Q+A

Q+A

How Do You Give Back To The Community Or Those In Need?

Cindy Code, Executive Director of Project EverGreen

Project EverGreen is the green industry’s platformfor giving back to communities and families in need.Our initiatives, GreenCare for Communities andGreenCare for Troops, provide a healthy park orpublic green space to an under-resourcedcommunity, or lawn and landscape services to adeployed military family. We know how healthy,green spaces make people feel, and sharing that giftwith those who need it most is a wonderful way forlawn and landscape professionals to grow andprotect thriving green spaces in communities thatdon’t have the resources. The end result is healthier,happier people and communities.

Nakita Shim, Florida Keys Branch Manager for BrightView Landscape Services

The Good Health Clinic provides free health care toFlorida Keys residents who are in need, includinguninsured residents, boat captains, part-timeservers, maintenance/hospitality workers andmore. Once a year, they coordinate the “Luau forHealth” fundraising event for local supporters of theorganization. The “Big Kahunas” are local peoplewho raise money for the clinic. The person whoraises the most money is named “The Big Kahuna.”BrightView raised money toward the cause, whichtotaled over $232,000 in 2021.

Mike Haynes, Founder & President of The LOVING Companies

I believe we were placed on this planet to use theplatform we have been given to positively impactthe lives of others. Industry COLLECTIVE is a serviceproject program designed by landscapers, forlandscapers, to make serving communities easy.

Service projects arrive in a box and typically takeless than 20 minutes to complete. We believe thatthe positive impact that is possible when we cometogether as an industry is limitless.