Teamwork
Our Teammates Take Pride in Conservation Activities
Each year, Bridgestone teammates across the country volunteer their time to help build homes as part of the Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) program and to assist in the nation’s largest organized community improvement program, Keep America Beautiful (KAB).
Habitat for Humanity (HFHI) is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness, inviting people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Bridgestone Americas has been a partner of HFHI since 2003 and has sponsored and helped build multiple homes in the Nashville, TN, the Akron, OH, and the Detroit, MI, metropolitan areas. In 2006, HFHI presented Bridgestone Americas with the Golden Hammer Award, which is presented each year to the corporate sponsor and volunteer group that has shown exceptional commitment to helping further the mission of HFHI.
Keep America Beautiful (KAB) promotes and engages stewardship in America's communities through spirited and fun activities that focus on litter prevention, waste reduction, and community beautification. We believe that each of these activities aligns well with Bridgestone’s corporate-wide focus on conservation. Firestone has been involved with Keep America Beautiful for over 5 years as a sponsor of the Great American Cleanup (GAC) and was a part of the united effort of KAB to collect over 228 million pounds of litter, clean 10,000 illegal dump sites, recycle 38.5 million pounds of aluminum and steel, and plant more than 5.5 million flowers, bulbs, and trees.
In addition, Firestone Tire & Service Centers and teammates helped KAB collect a record-setting 2.5 million scrap tires to be recycled as part of 2006 Great American Cleanup. Through such dedicated efforts, tires are one of the most recycled consumer products. In fact, more than 85 percent of scrap tires in the US are re-used in another application.
“The efforts of the Firestone retail stores demonstrate the difference one company can make toward enhancing the aesthetics and environmental responsibility of our country. Keep America Beautiful is proud of its partnership with Firestone.” - Gail Cunningham, vice president of Keep America Beautiful.
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Kodak American Greenway Award from the National Geographic Society & Eastman Kodak
