Planting trees bcause - Clippings - Brief Article

American Forests, Spring, 2003

AMERICAN FORESTS and b*cause, a nonprofit organization for salon owners and beauty industry professionals, are planting thousands of trees in wildfire restoration projects across the U.S., thanks to a continuing national collection of change at Coinstar locations. Through June 1, the two organizations will encourage salon owners, beauty industry professionals, and their clients to donate change to plant trees.

Coinstar machines, located in grocery stores nationwide, total loose coins and provide a receipt either for cash, which is redeemed at the register, or for a tax donation to AMERICAN FORESTS. To date, b*cause has helped raise enough donations to plant 2,000 trees, which will help restore fire-damaged forests through AMERICAN FORESTS' Wildfire ReLeaf program. Wildfires burned more than 6.5 million acres nationwide in 2002.

To help, you can take your spare change to any participating Coinstar location nationwide and enter this b*cause identification number: 9999 (for locations, visit www.coinstar.com). You'll receive a tax-deductible receipt in return for your donation.