SPONSORS: Toyota

TOYOTA & National Public Lands Day

Toyota volunteers from San Francisco take a break from their hard workday and pose for a group photo

For the seventh consecutive year, TOYOTA is the national NPLD sponsor. Sponsorship of national and regional environmental preservation projects is just one of many areas in which Toyota has proven environmental stewardship. Toyota operates under a Global Earth Charter that makes caring for the earth a priority. The company created the world's first mass-produced, clean-running gas/electric hybrid car, the Prius, which has received numerous environmental awards, most notably from the Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation.

Take Pride in America, the renewed national program of volunteer service on public lands, recognized Toyota's contributions to our nation's lands, presenting Toyota the corporate award for 2003.

Alan Cohen, VP for Law and Public Policy, Toyota Motor Sales USA accepting Take Pride in America Corporate Award from Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton (far left).

Toyota demonstrates environmental stewardship on National Public Lands Day when Toyota employees gather at worksites throughout the country to lend a hand to our public lands.

National Public Lands Day 2006/Toyota Worksites
Name of Site	Contact Info	Work Project
California
Toyota Motor Sales - SF Region	Mary Bartlett 2451 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 (925) 275-3302	TBD
Mormon Rocks Nature Trail/ US Forest Service Fire Station at San Bernadino National Forest	Chuck Maizland & Michael Stewart Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. 1425 Toyota Way Ontario, CA 91761 (909) 975-7994	*Project scheduled for 10/14/2006* Painting, planting, and fence building. Please wear long pants and sturdy shoes/boots. Students who need community service hours can get credit.
Colorado
Castelwood Canyon State Park	Bruce Papich 9676 Maroon Circle Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 799-6776	Reseeding areas disrupted by a bridge replacement; clearing scrub oak from a historic "mystery" structure; trail maintenance; pulling weeds/mullen; and willow planting.
Florida
Tree Hill Nature Center	Jim Roberts Southeast Toyota 9985 Pritchard Road Jacksonville, FL 32219 (904) 378-4701	Cleanup.
Illinois
Dick Young Forest Preserve	Rick Vernon, Toyota Julia Bourque, Kane County Forest Preserve District Nelson Lake Road, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (Julia) (847) 741-9798	TBD
Indiana
Warwick County, Indiana, Warrick 4-H Fairgrounds	Ashlee Prow Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana 4000 Tulip Tree Dr. Mail Drop: PA-I Princeton, IN 47670 (812) 387-2140	TBD
Gibson County, Indiana: Francisco Lions Club Center Township	Ashlee Prow Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana 4000 Tulip Tree Dr. Mail Drop: PA-I Princeton, IN 47670 (812) 387-2140	TBD
Kentucky
Big Bone Lick State Park	Jana Kemp 25 Atlantic Avnue Erlanger, KY 41018 (859) 746-4176	Park cleanup and general maintenance activities.
Camp Nelson National Cemetery	William Taylor Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc. Kentucky 1001 Cherry Blossom Way Georgetown, KY 40324 (502) 868-3025	Building stone enclosures for cemetery entrance flower beds to spurce up the entrance. Building matching stone enclosures for cemetary information signage. Replacing existing mulch beds around trees, and grading grave rows in the historic, Civil War era portion of the cemetery to correct settling of soil.
Maryland
Fort McHenry	Mary Peace-Devanzo, Project Coordinator and Joe Tillman, Project Lead 6710 Baymeadow Dr Glen Burnie, MD 21060 Mary: (410) 787-8274; Joe: (410) 787-8022	Weeding walkways, laying sand, and brushing sand into crevices; clearing soil around the boundary fence to improve drainage, and mulching shrubs
Massachusetts
Wrentham State Forest	Farshad Pourmousa 440 Forbes Boulevard Mansfield, MA 02048 (508) 261-2513	Buildling water dams to protect the natural hiking trail and decrease erosion.
Missouri
Cuivre River State Park	Kathryn Ragsdale Bodine Aluminum (Toyota) 100 Cherry Blossom Way Troy, MO 63379 (636) 462-1071	Continue prairie restoration work. Will remove exotics; harvest prairie grass seed; broadcast last year's seed.
New Jersey
Rockaway River Greenway, New Jersey	Mary Beth Cooney Morris Land Conservancy/ Partner for Parks (973) 541-1010 & Brian Diel, Toyota	Groom overgrown trail originally built with Toyota volunteers by removing invasive plants and spreading woodchips.
Oregon
Columbia Children's Arboretum	Todd Wright 8338 NE Alderwood Rd. Suite #210 Portland, OR 97220 (503) 493-4929	Hiking path maintenance, weeding, pruning, and road work.
Texas
San Antonio River Walk	Dee Theus Toyota Financial Services 800 E. Sonterra Blvd Ste. #350 San Antonio, TX 78258 (210) 402-2107	Weeding, plant removal, and spreading mulch in river flowerbeds.
San Jacinto State Park & Battleship Texas Memorial	Michael Covault c/o GST, 7701 Wilshire Place Drive Houston, TX 77040 (713) 580-3447	Memorial park cleanup projects including various activities within both San Jacinto Battlefield Park and Battleship Texas Memorial facilities. Complete with a grand "Texas Style" Barbeque put on for all volunteers, with complimentary T-shirts and promotional items.

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