Cintas and AMERICAN FORESTS Extend Deadline for Documen-Tree Contest
October 28 2010 - 3:08PM
Business Wire
Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS), today announced it is
extending the deadline for the inaugural Documen-Tree contest to
Tuesday, January 31. The contest, which is designed to educate and
create awareness nationwide about the positive impact trees have on
the environment, will award one school or community with five
unique, historical trees from AMERICAN FORESTS’ Historic Tree
Program and $5,000 for new school or community supplies. To enter,
participants must submit a creative video that is 90 seconds or
less, or an online submission stating why they think their school
or community deserves to win. Submissions can be made at:
www.cintas.com/documentree
The grand prize winner will receive:
- Five historic trees from AMERICAN
FORESTS’ Historic Tree Program to be planted in honor of Earth
Month in April. The trees will bring history alive by sharing
America’s stories as each will have a unique connection to a famous
person, place or event in history
- $5,000 for new school or community
supplies
- A special planting ceremony combined
with an educational program about tree planting
- 100 trees donated in the organization’s
name to an AMERICAN FORESTS’ Global ReLeaf restoration project.
This program restores forests which is important for wildlife,
clean water and carbon sequestration
- A free shred event powered by Cintas
Document Management to protect against identity theft. All of the
shredded documents will be recycled into secondary paper products,
such as paper towels, to reduce waste and impact on the
environment
In addition, three runner-ups will receive two historic trees
for their school along with an educational program teaching
students and the community about the significance of the trees and
how to care for them.
Entries must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern on Jan. 31, 2011.
To submit an entry or learn more about the contest, please visit
www.cintas.com/documentree.
For more information on Cintas’ document management programs,
please visit www.cintas.com/documentmanagement.
About Cintas Corporation
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cintas Corporation provides
highly specialized services to businesses of all types. Cintas
designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform
programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies,
promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire
protection services and document management services to
approximately 800,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company
traded over the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTAS, and
is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's
500 Index.
About AMERICAN FORESTS
AMERICAN FORESTS is the nation’s oldest nonprofit citizens’
conservation organization. Our mission is to grow a healthier world
with trees by working with communities on local efforts to restore
and maintain forest ecosystems. Our work encompasses planting
trees, calculating the value of urban forests, fostering
environmental education, and improving public policy for trees at
the national level. AMERICAN FORESTS has a goal to plant 100
million trees by 2020.
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