Make Like a Tree and ... Get Planted?

So as I mentioned earlier, I was heading over to grab some lunch today, when I saw a line of folks headed to the parking lot:

My curiousity piqued, I followed them. (It was also a chance for me to try out the camera on my new phone, especially since I didn't feel like walking back to get my camera.)

When they started handing out shovels, I eventually put two and two together, and figured out that it was a bunch of employees volunteering their lunch breaks to plant trees on campus for Earth Day:

So, I walked a little around campus to take a few pics.

Some folks were dressed appropriately for the occasion:

And other folks... weren't:

There was much mulch:

And there was also moving of shrubbery:

Not to mention filling of holes:

Now, the cynics among us may see this as an easy way for the company to get free landscaping, though I think that's completely off base. (Especially since, after watching some of the planting, I get the feeling that they're going to have to call in some genuine arborists and landscapers to fix things up ... But it's the thought that counts.)

Thanks -- Joe

Tags: aol hq, earth day, photos, volunteerism