to create a workspace tailored for the needs of today, yet adaptable for the requirements of tomorrow.

Dedicated to their community and providing attractive environments, COE participates in the new Sponsor-A-Highway program to help keep Indianapolis streets clean with budget-friendly advertising that reaches thousands daily.

To learn more about the Sponsor-A-Highway Program in Indiana, please contact Sarah Parkes at (800) 540-8694.

Discover the cost effective way to advertise to millions of motorists while displaying your corporate good citizenship. Adopt-A-Highway Litter Removal Service of America will be at the Business Showcase hosted by the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Come meet with our Territory Manager Paige Woods and learn more about the new Sponsor-A-Highway Program in North Carolina. Sponsorship in the program features signage with your companies name and color logo on a busy highway that will gain you unrivaled exposure to potential customers day and night all year long.

2012 Business Showcase will take place in the Hilton North Raleigh Midtown from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Visit display tables hosted by more than 100 businesses, and learn what new products and services they have to offer while you network in a casual environment. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with other businesses and potential customers in the Greater Raleigh area. And be sure to stop by our booth and get started on the Sponsor-A-Highway Program.

2012 Business Showcase Tuesday, Aug. 7 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Hilton North Raleigh Midtown 3415 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh, NC 27609 919.664.7036

Adopt-A-Highway Litter Removal Service of America is proud to highlight one of our outstanding sponsors, The International Institute of St. Louis. The International Institute of St. Louis (www.iistl.org) offers a variety of integration services for 7,000 immigrants and refugees from 75 countries each year. The Institute is the southern anchor for the City of St. Louis’ thriving International District, located just south of I-44 on S. Grand Blvd.

A substantial number of our clients are recently-arrived refugees fleeing war-torn countries around the world. We are there to help them by providing services at many stages of their adjustment process. When these newcomers first arrive in St. Louis, they must learn English, find a job, register their kids for school, and learn about their new homeland. After a few years, many start businesses, buy homes, and become US Citizens. We also produce St. Louis’ highly acclaimed annual Festival of Nations (www.festivalofnationsstl.org), this year scheduled for August 25 and 26. More than 100,000 visitors flock to the admission-free festival for a two-day round-the-world adventure of music, dance, food and more. More than 100 ethnic and international groups display their culture and provide an opportunity for visitors to explore the cultural roots of themselves and their neighbors.

The International Institute is our region’s hub for international activities and information,” said Anna Crosslin, President and CEO. “Our clients, volunteers and staff routinely travel the stretch of I-44 that we are sponsoring; so we are pleased to be helping Missouri keep its roads clean and beautiful.