You may know
that Sam’s Xpress® is dedicated to water conservation and participates in the
Water Savers Program at all of our car wash locations, but did you know that we
dedicate ourselves to helping with other local water saving efforts, too? One
of the ways which we have chosen to help locally is by volunteering with the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Adopt-A-Stream program. We have been volunteering our
time and resources to help keep Four-9 stream in Matthews, North Carolina, a
safe and clean place for animals, people, and the environment for the past three
years!
The
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Adopt-A-Stream program is a great way for any group to
give back and become active in the community. Scheduling a clean-up is easy and
participating in this program helps keep the over 2,000 miles of streams in
Mecklenburg County clean and beautiful. Who doesn’t love a clean community? By
having volunteer groups, like our employees, in and around the streams, the county
can also more easily stay abreast of water pollution and other problems
affecting water quality and the overall environment.
This opportunity,
which is just one of the programs provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm
Water Services, even provides volunteers with hip waders,
litter grabbers, gloves, and trash bags! Supplies for up to ten volunteers are
available to those groups who schedule ahead of time and request these items.
Participation
in this program allows us to further commit to two of our biggest priorities:
conserving water and giving back to our local communities, by helping to rid
local streams of litter and debris. Employees from our various locations and
our corporate staff (including our own COO!) volunteer their time twice a year
to help keep our community waterways clean. We love the chance to get together
as a team to provide a service for the community and spend some time together
outside of the offices and car wash sites. Small groups of around 8 Sam’s
Xpress employees suit up in the hip waders provided by the Adopt-A-Stream
Program and commit to cleaning sections of our designated stream. Through our
efforts, we are typically able to remove several garbage bags full of refuse
and/or large items found in and around the stream. Through the commitment of
groups like us, around 130 stream clean ups removing more than 9 tons of
garbage, were completed in Mecklenburg County over the past year! This means
preservation of one our most precious natural resources and good feelings all
around! We will be continuing our efforts as we grow into new markets, such as
our expansion to the Raleigh, NC area later this year. You can find more
information here: www.samsxpresscarwash.com/news
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