U-Haul Client Aids to Tree Canada Surpass $300,000

PHOENIX, March 16: U-Haul revealed that it has exceeded $300,000 in customer donations to Tree Canada, a non-profit organization devoted to planting trees in Canada.

Ever since 1945, U-Haul has been dedicated to accomplishing business in a socially accountable way to safeguard the environment. This loyalty is replicated in giving customers the choice of donating to Tree Canada's Grow Clean Air program to balance their carbon releases at the time of shifting equipment rental.

Over 140,000 customers at U-Haul sites throughout Canada have donated almost $305,000 since the collaboration commenced in December 2011, assisting to plant 38,031 trees up to the present time. These trees will soak up approximately 42,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide throughout their existences, giving cleaner air to inhale. Each cent of donations accumulated go to Tree Canada for the planting and upkeep of native trees, which will present surroundings for wildlife and uphold natural ecosystems.

"The partnership and alignment of values between Tree Canada and U-Haul Canada are strong indicators of our commitment to the Canadian citizens," revealed Jake Spelic, U-Haul Area District Vice President based in Ontario, adding, "An optional donation to Tree Canada at checkout offers our customers an opportunity to offset their self-move carbon footprint and give back in the form of tree planting, forest restoration and protection of existing trees from devastating pests through immunizations. Overwhelmingly, our customers get this and embrace the opportunity."

The earliest planting for the U-Haul-Tree Canada collaboration ensued October 2014 with 5,000 sprouts in Sudbury. In 2015, U-Haul customer donations gave 20,000 trees to afforest Kamloops in an expanse brutally ravaged by mountain pine beetles and wildfires. Because of U-Haul customers, Tree Canada has safeguarded and/or repopulated the tree resource in Peterborough (2015), Coquitlam (2016), Calgary (2016) as well as Niagara Falls (2016).

This spring, U-Haul customer donations will aid fund Tree Canada's #OperationReLeaf Fort McMurray to afforest the expanses devastated by the fires in 2016.

"Being a responsible corporate citizen in Canada is our Company's mandate," revealed Jennifer Anstett, U-Haul Area District Vice President based in British Columbia, adding, "We have helped to plant trees in a variety of locations to support local communities and reforest areas so future generations may enjoy them. I am truly looking forward to our new initiative in which we will plant trees in Fort McMurray. The most recent fires devastated the community and the forests surrounding it."

Michael Rosen, President of Tree Canada, stated that he is tremendously satisfied to be associating with U-Haul for the Grow Clean Air program.

"U-Haul has clearly demonstrated its commitment to improving the environment while continuing to provide excellent service to its customers," Rosen stated, adding, "We look forward to continue working with U-Haul on all their future greening initiatives."

U-Haul was started by a Navy old-timer who grew up during the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still limited or in small amount throughout the late 1940s when U-Haul commenced helping U.S. customers. Nowadays, that backdrop is significant to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

Tree Canada is a non-profit charity devoted to enhancing the lives of Canadians by planting and rearing trees. Since 1992, the organization has planted over 80 million trees, greened above 550 schoolyards, assisted renovate locations hit by natural calamities and brought together urban forestry specialists greening cities all throughout Canada.