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| MAPPR team members planting trees at Community House Middle School |
April was National Volunteer Month, and the team at MAPPR
joined the rest of the Carolinas Healthcare System family in making the most of
it! Some team members volunteered
with TreesCharlotte to plant trees at Community House Middle School. The first part of the day was spent
learning about proper planting technique and safety instructions. Then this knowledge was put to work as
the volunteers broke into small groups and planted more than 250 trees around
the school property!
“I thought this
would be a fun volunteer project to do because we got to give back to our
community,” says Research Coordinator Lindsay Lowe. “It
gave us an opportunity to work together and bond as a team outside of the
office environment.”
TreesCharlotte was created in 2012 as part of Charlotte’s
bold initiative to create a 50% tree canopy in our city by 2050. Volunteers were rewarded with a BBQ
lunch and free t-shirts, as well as a satisfying sense of accomplishment!
Other team members opted to work with different
organizations, such as Second Harvest Food Bank. MAPPR team members sorted boxes of foods into categories, to
be distributed to families facing hunger in North and South Carolina.
Regardless of their choice of activity, all of the
volunteers found their experiences to be both enjoyable and rewarding. It seems likely that many will continue
to find ways to give back to the community year-round!
