National Life Group (NLGroup) Employees Green Up Montpelier

Employees of National Life Group cleaned up the streets and river banks of Montpelier in a time-honored community service last Friday.

Vermont's official Green Up Day was Saturday, May 3, but National Life Group employees got an early start on this longstanding tradition Friday, May 2. Nearly 50 volunteers donned green tee shirts and gloves and set out to collect trash throughout downtown Montpelier.

Staff members from the Montpelier Downtown Community Association were on hand to direct groups and help with the effort. Volunteers separated into small groups, each with a specific area to cover. In keeping with National Life's green initiative, volunteers packed onto Capital Shuttle buses to reach their assigned clean-up areas.

Overall, employees collected about 40 bags of garbage. Green Up Day has been a Vermont tradition for 38 years. Martha Trombley Oakes, National Life Group's Director of Corporate and Community Relations, said "All the participants in Friday's event noted a big difference in the areas they cleaned and commented on how much more we could have done with more time and volunteers." She thanked everyone who participated and said the company hopes to make Green Up Day a new employee community service tradition.

(May 5, 2008)