Recaps

CSX 'Trees for Tracks' Comes to Tampa for Second of Two Central Florida Plantings Just One Week Apart

11/19/2011 at 8:30am EST in Tampa, FL —

Some 75 volunteers from CSX and City Year, the Alliance for Community Trees, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful and the City of Tampa Parks & Recreation planted 50 guava, orange, jacaranda, pecan, Poinciana, cassia and plum trees along the Nuccio Parkway Greenway at North Nebraska Avenue towards East 7th, as part of the railway’s “Trees for Tracks” program.

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[four volunteers stand with shovels in-hand behind a newly-planted sapling]

CSX Plants 50 Trees in Orlando for First of Two Central Florida 'Trees for Tracks' Events Just One Week Apart

11/12/2011 at 8:00am EST in Orlando, FL —

In an event covered by WFTV-ABC 9, CSX and City Year joined the Alliance for Community Trees in bringing together volunteers to plant trees at the Southport Community Park as part of the railway’s “Trees for Tracks” program. The event was the first of two events in Central Florida scheduled on back-to-back weekends.

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[a volunteer with a perm and a green rake works alongside a roadway]

CSX, City Year and Worcester Tree Initiative Replace Trees in Park Decimated by Beetles

6/11/2011 at 8:30am EDT in Worcester, MA —

In an event covered by the Worcester Telegram and WCVB-TV 5, volunteers from CSX, City Year, the Worcester Tree Initiative and the Alliance for Community Trees planted 100 trees at Dodge Park on Randolph Road, a site hit particularly hard by the Asian Longhorned Beetle.

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[a young girl waters a sapling in a dug hole while another volunteer holds the tree upright]

"Trees for Tracks" & PHS Tree Tenders Bring 62 New Trees to Northeast Philadelphia

5/21/2011 at 9:00am EDT in Philadelphia, PA —

The CSX “Trees for Tracks” program teamed up with 60+ volunteers from PHS Tree Tenders, City Year, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Alliance for Community Trees to plant a variety of trees at the Daniel Boyle Memorial Recreation Center.

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[two volunteers haul an evergreen tree over a large area of dug dirt]

Learning the Value of a Good Pair of Mud Boots

4/9/2011 at 8:30am EDT in Washington, D.C. —

For the second year in a row, CSX Corporation, in partnership with City Year and the Anacostia Watershed Society, brought together volunteers for a massive trash cleanup on the shores of the Anacostia River.

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[a volunteer in a blue CSX hoodie picks up a plastic bottle and places it into a trash bag]

CSX Trees for Tracks Event in North Charleston Draws Mayor and Television Coverage

2/26/2011 at 8:30am EST in North Charleston, SC —

CSX, in partnership with City Year and the Alliance for Community Trees, organized volunteers to plant 50 trees at the Ferndale Community Center. News crews from WCBD-TV 2 (ABC) and WCIV-TV 4 (NBC) evening news broadcasts covered the event, which was hailed by local officials.

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[three volunteers stand side-by-side with tools in-hand]

CSX Trees for Tracks & Savannah Tree Foundation Plant 75 Trees in Park "In Need of Green"

11/13/2010 at 8:30am EST in Savannah, GA —

Bazemore Park is one of the most utilized Savannah metro parks, repeatedly identified as one of the sites most “in need of green.” New trees will provide shade to families who play and watch games in this park.

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[a young boy with freckles and a ballcap holds a shovel over his back]

CSX Trees for Tracks Volunteers Replace Radnor Lake Trees Destroyed by May 2010 Flood

9/18/2010 at 8:30am CDT in Nashville, TN —

In partnership with Alliance for Community Trees and City Year, volunteers planted 75 large native and well-adapted shade trees at Radnor Lake State Natural Area, which lost 75 trees to recent flooding.

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[man in sunglasses uses pickaxe to work ground]

Trees for Tracks at Klutho Park

6/3/2010 at 1:00pm EDT in Jacksonville, FL —

CSX rallied over 150 employees to participate in a Trees for Tracks planting event in the company's hometown of Jacksonville. The event was part of a week-long conference of CSX Inclusion Councils, bringing together representatives from all across their territory.

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Trees for Tracks at Triangle Gateway

5/22/2010 in Indianapolis, IN —

Volunteers planted 50 large trees and shrubs in an area that city officials say is very much "in need of green." The trees selected for planting, which include Serviceberry, Winter King Hawthorne, Northern Red Oak and Sugar Maple are all native and well adapted to the climate and soil conditions of Indiana.

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[large group of volunteers with certificate]

Trees for Tracks at Quinsigamond Community College

5/1/2010 at 9:30am EDT in Worcester, MA —

CSX is committed to supporting the communities where it operates. "We try to choose places where our efforts will provide the most benefit or where the trees are most needed. We can't think of a better place than Worcester, where local organizations are doing a great job of restoring the trees so hardly hit," says Tori Kaplan, CSX Director of Corporate Citizenship.

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Clean up in Anacostia Park

4/24/2010 at 8:00am EDT in Washington, D.C. —

Often called the "Forgotten River," the Anacostia has been polluted with sewage, storm water runoff and litter for decades. Local and national organizations are trying to restore the river to where it one day could be safe for swimming and fishing once again.

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[a volunteer picks up a tire along a waterfront]

Trees for Tracks at Morrell Park

4/10/2010 at 9:30am EDT in Baltimore, MD —

The trees, up to two-inch caliper, included Eastern Redbud, River Birch, Willow Oak, Sycamore (platanus occidentalis), Tulip Poplar, Serviceberry, Sweetgum, Pin Oak, Hornbeam and Winterking Hawthorne, all native to the region.

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[two volunteers shoveling a space to plant a tree]

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CSX-City Year Service Day at the Warren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club

2/28 at 8:30am EST in Atlanta, GA —

Approximately 150 volunteers for the Warren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club in Atlanta, GA. Tasks will include playground improvements, brush clearing & painting. Volunteers will also construct benches, cubbies & bookshelves for the club.

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