WASHINGTON, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 80
volunteers from CSX, its national service partners Action for
Healthy Kids, City Year and Alliance for Community Trees, and
community and school representatives gathered at Burrville
Elementary School in Washington,
D.C. on Saturday to enhance school facilities.
The event showcased how CSX aims to build a better tomorrow
"Beyond Our Rails" by working to enhance four key areas: safety,
community, environment, and health and wellness. Throughout the
morning, volunteers painted safety murals in the hallways; created
playground stencils and restored a basketball court; built a school
garden and greenhouse; and planted trees.
That same day, CSX also provided a grant to the Alliance for
Community Trees to plant additional native trees at University Park
Elementary School, and sponsored the Anacostia Watershed Society's
annual Earth Day Anacostia River
Clean-Up.
"The events are an example of how passionate our employees are
about giving back to the community," said Tori Kaplan, assistant vice president-corporate
social responsibility. "By working with service partners across our
network, we're able to make a positive impact in the daily lives of
the employees, customers and neighbors in the communities where we
live and work."
"We are proud to work together with CSX and our local community
partners to increase physical activity among students and foster
lifelong healthy habits that lead to academic success," said
Rob Bisceglie, CEO of Action for
Healthy Kids. "Saturday's event was a perfect ending to 'Every Kid
Healthy Week,' which showcased the great work schools like
Burrville Elementary are doing to improve the health of their
schools and the students they serve."
Volunteers, employees and neighbors were also encouraged to join
#LocalMotive, an ongoing conversation to highlight examples of
CSX's presence in the communities it serves through service and
volunteerism, job creation, and moving the goods that are essential
for the economy. View the conversation online at
www.beyondourrails.org/localmotive.
About CSX
CSX, based in Jacksonville,
Florida, is a premier transportation company. It
provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services and
solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including
energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer
products. For nearly 190 years, CSX has played a critical
role in the nation's economic expansion and industrial
development. Its network connects every major metropolitan
area in the eastern United States,
where nearly two-thirds of the nation's population resides.
It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70
ocean, river and lake ports with major population centers and
farming towns alike. More information about CSX Corporation
and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com. Like us on
Facebook (http://facebook.com/OfficialCSX) and follow us on Twitter
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